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We kindly ask for your patience and cooperation while our website is under construction.  Please contact our office at (765) 494-9750 or clear-office@purdue.edu for specific information regarding our center and initiatives or for copies of our professional development offerings. 

 

We also invite to you to preview the professional development offerings  for 2008-2009 and to consider how they might meet your school needs for capacity building by clicking on this link.

 

To view CLEAR's Faculty and Staff information please click here. Thank you!
 

 

Welcome to the Center for Literacy Education and Research's website!  Formally known as the Purdue Literacy Network Project, we are excited and proud to announce the establishment of the Center for Literacy Education and Research (CLEAR) at Purdue University's College of Education.

 

 MISSION

  VISION

 

The Center for Literacy Education and Research will provide high quality professional development for teachers and administrators that will ensure all P-12 students are able to read and write independently, providing them with a strong foundation for academic preparation and lifelong learning.

 

CLEAR will accomplish this mission by:

  • Assisting schools in comprehensive reform efforts that result in improved teacher performance and higher student outcomes.

  • Assuring teachers are equipped with the understanding and expertise necessary to address the unique needs of low-achieving literacy learners. 

  • Creating high quality professional development to respond to the changing needs in teachers’ efforts to serve all students.

 

 

The Center for Literacy Education and Research will provide the requisite leadership and foundational knowledge to be the premier resource for literacy professional development and scholarly inquiry at state, national, and international levels.

 

CLEAR will orchestrate efforts to build capacity in districts for improved teacher performance with concomitant higher student literacy achievement and stronger instructional leaders who value comprehensive change.

 

 CENTER INITIATIVES

 

Instructional Interventions

The Instructional Interventions initiative is designed specifically to meet the needs of stakeholders who work with and have responsibility for struggling literacy learners.

Goals:

  • Provide intervention models to meet the diverse needs of students who are failing to make progress

  • Strengthen teachers’ understanding and expertise in critical observation and student assessment to support responsive instructional decision making 

  • Develop teachers’ repertoire of instructional approaches to ensure contingent teaching of struggling literacy learners

Comprehensive Literacy Reform

In order to assist schools with overall needs, the Comprehensive Literacy Reform initiative will help guide schools through the instructional reform process toward systemic change in literacy teaching and learning.

Goals:

  • Provide faculty, administrators, and community members with a clear understanding of the school reform process

  • Assist schools in building and maintaining literacy leadership teams that will lead the change process and form learning communities within schools

  • Guide leadership teams in the development and implementation of a comprehensive literacy plan designed specifically to meet individual school needs

Targeted Professional Development

The Targeted Professional Development initiative is a teacher-focused initiative intended to improve literacy teaching and learning for all learners through professional development on topics reflecting changing school needs and contexts with opportunities for ongoing application and reflection.

Goals:

  • Respond to teachers’ evolving needs with professional development opportunities that include a variety of workshops, seminars, and collaborative planning sessions

  • Create professional development opportunities that are grounded in current research and best practices

  • Strengthen teachers’ understanding and instructional practices by providing opportunities for ongoing application and reflection in effective professional development offerings

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