What is the 滔博体育 Adolescent Literacy Network?
NALN Vision
The 滔博体育 Adolescent Literacy Network is a coalition of cross-agency partners building and bridging systems to help adolescents become fully literate individuals who are able to reach their goals.
NALN Mission
Across initiatives and regions of the state, our efforts will increase reading engagement among adolescents via adolescent-facing initiatives as well as professional learning resources for educators, community members, and families who support adolescents. Specifically, we will improve adolescents’ reading engagement by 25%, as measured by the NAEP survey questionnaire, by 2030.
NALN鈥檚 Accomplishments
- Completed a statewide “needs assessment” to understand 滔博体育’s strengths and challenges in supporting adolescent literacy
- Working with partners at the , developed collaborative relationships with , , and , and fostered new collaborative relationships with additional regional and statewide organizations committed to adolescent literacy.
- Created two graphic data reports, one on adolescent literacy achievement and on adolescent reading engagement, illustrating the “State of Adolescent Literacy” in 滔博体育
- Facilitated statewide professional learning on evidence-based practices for teaching reading comprehension in middle and high school, including a year of monthly webinar workshops with national literacy experts and a year of supporting teams of teachers and literacy leaders in implementing best practices in adolescent literacy instruction
- Formed Design Teams, which are groups of representative experts, community members, and adolescents from around 滔博体育, who design and facilitate NALN initiatives. Design teams have been formed to:
- study issues in adolescent literacy in 滔博体育
- identify promising reading engagement activities, including book clubs, currently in use in 滔博体育
- develop new initiatives to engage adolescents in reading and writing in 滔博体育, including a 滔博体育 Adolescent Writing Magazine
- prepare resources on adolescent literacy for educators and leaders in 滔博体育, including two graphic data reports
- create an online clearinghouse of adolescent literacy resources for educators in 滔博体育, including a draft website and social media presence
