Resources for Administrators

MDE Professional Development for Literacy Leaders

• Top Ten Things that Every Literacy Leader Needs to Know

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Part 1: Science of Reading Classroom: Implementing HQIM

• Why HQIM? Incentives for Adoption
• HQIM FAQs – updated July 2023
• HQIM Key Terms
• Science of Reading Classroom: Implementing HQIM (PDF)
• Science of Reading Classroom: Implementing HQIM WEBINAR
• Lesson Planning Shifts – updated December 2023

Part 2: Science of Reading Implementing HQIM: Assessment and Writing

• Science of Reading Implementing HQIM: Assessment and Writing (PDF)
• Science of Reading Implementing HQIM: Assessment and Writing WEBINAR

Part 3: Science of Reading Implementing HQIM: Small Group Instruction, Grades 1-5

• Tier I High Quality Small Group Instruction One-Pager – updated June 2023
• Science of Reading Implementing HQIM: Small Group Instruction, Grades 1-5 (PDF)

Part 4: Science of Reading Implementation Roadmap​: HQIM Pitstop PLCs for Leaders​

• HQIM Pitstop 1 for Leaders (WEBINAR)
• HQIM Pitstop 1 for Leaders (HANDOUT)
• HQIM Pitstop 2 for Leaders (WEBINAR)
• HQIM Pitstop 2 for Leaders (HANDOUT)
• HQIM Pitstop 3 for Leaders (WEBINAR)
• HQIM Pitstop 3 for Leaders (HANDOUT)
• HQIM Pitstop 4 for Leaders (WEBINAR)
• HQIM Pitstop 4 for Leaders (HANDOUT)

Part 5: Science of Reading: Internalizing, Annotating, and Elevating HQIM

• Science of Reading: Internalizing, Annotating, and Elevating HQIM (PDF)
• Internalization Document

Additional Resources

• Coaching Observation Tool
• Standards-Aligned Document
• Universal Screener Companion Guide – updated February 2025
• Guidelines for Students Identified with a Reading Deficiency and/or Students Not Promoted
• Transition and Acceleration FAQ
• Roadmap to Reading Success: Transition and Intensive Acceleration Guidance (webinar)
• Roadmap to Reading Success: Transition and Intensive Acceleration Guidance (PowerPoint)
• Approved List of Screeners
• Literacy-Based Promotion Act Overview
• Clarifying the Coach’s Role
• Quick Reference Guide
• Literacy Communications Toolkit
• K-Readiness Implementation Guide
• Principal’s Reading Walk-Through: K-3 Checklist
• Individual Reading Plan (IRP) – see Intervention Services
• School Literacy Action Plan (PDF)
• School Literacy Action Plan (Word)
• Learning Walk Forms – updated August 2024
• Coaching Model
• School Literacy Action Plan (SLAP)
• PGS Literacy Look-Fors and Coaching Stems

Literacy Research

• SEDL Article: Literacy Coach Roles and Responsibilities
• Kindergarten Readiness for Deaf Children in American Sign Language
• The National Reading Panel Report
• Intensive Reading Interventions for Struggling Readers in Early Elementary School: A Principal’s Guide (K-3)
• What is Scientifically-Based Research (K-3)?
• 3rd-Grade Literacy Policies: A Rationale
• NRTAC Study: A Study of the Effectiveness of K-3 Literacy Coaches