Teacher Education Faculty Participate in Science of Reading Journey

Teacher education faculty are popping along on their Science of Reading Journey in the School of Education and Behavioral Sciences.

Dr. Beauchat, associate professor, provided several trainings on the Science of Reading to education department faculty. Faculty are working to ensure that they provide the teacher candidates with research-based knowledge and instructional strategies that align with GaPSC Rule 505-3-.03, Foundations of Reading, Literacy, and Language which will support the literacy success of all PK-12 students in Georgia.

Teacher education faculty sit at a table during their Science of Reading training.

The trainings focused on:

  • Theoretical Foundations of Science of Reading
  • The 5 Pillars of Literacy Instruction
  • Reading and the Brain
  • Evidence-Based Instructional Strategies
  • Shifting from Balanced Literacy to the Science of Reading

Dr. Rhonda Amerson, chair of the Department of Teacher Education and Social Work, reports there will be more trainings to follow.

https://www.mga.edu/education-behavioral-sciences/teacher-education-social-work/index.php

Monitor that reads, "If we are to increase children's ability to profit from education, we will have to enrich their oral language development during the early years of schooling."