| Welcome to the Florida Online Reading Professional Development (FOR-PD) project, located in the College of Education at the University of Central Florida campus. The FOR-PD project is committed to providing quality professional development services and support to Florida educators in effective reading instruction through its online course, expert staff, quality resources, and other professional development services. FOR-PD is Florida's first online large-scale professional development project that supports pre-K through 12 grade teachers' knowledge about scientifically based reading research and instruction. FOR-PD is dedicated to providing excellent services, support, and products to Florida's teachers and improving reading instruction for all Florida students. |
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FOR-PD Course Addition
FOR-PD is adding a new thread to the FOR-PD course beginning summer 2008. [Read more] 
A Nation at Risk
5/2/08 – US Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings released a white paper and launched a new interactive Web page following up on the landmark education report, A Nation At Risk. 
"Even though I have a background in reading instruction, I feel that this has been a great refresher as well as provided me with new information. I really appreciate all your expertise and guidance throughout this process."
"Greetings! I was so happy to see "phrase cued text as the strategy this month [March 2008]." A few years ago I was working with a reader who was a word by word by word reader and they had never been able to finish the FCAT test...I used phrase cued text throughout the year with the student...When FCAT was over for the day the student came to my room with the news that they had finished the test for the first time ever. He ended up moving from L1 to L2..."
New Audio Interview Posted
3/17/08 – FOR-PD interviewed Doug Fisher about improving adolescent literacy. 
"I just received my FCAT scores today and was very pleased with my students' reading gains. I attribute much of their success to the strategies I've learned from FOR- PD!"
FOR-PD Literacy Blog!
Check out the FOR-PD literacy blog, with information on literacy and literacy research. 
"I started this course knowing very little about the components of reading. I now have quite a bit more knowledge and the ability to implement various strategies for my students (struggling or not)."
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