During the summer of 2011 Dr. Keri Turner of Nicholls State University commenced a LaSIP teachers English/Language Arts and adolescent literacy professional development project for 40 LaFourche Parish teachers. Participants were grouped in “learning communities” and learned about use of research-based strategies appropriate to the intended goal, collaboration, and data-driven determination of the impact of student learning. Participants received direct instruction in content reading and writing knowledge needed to successfully implement literacy strategies in the Louisiana Comprehensive Curriculum and the upcoming national Common Core, which will implemented fully in Louisiana in 2014.
