Specifications include, but are not limited to: professional development in the Science of Reading by the creation of a three-credit asynchronous course to be loaded into DEED’s online learning management system. The selected vendor will develop a virtual course for Alaska educators, principals, superintendents, and other appropriate education leaders in the Science of Reading that can be housed on the State of Alaska, eLearning learning management platform. The course must include the following: • Introduction to the Science of Reading that addresses how to teach reading as articulated in the work of the National Reading Panel and subsequent, up-to-date, peer-reviewed, evidence-based research in reading instruction. o Must include: ▪ The language foundations of reading ▪ phonological awareness development and instruction ▪ oral language systems and literacy ▪ the reciprocal relationship among phonological processing, reading, spelling and vocabulary ▪ understand and explain the known causal relationship among phonological skill, phonic decoding, spelling, accurate and automatic word recognition, text reading fluency, background knowledge, verbal reasoning skill, vocabulary, reading comprehension and writing ▪ phonics for English learners ▪ the components of fluency and its relationship to comprehension ▪ understand the progression of skills needed for students to develop a rich vocabulary ▪ understand the levels of comprehension, including the surface code, text base, and conceptual model ▪ sentence structure and syntax ▪ provide knowledge about the administration and interpretation of assessments for planning instruction, including understanding the differences among screening, diagnostic, outcome, and progress monitoring assessments
