Professional Development Workshops

CORI Teacher Professional Development

CORI is a framework for a set of focused, integrated practices, but it is not a script. Therefore, creating a CORI context in a classroom requires that teachers understand processes of student engagement, grasp the principles of engagement-supporting instruction, and adjust daily to fluctuating student needs in the classroom.

To enable teachers to gain a fundamental understanding of how to increase engagement through CORI, we first co-construct the idea of engaged reading with the teachers. In a guided brainstorming session we ask, "What are interested, active learners in your classroom like?" With encouragement, a group of 6-20 teachers will fill several chalkboards, overhead transparencies, and LCD screens full of information and ideas. We formalize this knowledge by pointing out that it refers to the students' conceptual knowledge, cognitive strategies, motivational dispositions, and social interaction patterns. Following this, we emphasize that there is a research base suggesting that extended engaged reading is a robust, generalizable correlate of reading comprehension that applies to all students, irrespective of their demographic characteristics. We suggest that this implies that reading engagement is a worthy aim for teaching. Read More

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Text Adapted from:
Guthrie, J. T., Cox, K. E. (2001) Classroom Conditions for Motivation and Engagement in Reading. Educational Psychology Review, 13, 283-302.