1. International Reading
Association (IRA)
Competencies

2. Foundational
Knowledge Diversity
Literate
Environment
Assessment &
Evaluation
Curriculum
&
Instruction
Professional Learning & Leadership

3. Literate
Environment
-Design Physical
Environments
-Design Social
Environments
-Differentiate
Foundational
Knowledge
-Developmental and
Historical Theories of
Reading and Writing
-Responsive Teaching
Diversity
-Recognize and
Understand Student
Diversity
-Use Knowledge of
Student Diversity to
Form Instruction
Assessment &
Evaluation
-Understand
Assessments
-Choose and Develop
Assessments
-Interpret Assessments
-Use Interpretation of
Assessments to Form
Instruction
Curriculum &
Instruction
-Design & Carry Out a
Standards-Based
Curriculum
-Develop Instructional
Practices That Allow for
Differentiation
-Implement Practices
That Support Use of
Varied Text
Professional Learning & Leadership

4. Literate Environment
• Design Physical Environments
• Design Social Environments
• Differentiate

5. Foundational Knowledge
• Developmental and Historical Theories of
Reading and Writing
• Responsive Teaching

6. Diversity
• Recognize and Understand Student Diversity
• Use Knowledge of Student Diversity to Form
Instruction

7. Curriculum & Instruction
• Design & Carry Out a Standards-Based
Curriculum
• Develop Instructional Practices That Allow for
Differentiation
• Implement Practices That Support Use of
Varied Text

8. Assessment & Evaluation
• Understand Assessments
• Choose and Develop Assessments
• Interpret Assessments
• Use Interpretation of Assessments to Form
Instruction

9. Professional Learning & Leadership
• Understand Adult Learning Theories and Systems
for Change
• Display Positive Dispositions Related to Ourselves
as Readers and Writers and to the Teaching of
Readers and Writers
• Participate In, Design, Facilitate, Lead, and
Evaluate Effective and Differentiated PD
• Be a Knowledgeable Political Advocate on the
Local, State, and National Level

10. Literate
Environment
-Design Physical
Environments
-Design Social
Environments
-Differentiate
Foundational
Knowledge
-Developmental and
Historical Theories of
Reading and Writing
-Responsive Teaching
Diversity
-Recognize and
Understand Student
Diversity
-Use Knowledge of
Student Diversity to
Form Instruction
Assessment &
Evaluation
-Understand
Assessments
-Choose and Develop
Assessments
-Interpret Assessments
-Use Interpretation of
Assessments to Form
Instruction
Curriculum &
Instruction
-Design & Carry Out a
Standards-Based
Curriculum
-Develop Instructional
Practices That Allow for
Differentiation
-Implement Practices
That Support Use of
Varied Text
Professional Learning & Leadership

11. LE: Reading
Engagement
-Design Physical
Environments
-Design Social
Environments
-Differentiate
Foundational
Knowledge
-Whatever We Read
or Theorists' Names
Diversity
-Choice
-Awareness of
Interests
-Awareness of
Abilities
Assessment &
Evaluation
- Observation Tool:
Environment
-Classroom Library
Inventories
-Reading
Engagement Data
Curriculum &
Instruction
-Refining our
definitions
Understanding
authentic
engagement vs.
compliance

12. “The best way to strengthen children’s learning
is to let children live like richly literate people the
world over.”
Lucy Calkins