Dr. Morton Botel is the founder and Senior
Advisor of the Penn Literacy Network. He is also a
professor at the Graduate School of Education at the
University of Pennsylvania.
1. Morton Botel Professional Memoir
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2. How PLN Seminars support and Enhance Teaching Using Basal Reader Models and Reading/Writing/Talking Across the Curriculum Models
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3. Lara: A Granddaughter's Literacy Begins
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4.PLN in Ireland: PLN and IPPA Directors' Letters
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PLN's Dissertation of the year: "A Case Study: The Influence of the Pennsylvania High School Coaching Initiative on the Change of Teachers' Instructional Practices and Student Achievement"
by Dr. Tom Otto.
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Dr. Morton Botel, PLN Advisor and Founder: A Letter to the New Administration in Washington about the State of Education... more>
PIIC Article: 4 pillars support coaching: Pennsylvania Model brings new consistency to Instructional coaching, By Ellen B. Eisenberg
Journal by Georgeann Miller
Journal by Kristine Muha'
Journal by Marie Shimkaitis
GSE NEWS: PLN/Detroit Article: New Energy in Detroit
THE DAILY PENNSYLVANIA: Penn reaches out to Detroit School Teachers
The Penn Literacy Network/Muse Professional Development Partnership
PLN is involved in an exciting partnership with The Muse Project based in Laguna Beach, California. The focus of the partnership is the integration of primary source documents and informational texts with musical versions of documents in American history (such as the Declaration of independence and The Constitution) to enhance student comprehension and the connection to American history and literature. Articles, partnership structure, and lesson sample
By adding the musical component to the texts, (i.e. the historical documents), students are able to access and understand these documents with more meaning. PLN offers professional development workshops that involve educators in the what, the how and the why of the MUSE approaches. For more information and a video, please visit www.themuseproject.org.
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