The Windward Institute News

Meet Jessica Romaniello and Jessica Sorna, Lower School faculty and Instructors of "Data-Driven Instruction: Using Assessment to Guide Student Goals."

Building from the research and delivery of professional development as well as the expertise and reputation of The Windward School and The Windward Teacher Training Program, The Windward Institute is committed to providing the same quality of opportunities for educators in the broader community.

The Spring Robert J. Schwartz Memorial Lecture will be held on Tuesday, April 20, 2021 at 7:30 p.m. Hugh, Catts, PhD, will present, “Early Identification of Dyslexia: Research to Practice.”

These resources offer an overview and key insights to how effective professional development can lead to better student outcomes.

Meet Betsy M. Duffy, MS Ed, Director of Language Arts and Instruction at The Windward School, a faculty member of The Windward Institute, and Instructor of the Expository Writing Instruction I course.

The Windward Institute’s official launch in January of 2020 was one filled with excitement and promise. Our research-based courses and workshops with new Windward Institute faculty, as well as instructors from The Windward School, spanning reading, writing, math, and other key language and social skills had attendees registered from various educational settings and included teachers, practitioners, tutors, and parents/guardians.

Developing a sustainable and successful research project takes many moving parts, such as study design, training, recruitment, scheduling, and analysis to strategically coalesce. Under the leadership of the principal investigator for the study, Dr. Nicole Landi, the efforts of Haskins Laboratory researchers, The Windward Institute team, and The Windward Research Leadership Team, Year 1 of the longitudinal study, Predicting Literacy Outcomes at The Windward School (P.L.O.W.) was successfully completed in May of 2020