Next Steps—Currituck County Schools ELA PD Plan

GOAL: Present and provide focused discussion time on the shifts in ELA instructional practices with 100% of the teachers in the district (including content area teachers) by the end of the 2011-12 school year.

Our first implementation goal is…
TARGET DATE for goal attainment. / What tasks or steps are needed to reach our goal? / District Level Assistance and Resources Needed / School and Classroom Level Assistance and Resources Needed
Shift 1:
PK-5, Balancing Informational & Literary Texts / GOAL: Expose all students to more informational text on a daily basis—during instructional and independent reading.
GOAL: Vertical Team meetings between elementary/middle/high school teachers to build common understanding of terms and features of text.
TARGET DATE: May, 2012 / Build resources
Build awareness of need/benefits of informational text
Bring Media Specialists in on the ELA CC goals
Provide training on informational text features and lessons
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Conduct meetings where ELA teachers can meet and discuss instructional strategies, / Resources—Funding?
Coordination of resources at grade levels?
Time to work collaboratively at school and district level w/ Media
CCHS Literacy Lab (for students and teachers) / Support/Training on Informational Text structures and reading strategies
Shift 2:
6-12, Building Knowledge in the Disciplines / GOAL: Build understanding of informational text structures and reading strategies (AVID critical reading strategies) for teachers in the content areas in 6-12.
TARGET DATE: October, 2012 / Meet with AVID teachers/team to develop understanding of CC strategies;
Meet with teachers during PLC time and ER/PD to focus on literacy strategies and structures over the course of the next year + / AVID resources;
Breakdown of informational strategies;
Time to meet with district teams
CCHS Literacy Lab (for students and teachers) / PLC designated literacy time/PD
Lead AVID/ELA Leads to facilitate trainings
District Support meetings (like D5)?
Shift 3:
Staircase of Complexity / GOAL:
Focus on Exemplars as models for lessons; Develop model lessons for teacher use.
Incorporate RE-READING into regular lessons.
Use LEXILES vs. AR levels at secondary
TARGET DATE: Ongoing- May 2013 / Focused lessons, modeling the use of the sample exemplar texts;
Make available REREADING and Questions that delve into deeper understanding / Critical Reading materials (LeMaster)
“Deeper Reading” by Kelly Gallagher
Study groups
Team time to create sample works to be shared with district.
CCHS Literacy Lab (for students and teachers) / Sample lessons
Book study books
Shift 4:
Text-Based Answers / GOAL:
Understand TBQ/A and how to create questions worthy of discussion.
Identify exemplar texts and create Text-based questions. (related to text complexity shift goal)
TARGET DATE:
AFTER Pacing/Frameworks are created (summer, 2012) / After Units are designed, look for exemplar texts that are linked to integrated content areas and practice creating TBQs.
Practice writing with PLCs and share with others in grade level/district.
Setting expectations for students to reference text in written answers/evidence to support their answers. / “The Big Question” by Jim Burke
AVID questioning strategies
Using Blooms’ questioning
CCHS Literacy Lab (for students and teachers) / “The Big Question” by Jim Burke
Created exemplar lessons with questions.
Shift 5:
Writing from Sources / GOAL:
Develop a standard for including writing in content and ELA courses on a regular basis AND for assessments.
Focus on argument and using resources in writing.
TARGET DATE: Ongoing/ May, 2012 / Modeling the process for writing with text references.
Setting expectations for students to reference text in written answers/evidence to support their answers.
Pull text information, inferences, and synthesize information in written format. / Model lessons from video sources for use as examples for teachers.
CCHS Literacy Lab (for students and teachers) / PLC Support; District support meetings
Combined with ELA PD
Shift 6:
Academic Vocabulary / GOAL:
Incorporate vocabulary/word work into daily lessons—content classes and ELA.
Making selections based on utility and usefulness across disciplines.
TARGET DATE: June, 2012 / Starting point….Identifying the tiers of vocabulary.
Practice with limiting our introduction and study of vocabulary.
Collaborate across content areas—sharing reading materials/articles and blending ELA goals with content area concepts to be gained in reading. / Tiers of vocabulary information; training for all staff. / Common Planning time .
Create an electronic depository for resources.