Language Arts Lead Teacher Meeting

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Language Arts Lead Teacher Meeting

• February 10, 2009
• 430 630

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Norms

• Assume positive intent
• Interact respectfully and professionally
• Challenge ideas, not people
• Model the attitude of a life-long learner

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Lead Teacher Plan

• Lead Teachers are
• A liaison between CIA and your campus
• Selected for their content knowledge and
  leadership
• An integral part of Literacy Leads the Way

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Lead Teacher Expectations

• Attendance and participation at meetings
• Or send a campus designee
• Facilitate content area curriculum, instruction,
  and assessment on your campus
• Share training, due dates and other relevant
  information with administration and teachers

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Reading/LA Procedures

• Register on Etrain
• Etrain closes 3 days before event
• Sign in and out
• In at the beginning Out at the end
• Communicate primarily through email
• Meeting notes and other info on our website

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Announcements

• Lauren Nguyen-Input on LLTW Writing Plan
  Instruction, Motivation, Social/Emotional issues
• Shirley Lyons Blanca Cuellar ASPIRE
• Lola McIntosh Houston Teachers Institute in the
  fall collaboration between UH and Harvard

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MOTIVATION

• Houston Dynamo
• Maria Duran

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MOTIVATION

• I Want to Fly
• Andre Lewis

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ASPIRE-Blanca Cuellar4th Bilingual-Southmayd

• Nearly in tears 2007-no ASPIRE
• Following year-no ASPIRE
• This year-changed teaching strategy and moved
  away from multiple-choice test preparation.

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Blanca Cuellar

• I introduced a lot of novel reading to
  students and tried to make it more meaningful.

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INSTRUCTION

• Writing Plan
• Curriculum Revision
• Literacy Leads the Way input

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School Wide Writing Plan

• Campus Data Analysis
• What to look for
• Writing Rubric
• Checklist
• PLC Discussion Topics
• Setting Goals

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Revisions to HAPG

• HAPGs for 2009-2010
• New Objectives based on ELA/SLA TEKS
• Reorganization of Concepts
• Readers/Writers/Viewers Craft
• Listeners/Speakers Craft
• Macroconcepts
• Conceptual Learning Focus
• Conceptual Lens
• Essential Understandings
• Guiding Questions

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Revisions to HAPG

• CSLAEKS Modifications to comply with HB 77.4
• Link to ELPS
• TELPAS referenced
• ELL accommodations in green
• Correlations to Avenues
• Link to ESL Frameworks
• Formative Assessments
• Technology Resources
• 1st 2nd cycle documents will be available for
  planning in June.

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LITERACY LEADS THE WAY
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Literacy Commitments

• Speaking/Listening
• Facilitated classroom discussions
• Formal presentations at least once a semester
• Writing
• Model a process for writing using a rubric
• Write and revise one significant writing
  assignment per grading period
• Model systematic ways to summarize text
• Provide daily opportunities for informal writing

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Literacy Commitments

• Reading
• Model strategies to activate or develop prior
  knowledge and make connections
• Give students a purpose for their reading and
  note-taking work
• Give students opportunities to read content text
  at their appropriate Lexile level

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Literacy Commitments

• Reading continued
• Provide explicit and direct vocabulary
  instruction for content-specific academic
  language
• Model how to use text structure

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Best Practices

• KWL
• Think Pair Share
• Frayer Model
• Summary Frames
• Two Column Notes

• Rubrics
• Think Aloud
• RAFT
• Anticipation Guide
• Graphic Organizer

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Lead Teacher Responsibility

• Confer with other lead teachers and work with
  campus administration to develop an
  implementation plan.
• Order flipcharts if you need them-contact Tina
  Angelo, Adolescent Literacy Manager

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Neuhaus District Trainers

• Multisensory Grammar
• 25 per participant
• Developing Accuracy and Fluency
• 40 per participant
• Written Composition
• Printing cost only
• Contact Victoria Orozco-Martinez
• to schedule training

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Literacy Leads the Way

• Literacy Commitments
• Sixth Grade Reading
• Lexiles
• Writing

• Curriculum
• Libraries
• Building Teacher Capacity
• Millionaire Club

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Goals

• Close the achievement gap by 2013-2014
• All students college or career ready
• Eliminate the drop out rate
• If it were possible, how could we do it?
• What is the role of elementary?
• What are essential skills?
• What must we guarantee our students?
• District, campus, individual classroom
• How can we work together?

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Literacy Teams

• District CIA, Multilingual, Advanced Academics,
  Special Education, Professional Development,
  Alternative Certification (ACP)
• Region Executive Principals, Special Populations
  Managers, Program Managers, Content Specialists,
  Feeder Pattern Content Specialists, Project GRAD,
  BETS

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Literacy Teams

• Campus Administrators, Instructional
  Coordinator(s), Lead Teachers (4 content, Title
  III, Title I, Dyslexia, Special Education), IAT
  team, SDMC
• Utilize expertise contact HR for list of
  certificationsMaster Reading Teacher, Reading
  Specialist

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Professional Thinking

• Brainstorm how to meet our broad goals
• Brainstorm elementary guarantees
• Give feedback and suggestions on professional
  development plans
• Sign up for leadership opportunities

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Thank You For Your Leadership

• Master Reading Teachers please stay
• for a brief meeting.