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CCR Conference Summer 2014
Building Capacity of Content Teachers through A Comprehensive Literacy
Initiative
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Session Outcomes
• Identify the need for a school wide/content literacy plan.
• Identify strategies for engaging teachers in building a vision plan for literacy across content areas.
• Identify elements of an action plan that would support building literacy across content areas.
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What is the need for a school wide literacy plan across the
content areas?
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The Last Word
• Three team members will read the information on a card and share a one sentence summary containing the key words to the group.
• One team member will have the final word on the information presented. This team member will identify and share the most compelling information to support the need for a school-wide literacy initiative in a one sentence summary.
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Share Your Last Word!
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Challenge Ahead
Cross content or school wide literacy - reading, writing, speaking and listening - is perhaps the most significant change faced by middle schools and high schools in response to the MCC-R Standards.
National Association of Secondary School Principals
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Are Our Schools Ready?
Currently, many schools lack the capacity to integrate literacy instruction in the content areas. Even if teachers are receptive to the idea of incorporating literacy into their daily instruction, they lack the training and resources needed to deliver that instruction.
National Association of Secondary School Principals
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How to begin engaging teachers in building a vision
for literacy across content areas?
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START the Discussion
Begin building capacity for a school - wide literacy initiative by starting the discussion at:
school faculty meetings grade level content teamsgrade level teams across disciplinesmixed grade/content teamsleadership team
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Start the Discussion
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Share Actives to Start the Conversation
Review sample activities. As you review, ask
Who would participate in the discussion? What would be the intended outcome of participating
in the discussion?
Share with the whole group.
Choose one activity to share with the whole group. How would you use or modify the activity to use in your school?
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An Activity We Would Use
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What are important elements of a school - wide literacy plan of
action?
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What is an effective school-wide literacy plan?
An effective school-wide literacy plan guides action on many levels, focusing multiple activities toward increasing students' reading, writing, and thinking skills. A comprehensive literacy action plan has action steps related to key areas.
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Effective Components of a School-Wide Literacy Plan
• Strengthening Literacy Development Across the Content Area
• Developing Structures and Cultures
• Building Teacher Leadership Capacity
• Supporting teachers in improved instruction
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Taking a Look and Making a Plan
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Review Examples
With your group, review an example of one component of a school-wide literacy action plan. As you discuss -evaluate examples givenprovide reflective feedback or questions add other ideas that you think would further support a plan of action.
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Take a Gallery Walk
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Session Outcomes
Identify the need for a school wide/content literacy plan.
Identify strategies for engaging teachers in building a vision plan for literacy across content areas.
Identify elements of an action plan that would support building literacy across content areas.