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Creating a Culture of CollaborationImplementing Adolescent Literacy Instructional
Practices
Krista L. McDanielLiteracy Coordinator & Coach, RtI CoordinatorLittleton High School, Littleton Colorado
Doctoral Candidate, University of Colorado Denver
Leadership in Educational Equity
Literacy Dreams
• Imagine your school or district in 10 years. Your colleagues have embedded literacy instructional practices across all contents and courses. What do classrooms look like, sound like, and feel like?
• How do we achieve the dream?
Identify your allies – Develop your Networks
Teaching Colleagues
Administrative Support
District Colleagues
External Networks
Administrator Advice: Create structures and systems for
communication among and between groups
Broaden Base of Knowledge
• Begin with your allies• Facilitate exploration of
research• Meet regularly with
principal • Share your knowledge• Become a source of
knowledge
Conceptual Framework: The Map
•What are
WE going?
• Guiding Principles
• Data• Progress
MonitoringHandout: Guiding Principles P. 3
Advice to Administrators: Expect Research-Based Recommendations
Be wary of the “program”
Effective Instructional Practices
Research, R
esearch, R
esearch
Current Focus for LHS 2008-2010
• Direct instruction in comprehension strategies• Activating/building background/prior
knowledge • Use of differentiated texts using Lexile scores• Summary Writing• Graphic Organizers• Text-Based Collaboration
Handout: LHS 2008 – 2010 p. 4
Professional Development: The “Why” Factor
• Always answer the “why”
• Big Picture Connections
• Data Informed Decisions
• Progress Monitoring
• Linking RTI PLC & PD Matrix.pdfHandout: RtI/PLC/PD
Connection for LHS
Develop a Collaborative Culture of Practice
• Workshop Approach PD• Differentiate for Content Areas• Options: Choice vs. Level• Study Groups• Implementation Time
Handout: What does good PD look like, sound like, and
feel like? (p.4)
Administrator Advice: Make Collaborative Professional
Development a Priority
Handout: What does good PD look like,
sound like, and feel like?
Patience, Patience, PatienceRepetition, Repetition, Repetition
Listen, Listen, ListenBelieve, Believe, Believe
Students, Students, Students
WE can Create a Collaborative Culture