WASHINGTON PRIMARY CENTERProfessional Development

August 29,2011

'If we always do what we've always done, we will get what we've always got.' – Adam Urbanski

GUIDING QUOTES

'Insanity is doing the same things over and over again and expecting different results. – Albert Einstein

CAFÉ DiscussionTable TalkWhat is the purpose of implementing CAFÉ at WPC?What are the concerns or questions that you have about CAFÉ going into our second year of implementing CAFÉ?

Today’s Objectives

What is CAFÉ?Updated CAFÉ Literacy Menus7 Steps From Assessment to InstructionAssessment to Conferring

Reading Conferring Sheets Coaching Towards a Target Observation Sheets

Touch Points

Today’s Objectives Cont.Progress MonitoringDiscussion about the structures that need

to put in place for CAFÉ to be successfully implemented

Discussion about CAFÉ handbook Aligning CAFÉ and Treasures Assessing our own students

The CAFÉ BookIn The CAFÉ Book, Gail Boushey and Joan Moser present a practical,simple way to integrate assessment into daily reading and classroomdiscussion. The CAFE system, based on research into the habits ofproficient readers, is an acronym for Comprehension, Accuracy,Fluency, and Expanding vocabulary. The system includes goal-settingwith students in individual conferences, posting of goals on a whole-classboard, developing small-group instruction based on clusters of studentswith similar goals, and targeting whole-class instruction based on emergingstudent needs. Gail and Joan developed the CAFE system to supportteachers as they:

organize assessment data so it truly informs instruction; track each child's strengths and goals, thereby maximizing time with him or her; create flexible groups of students, all focused on a specific reading strategy; and help students remember and retrieve the reading strategies they learned.

CAFÉ, WHY?To assist teachers in developing individual

educational goals for students through:Meaningful and relevant standards-based

teaching and learning,A structure for conferring with students, Language for talking about reading

development, on-going assessment, and progress monitoring (a system for tracking growth and fostering student independence)

Built-in flexibility allows teachers to tailor the system to reflect the needs of their students and their state's standards

CAFÉ, WHY? Cont…Sets the stage for teacher and student

accountability.Provides teachers the opportunity to strategically

diagnose students’ strengths and needs as readers and design a path of instruction and practice for students one-on-one and in small groups (whole group teaching does not work for the majority of students). Meets the needs of all students in reading Guide students to become more proficient in

reading Help students to become independent and self-

reflective.

Where are you on the CAFÉ Learning Line?Where are you on the CAFÉ learning line

and why?

What do you need to do to move to the next level?

What structures might the leadership team put in place to provide more support?

CAFÉ Menu/ System/ Guide for Instruction

Literacy Café MenuLiteracy Café Menu

OverviewInclude Standards and Literacy Strategies

Kindergarten Literacy Café MenuFirst Grade Literacy Café Menu

Teacher Resources that Guide CAFÉ ImplementationReady Reference Guide7 Steps from Assessment to InstructionThe CAFÉ Menu 6-5-4-3From Assessment to ConferringReading Conferring Sheet with IconsObservation Sheet # 1 and # 2Coaching Towards a Target

Different Levels, same skill?

Touch PointsTouch Points Handout

What are Touch Points? How can they be used to inform instruction?

Progress MonitoringChange Conditions of Learning

Materials Teaching Setting

When to Layer On a New Strategy?

Progress Monitoring3

Teaching Attempts

1 or 2Touch Points

Change Something

Materials TeachingExplicit

ExplanationModelThink AloudOffer Advice

Change Something

Setting

When to Layer On a New Strategy?

4 or 5 Observations

3 or 4 Touch Points

THE CAFÉ HANDBOOK

Our Best Teacher Resource Purpose and Design

Monthly Pacing Calendar Daily Lesson Plans

Sample Lessons Ready Reference Form for CAFÉ Strategy

The Literacy CAFÉ Menu Fillable Forms Coaching Towards a Target

Samples of Individual Conferences Touch Points

From Assessment to Conferring Calendars – October- June 2011-2012 Additional Ready Reference Forms Fingertip Assessments Resources Whole-Group Instruction Curriculum Calendar

WRAP UPParking lot QAC - Questions, answers, concerns/

comments

“The most important factor affecting student learning is the teacher.”-- Marzano based on the research of Sanders, Wright, Horn 1994 & 1997