Literacy “Spring-board” Conversation October 28, 2011 Integrating Literacy Instruction Across the Subject Areas in Grades 9-12 Literacy “Spring-board” Conversation October 28, 2011

Findings from PISA

Findings from PISA

Findings from PISA

Building a Literacy Focus PowerPoint Literacy Grades K-4 06/12/2010 Building a Literacy Focus Teamwork within Schools Teamwork among Schools Grades K-4 Grades 5-8 Grades 9-12 Early success in listening, speaking, reading, and writing Sustain success in listening, speaking, reading, and writing Increase engagement K-12 Cross-curricular Literacy Continuum

“Spring-board” Conversations December 2010 April 2011 October January 2012 May

How are we doing? The goals of our Literacy Focus School-based literacy teams Spring-board conversations

Think Literacy Students in Grades 7 to 12 need well-developed literacy skills to succeed in all subject areas, and all subjects provide opportunities to develop those skills. Content-area teachers can do the best job of teaching the reading and writing skills required by their discipline. Has the resource been helpful?

Reading Next Has the resource been helpful? Direct, explicit comprehension instruction Effective instructional principles embedded in content Motivation and self-directed learning Ongoing formative assessment Extended time for literacy Professional development Interdisciplinary teams A comprehensive and coordinated approach Has the resource been helpful? Direct, explicit comprehension instruction Comprehension strategies instruction Questioning, clarifying, predicting, and summarizing Comprehension monitoring and metacognition instruction Teacher modeling Scaffolded instruction Reciprocal teaching

Teaching students strategies for planning, revising, and editing their compositions Writing Next Explicitly and systematically teaching students how to summarize texts The report identifies 11 elements of current writing instruction found to be effective for helping adolescent students learn to write well and to use writing as a tool for learning. Has the resource been helpful?

Next Steps Our next “spring-board” conversation is scheduled for ? School-based Literacy Teams promote conversations and actions that support and enhance student literacy in their schools by: working within departments to determine literacy skills required in each discipline considering key instructional approaches to teach reading, writing, speaking, listening and thinking strategies while teaching subject content Two Divisional Professional Learning Goals Develop a made-in-LRSD Cross-Curricular Literacy Continuum K-12 Develop made-in-LRSD Cross-Curricular Writing Exemplars K-12 Survey about our Literacy Focus

What are your next steps? Literacy Teams continue to promote school-based conversations and actions that support and enhance student literacy in their schools Division-wide projects Survey about our Literacy Focus