Instructional Leadership K-12 Aligned Literacy

Writing Focus Group Sherri Miller, K-12 Director Sara Overby, HS ELA Melissa Hurst, MS ELA Shanta Lightfoot, MS ELA Sharon Collins, ES ELA Barbara Sorensen, ES ELA Walter Harris, ES ELA

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The Heart of Writing

Argument Training Day 1 Day 2– March 2, 2015 CR2 1400 Send the same team for Day 2. HS Programs pays for subs.

Day 4—Writing in the Content Areas Day 5—Performance Tasks/Integrated Units

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Designing Aligned K-12 Writing Rubrics David Balmer, SocSt, Heritage Tammy King, SocSt, Holly Springs Kristen Larsen, SocSt, Sanderson Laura Stiles, Sci, Wakefield Molly Bostic, Sci, Heritage Mary Cate Larocca, ELA, Southeast Raleigh Jenni Greene, ELA, Holly Springs Lauren Genesky, ELA, Millbrook Carrie Horton, ELA, Vernon Malone 24 Teachers Across District Across Grades K-12 Across Content Areas

Aligned Rubrics for Quality  Argument Informative Narrative K through 12

Next Steps Additional training Roll out of rubrics Digital Portfolios

Cross-Curricular Implementation http://map.mathshell.org/materials/_map/_map/pics/map_teachers_1.jpg

Table Talk Look down 2. Look across: one skill criterion What do you notice about skills and criteria? How might these fit all content areas? 2. Look across: one skill criterion What do you notice about growth within and across grade spans? How might these rubrics support a call to rigor in content-area learning? http://tinyurl.com/k9cgu3c Apply It: Choose a skill criterion. Read the student response. What subskill feedback would you give this student? How can the quality continuum be used to support qualitative student growth, rather than quantitative grades?

We Need Some Bright Ideas! What ideas do you have for implementation in a high-school culture and climate? http://thumbs.dreamstime.com/z/light-bulb-idea-821688.jpg Google Response Form http://goo.gl/forms/Io07BqGRMD One per group? Per pair?

Next Steps Additional training Roll out of rubrics Digital Portfolios

Teacher Professional Development http://map.mathshell.org/materials/_map/_map/pics/map_teachers_1.jpg http://www.princeton.edu/pr/pwb/06/0925/m/02-IMG_7678.jpg Fidelity of Cross-Curricular Implementation

K-12 Digital Portfolios Interactive Digital Rubrics http://www.onlinecolleges.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Writerfolio.jpg