Edmonton Regional Learning Consortium Literacy Advisory Committee January 22, 2014

Our purpose today is to review the key literacy professional learning opportunities that have taken place in the Edmonton Regional Learning Consortium region this year based on advisory committee direction and dialogue. …and begin plans for next year that aligns with Inspiring Education, Curriculum Redesign and school authority needs/direction.

What you asked us to do and what we did What you asked us to do! Support for Curriculum Redesign and the cross- curricular competencies Develop a literacy framework (balanced literacy, daily 5, intervention) Follow up with AARI Plan a Literacy summer conference What we did and are doing! Support for Curriculum Redesign through district days, development of cohorts, PD resources Develop a literacy guideline Implement Literacy for All Pilot Project –Grades 7-12 Provide Professional Learning opportunities with authors Engaged in plans for a summer conference

ERLC Regional Literacy Guideline Meeting Draft Purpose – Communications for facilitators – Informative for planning professional learning – Potential to support school authority planning Next steps – Literacy benchmarks – Alberta revised program of studies ( e.g., curriculum redesign) – Cross curriculum competencies

Learning Opportunities Upcoming Kylene Beers and Robert Probst –Struggling Reader, Jan 23Struggling Penny Kittle- Book Love and Writing, March 3 & 4 Penny Kittle- Book Love and Writing Daily Five –The Sisters, Feb 7 Karen Erickson -Literacy for Students with Significant Disabilities Feb 11,12,13 Karen Erickson -Literacy for Students with Significant Disabilities Literacy Benchmarks –Karen Loerke – April 25 Literacy Benchmarks –Karen Loerke Future? Past Robert Cutting –FNMI and storytelling Robert Cutting –FNMI and storytelling Balanced Literacy –Division I (Wendy Legaarden and Judy Bourassa) Balanced Literacy Division II – (Anne Muir & Keri Busenius) Best Practices (Division III, IV) –Irene Heffel Smartboards and Ipads for Language Arts –Karla Holt

PD Resources Archived Webinars – Literacy RTI – Ipads – Smart Boards – Engaging Learners – Literature and Social Studies Pilot –Literacy for All Wiki Inclusive Education PD Resources – Literacy Inclusive Education PD Resources – Literacy Curriculum Redesign Wiki – Cross-Curricular Competencies Curriculum Redesign Wiki Learning Technologies What else? Future needs?

District Days – Karen Loerke Completed 9/18 districts; Plans with 13/18 Book clubs, guided reading, close reading Reading and writing assessment Word study Coaching Literacy Benchmarks Grounded in literacy principles Comprehensive literacy approach Incorporate “curriculum redesign” ( e.g. literacy benchmarks and cross- curriculum competencies)

Literacy Benchmarks Organized by three components: 1)awareness, 2) knowledge and understanding, and 3) strategies Developed in all subject/discipline areas at all grade levels 9 elements and 5 developmentally age groups

Draft Literacy Benchmarks: 9 Elements 1. Awareness How being literate enables me and others to create and express meaning Use literacy skills to represent what I know, and do, and need to learn 2. Knowledge and Understanding Communicate to define and develop ideas Use my knowledge of structures, rules and tools of language to communicate meaning Use diverse texts and media to develop ideas and understanding

Draft Literacy Benchmarks: 9 Elements 3. Strategies Connect and select background knowledge and personal experiences to develop new understanding Use effective and efficient strategies to acquire knowledge and understanding Use effect and efficient strategies to respond to knowledge and understanding

Summer Literacy and Numeracy Conference Summer 2013 – Literacy, technology and inclusive education Summer 2014 K-12 Literacy and Numeracy Benchmarks – Thought leaders – Aligned with ERLC region literacy framework? Should we or shouldn’t we? RFP districts….. Format e.g., Literacy Benchmarks – Use tools of language to communicate meaning – Use effective strategies to acquire knowledge

Next Steps Planning Forward Literacy Guideline –directs future directions Other?