Invitational Summer Institute July 13, 2015

Agenda TimeEvent 9:00-9:15Daily Log, Author’s Chair 9:15-10:00Anthology Planning/ Editing 10:00-10:15BREAK 10:15-11:00From a Writing Project Fellow to a Teacher Consultant 11:00-12:00Writing Time 12:00-1:00Lunch 1:00-2:30Writing Groups 2:30-3:25Inquiry Groups 3:25-3:30Wrap–up

 Anthology Contributions due  Lunch time Reflection: Demos 4-9  Welcome back, Francisco!

Your Comments: What You Learned  How to annotate the questions we are asking students to answer and expecting them to not only listen to other group member’s answers but also summarize and question them  I learned about perspective and how important it is to text.  It’s important for students to see different perspectives on the same subject/text

Your Comments: What You Learned  Pathways to the Common Core helped me see that the new standards do not have to be overwhelming, especially looking at them horizontally through the grades.  Another way to approach the standards: share with colleagues  Again, the importance of writing. Weighing reading and writing equally.

Your Comments: What You Learned  Purpose in reading standards from k-12  All k-12 standards have spiral curriculum  Vocabulary.com  Lacuna—new word!  To annotate the questions first and then the text  The background and breakdown of the CCSs (many a-ha moments)

Your Comments: What You Learned  Accountable way of having the students work and participate in groups. Very collaborative and high level of participation.  Evolution of English inspired (caused by) the French taking over England  SAT word list  Having spaces for characters who are interviewed by other students for deeper analysis

Your Comments: What You Learned  CC initially did not have published authors  Students should have an hour for writing each day  “Marginalia” poem—you’re amazing, Melissa!  How to unpack questions on a text prior to reading the text itself  A great strategy in which after student 1 shares, students 2, 3, and 4 respond in very specific ways

What Surprised You? What Questions Do You Have?  How foolish some of the reasons the nay sayers re the CCSS are  That O’Brian works with 8 th grade  There are two CCSS tests (PAARC and SBAC). Thank you Erica.  Why is there not a uniform exam?  There are 44 states that adopted the CCSS, not 50

What Surprised You? What Questions Do You Have?  That reading and writing were not equal until the CCSS!  Finally, teachers respected to interpret and implement standards  Loved the questioning strategy Radia used, as well as how to unpack the questions looking for key words

What Surprised You? What Questions Do You Have?  I was surprised that perspective can be taught with so many different types of texts—easy to difficult  Taking the romance out of curse words by making kids study their etymologies  Vocabulary.com

What Do You Want To Know More About?  Planning a writing workshop over the course of a school year  I want to look at my own texts and see what passages I can pull for close reading and imitation  The two who wrote the CCSS. Google, here I come.  Scaffolding for students with IEPs  Verifying sources

What Do You Want To Know More About?  I want to practice a lot more with ACE  Designing organizers like the ones Radia had for questions

Anthology Planning/Editing  Name  Cover?  Theme?  Writer Bios?  Anything else?

Goals: Anthology Planning/ Editing  Cover?  Table of Contents?  Formatting?

Break

From Writing Project Fellow to Teacher Consultant  What does this mean…for ME?

 Free attendance at anything we offer.  Access to Writing Project library  You receive a badge of honor!  You receive a special Teacher Consultant computer bag!

Ten Roles for Teacher Leaders Cindy Harrison and Joellen Killion  The ways teachers can lead are as varied as teachers themselves.

Ten Roles for Teacher Leaders Cindy Harrison and Joellen Killion  Resource Provider  Instructional Specialist  Curriculum Specialist  Classroom Supporter  Professional Learning Facilitator  Mentor  School Leader  Data Coach  Catalyst for Change  Learner  Other?

How do we get where we want to be?

Site Work Possibilities  Write to Literacy Conference: October 17 th  Young Writer’s Camp (July)  Improving Student Academic Writing (ISAW)  Recruiting for Invitational Summer Institutes  Participate in future Invitational Summer Institutes –Paid facilitators (e.g. presenters, seasoned participants)

Site Work Possibilities  Professional development in schools  Encourage schools to partner with us in professional development.  Identify program opportunities and guide development.  Identify, create, and lead open institutes in writing, literature, poetry, assessment, technology, etc.

Site Work Possibilities  Create and lead/participate in book groups, discussion groups, study groups  Engage in teacher research/inquiry. Share findings.  Write to lawmakers, policy makers  Edit and/or write for site newsletter  Web site revision and development

Site Work Possibilities  Work with other Writing Project sites, nationally or state wide  Plan and facilitate social events such as reunions.  Whatever you would like to do with, and for, the site

Our Brains?Your Brains!!

Quick Write: 10 minutes  Explore your thoughts and feelings regarding the future of your relationship with the Cal State Northridge Writing Project. How involved would you like to be? What interests might you like to pursue? Do you want to work with school sites doing professional development? Continue a writing group? Join a book group? Something else? Or none of the above?

Table Talk: 10 minutes  Share key ideas from your writing. What new ideas emerged as you wrote?

Complete Involvement Survey

Writing Groups

Inquiry Groups

For Next Time…  Leadership Readings