1. Instructional Leadership
K-12 Aligned Literacy

3. 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

4. Need copies

5. The Heart of Writing

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

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

9. 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

10. Aligned Rubrics for Quality
Argument
Informative
Narrative
K through 12

11. Next Steps
Additional training
Roll out of rubrics
Digital Portfolios

12. Cross-Curricular Implementation

13. 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?
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?

14. We Need Some Bright Ideas!
What ideas do you have for implementation
in a high-school culture and climate?
Google Response Form
One per group? Per pair?

15. Next Steps
Additional training
Roll out of rubrics
Digital Portfolios

16. Teacher Professional Development
Fidelity of
Cross-Curricular Implementation

17. K-12 Digital Portfolios Interactive Digital Rubrics