2. Please Mute Your Cell Phones & Place them at a distance that prevents feedback Place your Office Phones on Mute unless indicating that you have a question for the host or panel. Ask Questions- all typed questions will be presented (unidentified) as a general question to the group – chat to all presenters. 2

3. District Roll Call –  Advise the number of guest attending  Forward an email with names of each guest for EILA certificate 3

4.  EILA Certificate  Training PowerPoint  Archive Link (open for 30-days)  Developing a Schoolwide Writing Plan 4

5.  Senate Bill 1 Language  Literacy Plan  Writing Plan/Policies  Timelines  Policy Review Process

6.  SB 1 states, “Each school-based decision making council or if there is no school council, a committee appointed by the principal, shall adopt policies that determine the writing program for its school.”  Each school will submit the policy to KDE for review and comment. 6

7. Literacy program Writing policy Writing plan 7

8. Literacy program Writing policy Writing plan 8

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10.  Multiple opportunities for students to develop complex communication skills for a variety of purposes  Access to and use of technology tools  Access to and use of language resources  Procedures for developing and monitoring portfolios  Feedback to students regarding writing and communication skills 10

11.  Elementary  Middle  High 11

12.  “Writing portfolios, consisting of samples of individual student work that represent the interests and growth of the student over time, shall be a required part of any writing program in primary through grade twelve.”  Portfolios are part of the required criteria for the program review and audit process  A writing portfolio shall be maintained for each student and follow each student from grade to grade and to any school 12

13. Questions

14.  Multiple opportunities for students to develop complex communication skills for a variety of purposes  Access to and use of technology tools  Access to and use of language resources  Procedures for developing and monitoring portfolios  Feedback to students regarding writing and communication skills 14

15.  Multiple opportunities for students to develop complex communication skills for a variety of purposes  Access to and use of technology tools  Access to and use of language resources  Procedures for developing and monitoring portfolios  Feedback to students regarding writing and communication skills 15

16.  Multiple opportunities for students to develop complex communication skills for a variety of purposes  Access to and use of technology tools  Access to and use of language resources  Procedures for developing and monitoring portfolios  Feedback to students regarding writing and communication skills 16

17.  Multiple opportunities for students to develop complex communication skills for a variety of purposes  Access to and use of technology tools  Access to and use of language resources  Procedures for developing and monitoring portfolios  Feedback to students regarding writing and communication skills 17

18.  Multiple opportunities for students to develop complex communication skills for a variety of purposes  Access to and use of technology tools  Access to and use of language resources  Procedures for developing and monitoring portfolios  Feedback to students regarding writing and communication skills 18

19. Assessment for Learning 19

20. Students can collect documents in their ILP Students can now journal in their IL P 20

21. Questions

22. Literacy program Writing policy Writing plan 22

23.  2009-2110 Writing Program Review—schools may develop interim plan for transition period  2010-2011 Writing Program Review Pilot— schools have access to pilot program review process  2011-2012 Writing Program Review—results included in accountability for each school 23

24.  Councils typically charge a committee with program development and the drafting of policy language.  The committee would present recommendations for council consideration and possible approval.  Provide guidance to councils within the district to consider this best practice route. 24

25. Suggested Stakeholder Representation:  Literacy lead  Teacher council member  Parent council member  Assistant Principal of Curriculum/Instruction  Additional teachers  Additional parents  Classified staff  Community members  Students (recommended at secondary level) 25

26.  Communication skills  Grading procedures and feedback to students regarding their writing and communication skills  The responsibility for review of the portfolios and feedback to student  Other policies to improve the quality of an individual student’s writing and communication skills. 26

27.  Policy development should occur during this current school year into the summer of 2010.  District SBDM coordinators will submit school council writing policies to KDE during the fall of 2010 as a district submission. 27

28. KDE’s Data Collection Plan 28

29.  Debrief today’s training  Plan a district-wide Council of Council meeting (suggested principal, one teacher and parent member plus literacy lead).  Discuss possibility of committee(s) working on literacy program, writing plan and policies. 29

30. Questions

31.  EILA Certificate  Training PowerPoint  Archive Link (open for 30-days)  Developing a Schoolwide Writing Plan 31

32. Cindy Parker—Language Arts Branch Manager Cindy.Parker@education.ky.gov Cindy.Parker@education.ky.gov Writing Consultants Carol.Franks@education.ky.gov Renee.Boss@education.ky.gov Rebecca.Woosley@education.ky.gov 32

33. Mary Jo Rist, manager Darryl Thompson, consultant Darryl Thompson, consultant ~502-564-4201 (phone) ~firstname.lastname@education.ky.gov ~502-564-6952 (fax)