1. + Wiki: http://districtliteracyleaders.wikispaces.com Wireless: PSESD Guest January 28, 2012 District Literacy Leaders

2. + Welcome and Introductions Name District Role Core Literacy Program(s) – Elementary, Middle, High

3. + Wiki PowerPoints Handouts Events – please add! Resources – please add your favorites! http://districtliteracyleaders.wikispaces.com

4. + Announcements Washington International Dyslexia Association Lecture Series, Hamlin Robinson School, 7:00 – 8:30 pm Succeeding in Middle School, Feb 7 – note date change! Application Essays, April 18 Demystifying Assessment, May 16 Common Core and Implications for Struggling Readers, Saturday, March 16 at PSESD, 8:30 - noon

5. + Literacy Design Collaborative Cohort up to 70 teachers to design units 4 th – 12 th grade (ELA, Content area literacy -Science, Social Studies, Art, CTE) PSESD Beginning Summer 2013 (Aug 5 and 6) Follow Up in December 10 & 11 and February 11 Cost: $550 Register at www.psesd.orgwww.psesd.org Optional User Group PLC

6. + Smarter Balanced Assessment Cindy Knisely Secondary Reading Assessment Specialist 7, 8, High school (360) 725-6113 cynthia.knisely@k12.wa.us cynthia.knisely@k12.wa.us Beth Simpson Elementary Reading Assessment Specialist Grades 3-6 (360) 725- 6442 beth.simpson@k12.wa.us beth.simpson@k12.wa.us

7. + Take Aways What were some of your key take aways from the Smarter Balanced presentation?

8. + District Sharing Bethel School District Kari Martin Katherine Hansen Instructional Frameworks

9. + Basal Alignment Project Dozens of freely-available, revised questions and tasks for widely used 3rd-5th grade texts in basal reading series. http://www.edmodo.com/home Click "Visit link" to sign up on Edmodo. Use code "etuyrm" to join BAP group.

10. + User Groups Discussions To what degree are your core literacy program materials aligned with Common Core? How are you supporting teachers with the transition to Common Core with these materials? How might districts using the same materials collaborate?

11. + Next Meeting Tuesday, March 12 PSESD 9:00 – Noon District Presentation: Learning Topic: Literacy in Science Bring a science counterpart

12. + Survey Monkey Feedback on our meeting today

13. + Networking