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Are you in the right place? Middle School English/Reading/Drama—308 High School English/Reading/Drama—309
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WELCOME NEW TEACHERS English/Reading/Language Arts
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Focusing Activity Complete the Teacher Survey This will help guide us in developing training items and resources.
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Focusing Activity Practice: What activity will you do so that students know who you are and you can quickly assess some skill set of your students?
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Today’s Agenda 1.Welcome and Introductions 2.General Information 3.English Non-Negotiables 4.Digging into the Curriculum Resources
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Objectives Today we will… familiarize you with the instructional expectations for English and Reading in HCPS. expose you to valuable resources available to you in Henrico County. provide you with the opportunity to explore and understand critical documents.
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What do I believe? (Mrs. Basnight-Johnson) To truly teach is to be a facilitator. Teachers should provide the guides and structures so that students learn how to seek out knowledge. Skills-Based Instruction Rigor and Relevance Active Readers and Writers Reflective Practioners Kids come first!
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What do you believe? What is your philosophy of teaching? What do you want your classroom to look like? Skills-Based Instruction Rigor and Relevance Active Readers and Writers Reflective Practioners Kids come first!
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What does the Specialist do? Write, Edit Curriculum Resources Provide Professional Development Make Content Decisions Conduct Observations & Walkthroughs Order Textbooks and other materials Support Instruction And much more…
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Observations and Walkthroughs - What’s the Difference? Observations Purpose: Probationary Continuing Contract Structured or Intensive Growth Planned Pre-conference Post-conference PQRs Done upon Admin Requests Walkthroughs Purpose For Data To provide feedback and support Unplanned No pre- or post- conference Use Look-For Document
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Programs You Need To Know About
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County-Wide Reading Programs Middle School Author (not annual) All Henrico Reads April 12, 2016, Glen Allen High School, 10:00 a.m. Featured Author: Chitra Divakaruni Stories include Oleander Girl (community), One Amazing Thing (good for high school), The Conch Bearer (good for middle school), Grandma and the Great Gourd (great picture book for model/mini lessons), and many poems
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Summer Reading Middle School Honors &Non-Honors; High School Non-Honors County Assignments High School Honors County-Wide Guidelines Schools Specific Choice AP County-Wide Guidelines Syllabus Requirements School-Specific Choice and Assignments
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Digging Into the Curriculum
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Curriculum Documents What guides your teaching? County Non-Negotiables & Pacing Guide (What) State Curriculum Framework (How) State Testing Blueprints (Largest Foci) School Planning Meetings
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County Documents http://blogs.henrico.k12.va.us/ hcpsenglish-staff Resource Links Non-Negotiables Pacing
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State Documents SOLs SOLs Curriculum Framework Curriculum Framework Blueprints` Blueprints
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Your Goal is to use all the resources to create student centered, integrated Unit Plans
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Why the Integrated Unit Plan? A Good Lesson… Is based on the standards and what students need to know Addresses various learning styles and levels Is developed to address real-world concerns of the student
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Instructional Planning Items Daily Daily (Let’s explore the elements of this item) Weekly Weekly (Same elements as the daily, just with drop- down menus)
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Instructional Planning Items Lesson Activities Guide Lesson Activities Guide
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Student Growth Measures Pick two of the options: Option 1: NWEA pre and post RIT scores (middle school only) Option 2: Writing Portfolio (pre-writing and SOL paper score serve as your pre and post scores) Option 3: Annotation Option 4: Précis Statement or Summary Statement
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HCPS Assessments Varies by school, but in general— 1st Nine Weeks Semester 1 3rd Nine Weeks Semester 2 8 th Grade Specialty Center Prompt Administration (November 16-20) Benchmark Exams (county-wide for SOL courses) in Dec
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SOL Assessments Reading English 6 English 7 English 8 EOC Reading - English 11 Writing English 8 EOC Writing - English10
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Professional Organizations and Events VATE – Virginia Association of Teachers of English - http://www.vate.org/http://www.vate.org/ NCTE – National Council of Teachers of English - http://www.ncte.org/http://www.ncte.org/ ALAN – The Assembly for Literatute on Adolescents - http://www.alan-ya.org/http://www.alan-ya.org/
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Questions/ Comments/ Concerns
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Contact Information: Erica L. Basnight-Johnson 652-3740 elbjohnson@henrico.k12.va.us elbjohnson@henrico.k12.va.us Central Office on Nine Mile Road
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