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1 Are you in the right place?  Middle School English/Reading/Drama—308  High School English/Reading/Drama—309

2 WELCOME NEW TEACHERS English/Reading/Language Arts

3 Focusing Activity Complete the Teacher Survey This will help guide us in developing training items and resources.

4 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?

5 Today’s Agenda 1.Welcome and Introductions 2.General Information 3.English Non-Negotiables 4.Digging into the Curriculum Resources

6 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.

7 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!

8 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!

9 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…

10 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

11 Programs You Need To Know About

12 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

13 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

14 Digging Into the Curriculum

15 Curriculum Documents What guides your teaching?  County Non-Negotiables & Pacing Guide (What)  State Curriculum Framework (How)  State Testing Blueprints (Largest Foci)  School Planning Meetings

16 County Documents http://blogs.henrico.k12.va.us/ hcpsenglish-staff  Resource Links  Non-Negotiables  Pacing

17 State Documents  SOLs SOLs  Curriculum Framework Curriculum Framework  Blueprints` Blueprints

18 Your Goal is to use all the resources to create student centered, integrated Unit Plans

19 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

20 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)

21 Instructional Planning Items  Lesson Activities Guide Lesson Activities Guide

22 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

23 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

24 SOL Assessments  Reading  English 6  English 7  English 8  EOC Reading - English 11  Writing  English 8  EOC Writing - English10

25 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/

26 Questions/ Comments/ Concerns

27  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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