1. Content Area Literacy Plan Erin Thurston, Secondary ELA Content Leader

2. National Reading Scores NAEP 2013

3. National Writing Scores

4. Mission & Vision O To equip content teachers with literacy strategies in order to be confident in implementing reading and writing in their content area to meet the Common Core expectations.

5. Planning Stage O Common Core Task Force O Content Area Literacy O Reading/Writing Strategies O Train-the-Trainer Model

6. Train-the-Trainer: Reading Developing Readers in the Academic Disciplines 6 Release Days Reflection, New Learning, Collaboration CCSS, Mentoring Students in Disciplinary Literacy Frontloading Self Questioning Taxonomy Think Alouds Note-Taking & Graphic Organizers Writing HowellNET to Share Documents/Examples

7. Implementation: Reading O 15 CAL Groups O Administrator Support O 6 Professional Development Days (4 hours) O Participant Survey O CAL Debrief

11. Train-the-Trainer: Writing Focus on Argumentative Writing & Toulmin Model Added ELA and LMS Book Study via Twitter & Schoology Oh Yeah?! Putting to Work Both in School and Out by Jeffrey Wilhelm, etc. 2 Release Days with Jeffrey Wilhelm in spring 2 Summer Work Days 4 Professional Development Google Presentation Shells for CALs to populate

13. Implementation: Writing O 11 CAL Groups O Administrator & LMS Support O Participant Surveys & CAL Debrief O 5 PD Days (4 hours) O Kick Off with Jeffrey Wilhlem O Frontloading Arguments O Toulmin Model: Claims, Evidence, Warrants O Feedback & Revising O Research

19. District Impact

20. Questions