Transcript District Fall Vertical Team MeetingENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS

District Fall Vertical Team Meeting
ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS
August 13, 2012
Good News for
Alabama
Some Good News to Share…
• Moving Up….Alabama is now 25th in education system.
• Alabama ranks 4th in nation in improving graduate rate.
• Alabama has highest recorded graduation rate ever.
• Alabama is 1st in nation in gain in 4th reading 2003-2012 .
“Every child a graduate, every graduate prepared.”
Dr. Bice / Vision 2010
ECBOE Advanced Placement Gains
2012
2011
2010
2009
AP
Students
433
366
232
192
AP Trained
Teachers
22
21
16
12
Qualifying
Scores
92
74
56
29
BIG Changes in
Testing
Plan, Explore, ACT
End-of-Course Testing – ACT QualityCore
ARMT+
Alabama College- and Career-Ready Assessment System
Grade
Assessment(s)
12
11
10
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
K
End-of-Course
WorkKeys
English 9, 10, 11, 12
ACT w/Writing
Alg. I, Geometry, Alg. II w/Trig, Pre-Cal
PLAN
Biology, Chemistry, Physics
Transition
U.S. History
EXPLORE
ARMT+
ARMT+ (Reading/ELA, Math, Science and
ARMT+
Writing/Social Studies Based) aligned to College
ARMT+
and Career Readiness Benchmarks
ARMT+
ARMT+
Developmentally Appropriate Assessments(s)
Developmentally Appropriate Assessments(s)
Kindergarten Screener(s) for all entering Kindergarten students
All assessments will
be offered in online
or paper-and-pencil
format with a
standards-based
reporting format that
will be immediate.
All assessments will
be formatted for
“through course” or
single-setting use.
Formative, Benchmark and/or Interim Assessment Repository with Resources
Grades 3-12
A pool of aligned items to each standard at each grade level within each assessment content area will be available for teacher, school or
system use for formative, benchmark and/or interim assessments to be used to inform instructional practice. Included will also be links to
instructional resources aligned to the standards for use by teachers, schools or school systems.
Project-Based Assessments
Grades 6-12
These assessments are designed to foster research inquiry skills, persistence, independence and intercommunications in ways that are not
accomplished with more traditional summative and end-of-course assessments. Project-based assessments are scored based on templates or
rubrics that produce rich, multileveled evaluations of student work.
Career Interest/Career Aptitude Assessments
Grades 6-12
These assessments are designed to inform student, parent, teacher, counselor and principal decisions about appropriate coursework and cocurricular opportunities for students culminating in a comprehensive and annually updated four-year high school plan of study.
Alabama College- and Career-Ready Assessment System
Timeline for Implementation
Grades 8-12
School Year
Grades K-2
Grades 3-7
End-of-Course
Assessments
College- and CareerReady Assessments
EXPLORE (Grade 8)
PLAN (Grade 10)
ARMT+ (Grades 3-8)
English 9
English 10
Algebra I
Geometry
Biology
(AHSGE Grades 11-12)
New
Above assessments plus
English 11
Algebra II
Chemistry
(AHSGE Grade 12)
EXPLORE (Grade 8)
PLAN (Grade 10)
ACT w/Writing (Grade 11)
2014-15
Formative/Interim/
Benchmark Assessments
(LEA Determined)
New
Above assessments plus
English 12
Pre-Calculus
Physics
U. S. History
(AHSGE for exited students)
EXPLORE (Grade 8)
PLAN (Grade 10)
ACT w/Writing (Grade 11)
WorkKeys (Grade 12)
2015-16
Formative/Interim/
Benchmark Assessments
(LEA Determined)
New
Above assessments
2012-13
Formative/Interim/
Benchmark Assessments
(LEA Determined)
2013-14
Formative/Interim/
Benchmark Assessments
(LEA Determined)
EXPLORE (Grade 8)
PLAN (Grade 10)
ACT w/Writing (Grade 11)
WorkKeys (Grade 12)
NOTE: State-provided formative/interim/benchmark assessments aligned to college- and careerready standards will be available August 2012 for Grades K-12.
Other Testing Info
• A few weeks ago, we were told (unofficially)
that this is the last year for ARMT+.
– No word yet on what will take its place.
• End-of-Course Test: ACT QualityCore
– Standards and Suggested Syllabi have been posted
on Curriculum Website.
• http://www.ecboe.org (Departments/Curriculum)
– ECBOE will begin correlating them with the new
courses of study asap.
Continuous Improvement
District-Wide Goals
(CIP)
District-Wide Reading Goals
• Goal 1 - Improve Reading and Writing
Proficiency
– Strategic teaching
– Intensive reading/ writing strategies
– Reading and writing across the Curriculum
– Read and write multiple genres
– Address student needs
– Increase honors/AP enrollment and success
(middle and high school)
What is strategic teaching?
• Core teachers will open each lesson with a student friendly
objective. All teachers will begin each class by establishing a
purpose for the lesson (make the lesson relatable to the student,
build background knowledge, generate questions to investigate, or
discuss essential vocabulary)
• At the end of the lesson, teachers will reflect on the content of the
lesson in a manner that formatively assesses comprehension of all
students (questions, group share-out, retell, summarize, journal
writing, etc.)
• All teachers will engage their students in higher-level questioning in
an effort to strengthen understanding of the content.
What is strategic teaching? (cont.)
• During the lesson, all teachers will use various strategies to explore
or explain the lesson (technology, integrate new information,
explore predictions, student response groups, teacher-student
conferencing, writing labs, portfolio assessments, after-school
tutoring, graphic organizers, etc...)
• Teachers will correlate their lesson plans with the ALCOS, AHSGE,
and ARMT+. Teachers (grades 7-12) will submit a syllabus (or course
outline) for the entire course before school begins. ALCOS, AHSGE,
and ARMT correlations will be noted. These syllabi will be posted on
each teacher’s website and be placed in the school evidence box for
future reference. School administrators will ensure reflective
planning is taking place by walkthroughs and submission (or
viewing) of lesson plans.
Display 7-12 Student Work
in Classroom and/or Website
Have student work displayed in halls and classroom that's much better (and authentic) than a crowded
CIP evidence box.
New Courses of Study/
Common Core/CCRS
A Little Clarification about
Common Core Acronyms
To be clear, they are one of the same.
• CC: Common Core
• CCSS: Common Core State Standards
• CCRS: College and Career Readiness Standards
• ALCOS: Alabama Course of Study
– The 2010 ALCOS standards equal the CCSS plus a few
added standards.
New Courses of Study –
All addressing Common Core Standards
• Math begins this year – full implementation
• English – begin implementing this year, full
implementation next year (2013-2014)
– Literacy standards for Science, History, and
technical studies also begin.
• Science coming soon…
Literacy in History/Social
Studies, Science, and
Technical Subjects
6-12
The literacy standards in the appendices of the 2010 ELA and Math courses
of study (and that will be in the new science COS) are not just for ELA
teachers. Nor are they just for math instruction. They are for social
studies, science, math, and other technical teachers and students in courses
such as those offered in career tech.
English
ELA CCRS
• ECBOE ELA COS/CCRS Website:
http://www.ecboe.org/languagearts
– Teachers’ Corner Tab / Language Arts
• Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=play
er_embedded&v=JDzTOyxRGLI
PASS OUT GOLD CCRS SHEET
English
ELA COS/CCRS Lessons
These links are also on our ELA website.
• Lesson plans for every COS standard!
– http://alex.state.al.us/browseEnglish.php
– Click grade level
• Want to search AL ELA COS lessons by grade,
strand, or anchor standard?
Click http://alex.state.al.us/browseEnglish.php
and then the Alabama Insight graphic. Etowah
County user name: guest28. Password: guest.
ELA COS/CCRS Checklists
K-12 will be added soon
www.ecboe.org/languagearts
English
English
Timeline for Preparation for the
ELA Course of Study
2010
Nov
Dec
2011
Jan
Feb
Mar
Ap
May
Jun
Jul
2012
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Ap
May
2013
Jun
Jul
Aug
Jan
Feb
ELA Develop Phase I
Phase I
ELA Deliver Phase I
ELA Deliver Phase II
ELA Develop Phase II
ELA Develop Phase III and Deliver
PD on Additional Topics—Building
Capacity, Content Analysis, Local
Curriculum Guides, etc.
2013
Mar
ap
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
2014
Sep
Oc
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
ELA Develop Phase II
Implementation
of 2010 ELA
Standards
ELA Development Phase III
and Deliver PD on
Additional Topics-Building
Capacity
Content Analysis, Local
Curriculum Guides, etc.
ALSDE
21
English
Anchor Standards Were
Developed For…
• Reading
• Writing
• Speaking and Listening
• Language
English
Content Standard Identifiers
Content Standard Identifiers - indicate the Common Core State
Standards (CCSS) strand, grade, and standard number
Reading Standards for Literature
Key Ideas and Details
1.
2.
3.
With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key
details in a text. [RL.K.1]
a. Make predictions to determine main idea and anticipate an
ending.
With prompting and support, retell familiar stories, including key
details. [RL.K.2]
With prompting and support, identify characters, settings, and major
events in a story. [RL.K.3]
ALSDE
English
Content Standard Identifiers
Abbreviations
Reading Literature
Reading Informational Text
Reading Foundations
Writing
Speaking and Listening
Language
RL
RI
RF
W
SL
L
ALSDE
English
Alignment Between 2007 COS
Standards and the CCSS
• A comparison of the 2007 Alabama COS
standards and the CCS standards shows
some movement of content from one
grade level to another.
ALSDE
English
Movement to a Later Grade
Moved from Grade 6 to Grade 9:
• Use a semicolon (and perhaps a conjunctive
adverb) to link two or more closely related
independent clauses.
ALSDE
English
Vertical Alignment
• Sometimes called a learning trajectory
• Refers to how core knowledge and skills are
developed over time through grade-level standards
that are related but with gradually increasing
complexity
– Complexity of the performance task
– Complexity of the text
PASS OUT Vertical Alignment Packets
ALSDE
English
Reading Standards for
Informational Text
Grade 6 students:
Grade 7 students:
Grade 8 students:
Key Ideas and Details
Cite textual evidence to
support analysis of what
the text says explicitly as
well as inferences drawn
from the text.
Cite several pieces of
textual evidence to
support analysis of what
the text says explicitly as
well as inferences drawn
from the text.
Cite the textual evidence
that most strongly
supports an analysis of
what the text says
explicitly as well as
inferences drawn from
the text.
ALSDE
English
Reading Standards for
Informational Text
Grade 6 students:
Grade 7 students:
Grade 8 students:
Key Ideas and Details
Cite textual evidence to
support analysis of what
the text says explicitly as
well as inferences drawn
from the text.
Cite several pieces of
textual evidence to
support analysis of what
the text says explicitly as
well as inferences drawn
from the text.
Cite the textual evidence
that most strongly
supports an analysis of
what the text says
explicitly as well as
inferences drawn from
the text.
ALSDE
English
Reading Standards for
Informational Text
Grade 6 students:
Grade 7 students:
Grade 8 students:
Key Ideas and Details
Cite textual evidence to
support analysis of what
the text says explicitly as
well as inferences drawn
from the text.
Cite several pieces of
textual evidence to
support analysis of what
the text says explicitly as
well as inferences drawn
from the text.
Cite the textual evidence
that most strongly
supports an analysis of
what the text says
explicitly as well as
inferences drawn from
the text.
ALSDE
English
Reading Standards for Language
Conventions of Standard English
Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English
capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
Grade 6
Grade 7
a. Use punctuation (commas,
parentheses, dashes) to
set off nonrestrictive/
parenthetical elements.
a. Use a comma to separate
coordinate adjectives
(e.g., It was a
fascinating, enjoyable
movie but not He wore
an old green shirt).
Grade 9
a. Use a semicolon (and perhaps a conjunctive adverb) to link
two or more closely related independent clauses.
Grade 8
a. Use punctuation (comma,
ellipsis, dash) to indicate a
pause or break.
Grade 11
a. Observe hyphenation
conventions.
ALSDE
English
Range of Text Types for 6-12
Literature
Stories
Adventure stories,
historical fiction,
mysteries, myths,
science fiction, realistic
fiction, allegories,
parodies, satire, graphic
novels
Drama
One-act and multiact plays both in
written form and on
film
Poetry
Narrative poems,
lyrical poems, free
verse poems, sonnets,
odes, ballads, epics
ALSDE
English
Range of Text Types for 6-12
Informational Text
Literary Nonfiction
Exposition, argument, and functional text in the form of personal
essays, speeches, opinion pieces, essays about art or literature,
biographies, memoirs, journalism, and historical, scientific, technical, or
economic accounts
ALSDE
CCRS Language Arts
Tools and Resources:
English
http://ecboeworkshops.wikispaces.com/CCRS
What are
Vertical Teams?
Today’s Lead
Vertical Team Teachers
• English Language Arts- Marcia Farabee (HBHS)
and Nan Campbell (Gaston)
• Math – Tammy Williams (SSHS) and Jennifer
(Johnson)
• History – Jill Boatwright (HBHS) and Genia Fry
(SSHS)
• Science – Leslie Freeman (SSHS) and Mark
Snead (WEHS)
Vertical Teams…
• are middle schools and high school teachers in
the same academic area. They may include
administrators, department chairs, and/or
curriculum specialists.
• design curricular change, decide on
instructional strategies, and create support
structures that make high achievement by all
students a reality.
• Empower teachers. Totally teacher driven.
Vertical Team Goals
• Focus on learning and results
• Increase achievement for all students
• Improve communication between grade levels
and schools
• Foster inclusion
Typical VT Activities
• Discuss state standards, benchmarks, and
curricular frameworks
• Share teacher expectations at each grade level
• Share best practices
• Identify student misconceptions
• Plan for all learners – the struggles, the
successful, and all those in-between
Break into 7-12 Vertical Teams
Choose a discussion leader per team.
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•
•
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RMS & SSHS
GMS & GHS
HBMS & HBMS
WEHS
Sardis
Gaston & Highland
Warm Up
• Imagine that it is the last day of your class.
• What are your greatest academic concerns
about the students you are sending on?
Vertical Team Discussions
• VT Questions/Discussions
– Share favorite lesson
– Biggest challenges
– Academic/curricular concerns for previous year's
students (to share with teachers/schools receiving
those students)
– Concerns with the upcoming change from the Grad
Exam to end of the course exam?
– SCIENCE: Do you know what the science track is for
students from 9th to 12th grade?
– Other?