August 25, 2015
S. Steinberg’s Room
Samantha Steinberg, Michelle Perry
Goals:
- Continued work on vertical alignment to create a balanced literacy curriculum
- Expanding knowledge of best practices and their role in our current program
(i.e. Reader’s and Writer’s Workshop, CAFE, Daily 5, Close Reading) - Sharing work with grade level teams to grow our whole community as teachers striving towards a balanced literacy approach
- Raising the level of teacher confidence and gaining clarity in what deepening learning means in literacy
Responsibilities:
- To work as a team to meet the above goals
- To develop a plan for sharing, coaching, and teaching grade level members to further equip them with the tools to further gain confidence as a reader/writer/speaker/listener.
Local Professional Development Opportunities:
- Units of Study in Reading Conference Day Seminar 3-5 – Atlanta Dec 04 2015 Coming Soon
- Teacher’s College Homegrown Institute- June 2016, 1 week, Trinity School
- Orton Gillingham Training- June 2016, 1 week, Trinity School
- Teachers College Reading and Writing Project
- Units of Study in Reading Conference Day Seminar K-2 – Atlanta Dec 04 2015 Coming Soon
Learning Plan
| 3:30 | 5 min | Check in – Welcome New Members! |
| 3:35 | 10 min | 2014-15 Goals Update |
| 3:45 | 15 min | Summer PD Feedback (NYC Teacher’s College, Charlotte, other?)
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| 4:00 | 20 min | 2015-16 Goals
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| 4:20 | 5 min | Check out and close of meeting |
Resources:
Agenda Notes:
- Talk with teams about starting running records – get a feel for where everyone is and complete by the end of September. Writing component should be included in all running records from now on,
- Go back to teams and see what support is needed for teaching writing.