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CCSSO’s Secondary School Redesign Follow Up Meeting. Adolescent Literacy Breakout Session Facilitator: David Ruff Presenters: Kevin Perks and Melvina Phillips. St. Louis, Missouri, September 9-11, 2007. Teaching Literacy in the Content Areas: CCSSO’s Adolescent Literacy Toolkit.
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CCSSO’s Secondary School Redesign Follow Up Meeting Adolescent Literacy Breakout Session Facilitator: David Ruff Presenters: Kevin Perks and Melvina Phillips St. Louis, Missouri, September 9-11, 2007
Teaching Literacy in the Content Areas: CCSSO’s Adolescent Literacy Toolkit Contributors: • Public Consulting Group’s Center for Resource Management (Melvina Phillips, Julie Meltzer, others) • Kevin Perks, Noble High School, North Berwick, Maine • Janice Dole, University of Utah • Russell Gersten, Instructional Research Group • Elizabeth Moje, University of Michigan • Cynthia Hynd-Shanahan, University of Illinois at Chicago CCSSO SSR Follow Up Meeting Sept. 10, 2007
Think & Share Please think about the following • What do you think content area teachers need in order to better support students’ literacy development? • What do you think schools and states need in order to better support teachers in this area? After thinking about each of the above questions, share your thoughts with a neighbor. CCSSO SSR Follow Up Meeting Sept. 10, 2007
Purpose of the Toolkit • To help teachers understand the value of integrating literacy best practices and instructional strategies into content area instruction. • To provide teachers with useful resources to help them integrate literacy best practices and instructional strategies into content area instruction. • To provide resources to states for professional development in literacy at the state level. CCSSO SSR Follow Up Meeting Sept. 10, 2007
CCSSO Toolkit Overview For Teachers: • Literacy Self-Assessment Rubric • Content Area Literacy Guide • Lesson Plans and Narratives • Content Expert Literacy Q & A CCSSO SSR Follow Up Meeting Sept. 10, 2007
CCSSO Toolkit Overview For States: • Professional Development Module • Access to Adolescent Literacy Resources in the CCSSO Secondary School Redesign Web Portal (http://secondaryschoolredesign.ccsso.org) CCSSO SSR Follow Up Meeting Sept. 10, 2007
Literacy Self-Assessment Rubric • A self-assessment of instructional practices teachers use to support literacy • Individual • Faculty • A planning tool to foster conversations among staff about professional development needs in literacy CCSSO SSR Follow Up Meeting Sept. 10, 2007
Content Area Literacy Guide A how-to guide that conveys the importance of content literacy instruction: • English language arts • Math • Science • Social studies Includes information about: • Strategic lesson planning • Best practices in literacy • Instructional literacy strategies that can be used across content areas CCSSO SSR Follow Up Meeting Sept. 10, 2007
Lesson Plans and Narratives Lesson Plans: • Four core subject areas (English language arts, math, science, and social studies) • Demonstrate how content area teachers can incorporate the use of literacy instructional strategies to support high school students’ learning of core content and concepts. • Demonstrate use of the before, during, and after and gradual release literacy best practices • Accompanying narratives that describe the lesson in action CCSSO SSR Follow Up Meeting Sept. 10, 2007
Content Expert Literacy Q & A Literacy Q & A: • Responses to common questions content teachers have about integrating literacy instruction into their daily practice • Explanations for why literacy instruction within the content areas is so important • Suggestions for how to embed literacy instructional practices into content lessons • Sample Question: How do I fit literacy instruction and the use of literacy strategies into my daily instruction when I do not have enough time as it is to cover my content? CCSSO SSR Follow Up Meeting Sept. 10, 2007
Professional Development Module • A professional development presentation that is designed to help “roll out” the Adolescent Literacy Toolkit. • Can be used by SEAs, LEAs, or others to introduce and explain how to use the toolkit to teachers. • The module includes: • PowerPoint presentation • Facilitator’s notes • Teacher reflection guide • Teacher action planning template CCSSO SSR Follow Up Meeting Sept. 10, 2007