DOE Language Arts Update

1. DOE Language Arts Update • Bureau of Instruction and Innovation - Overview • Standards Implementation • Advisory Group • Professional Development • Timeline • Online Resources

2. Bureau of Instruction and Innovation - Overview

11. DOE Language Arts Update • Bureau of Instruction and Innovation - Overview • Standards Implementation • Advisory Group • Professional Development • Timeline • Online Resources

12. Reading and Language Arts Standards Revisions • to ensure a progression of rigor and relevance across the grades, • to create K-8 grade-level benchmarks for clarity at each grade level, • to create Grades 9-10 and Grades 11-12 benchmarks for greater clarity at the high school level

13. Revision Purposes and Guidelines • to ensure standards meet the needs of all students

14. How were old and new standards merged? • Selected old standards and GLEs retained but reconfigured as standards or benchmarks.  • New standards and benchmarks added where • more rigor needed and • fluidity of curriculum development needed.

15. Expectations of New Standards • All strands and benchmarks address high academic expectations of Florida’s students • Standards reflect national move to world-class standards across curricular areas

16. Major Emphases of Revision • Increased rigor of new standards highlights five areas: • five reading components of National Reading Panel • primacy of informational text in 21st century • interdependence of reading and writing achievement;

17. Major Emphases of Revision • Increased rigor of new standards highlights five areas: • knowledge of appropriate language and convention choices for effective communication; and • value of research and technology skills for lifelong learning.

18. Comparison of Old to New Strands

19. Implementation Plan • Implementation • Advisory Group • Professional Development • Timeline

20. Advisory Group • Member Organizations • Florida Council for Teachers of English • Florida Association for Media in Education • Council for Language Arts Supervisors • Reading Supervisors • Florida Literacy and Reading Excellence • Florida Association of Instructional Supervisors and Administrators • Florida Association of Staff Development • Florida Association of Media Supervisors

21. Represented Groups • Classroom teachers • Library media specialists • District supervisors • University professors • Training specialists

22. Advisory Group • Develop guidance • Districts • Schools • Identify instructional resources and materials • Enhance current crosswalk

23. Advisory Group • Identify components of professional development • Develop content for professional development • Revise course descriptions • Develop new courses

24. Projected Resources • Online system • User authentication • Inventory of skills • Indicators developed • Pre and post test for teachers • Performance-based scenarios • Other Materials • Paper-based • Podcasts • Online modules

26. DOE Language Arts Update • Bureau of Instruction and Innovation - Overview • Standards Implementation • Advisory Group • Professional Development • Timeline • Online Resources

34. Transferable – Common research language • Standard structure or process • Collaboration with educational partners • Statewide curriculum development

39. Happy Reading!