Lead Literacy Teacher and Area Reading Coach Professional Development

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Lead Literacy Teacher andArea Reading Coach
Professional Development

• Office of Literacy, 9-12
• December 13, 2004

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Agenda

• 830 a.m. 840 a.m.
• 840 a.m. 900 a.m.
• 900 a.m. 1000 a.m.
• 1000 a.m. 1015 a.m.
• 1015 a.m. 1130 a.m.
• 1130 a.m. 1215 p.m.
• 1215 p.m. 1245 p.m.
• 1245 p.m. 100 p.m.
• 100 p.m. 300 p.m.
• 300 p.m. 315 p.m.

• Overview
• Reflection and Recommendations
• Do I Really Have to Teach Reading? (Tovani)
• Break
• Tovani book study (cont.)
• Lunch
• Gradual release of responsibility (overview)
• Move to breakout rooms
• Gradual release of responsibility (by content)
• LLT-ARC Forum

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Reflection and Recommendations Coaching
Templates

• Reflect on use of templates individually.
• Share reflections in groups of 3 or 4.
• Each group selects 2 strengths and 2 weaknesses
  to post.
• Discuss postings and recommend possible revisions.

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Book Study Do I Really Have to Teach Reading?
(Tovani)

• Form groups based on your chapter number.
• Read the chapter of Do I Really Have to Teach
  Reading? using Keeping Track (?, !, ?) or other
  method of holding your thoughts. (1 hour)
• With your group, prepare a 5 minute presentation
  on the chapter. (20 minutes)
• Present the chapter to the whole group. (5
  minutes) As others present, hold the information
  you hear from each chapter on the Jigsaw Jotter
  provided.

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Lunch

• Lets take 45.

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Scaffolding InstructionThe Gradual Release of
Responsibility

• Overview
• Karen Boran, Ed.D.

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Scaffolding InstructionThe Gradual Release of
Responsibility

• Move to Breakout Rooms
• Social Science Room 113A
• (Gertie Brogsdale)
• Mathematics Room 002
• (Lawanda Funches)
• Science Cafeteria
• (Naeem Karriem)
• English Gymnasium
• (Carla Hunt)

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LLT-ARC Forum

• Your turn.

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Assignment for January

• Gradual Release of Responsibility
• Observe teachers use or non-use of gradual
  release of responsibility in your school or area
  and be prepared to discuss in January.
• Promote its use in your school or area, including
  it as a focus in your professional development.
• LLTs Complete and submit weekly logs
  electronically with copies to your principal.

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Evaluations

• Trade your completed evaluation for a CPDU as you
  sign out and exit.