Dr. Virginia Pilato, UMUC & Tina L. Joseph, PGCPS SoMIRAC Hunt Valley, Maryland March 28, 2012

1. Reading and the Common Core: “No Content Left Behind” Dr. Virginia Pilato, UMUC & Tina L. Joseph, PGCPSSoMIRACHunt Valley, MarylandMarch 28, 2012

2. Reading and the Common Core: “No Content Left Behind” • Purpose: • To illustrate how Maryland’s statewide reading priority and the Common Core come full circle through secondary reading content. • Two Themes: • The importance of policy, preparation, and practice in student learning. • Common Core’s role in teaching and learning in all content areas.

3. Presentation Overview • Reading as a priority – 1998 and now • Reading in teacher education programs • Teacher education at UMUC • “Reading and Multiple Literacies” • The importance of policy, teacher preparation, and teacher practice • Secondary reading and the Common Core • Discussion

4. Reading as a Priority 1998 State Superintendent established reading as a major priority . Baltimore Sun’s “Reading by 9” Now – MD adoption of the Common Core; READING and Math

5. Reading in Teacher Education Programs • 1998 – MSDE: “Double the courses.” • Elementary to 4 courses. • Secondary to 2 courses called “Reading in the Content Areas, I and II.” Now - MD Adoption of the Common Core – Elementary and Secondary Secondary – incorporation of content areas, so . . . “no content left behind” Prep Programs will work with K-12 to incorporate new standards. Wow!

6. UMUC: A New Teacher Education University • UMUC: Established in 1947 as a worldwide public university • Mission: To serve adult professionals, including the military • Faculty: Expert practitioners for real world learning • Primarily online: Pioneered online course/program delivery • Global leader: A partner and mentor university internationally • Teacher education: Started in the early 2000’s; redeveloped • the Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) in 2009.

7. UMUC’s Department of Education • Three Programs: • MAT – new teachers • MEd – instructional technology • MDE – distance education • Global connections for global • learning • All online, except field/clinical • experiences (MAT & MEd)

8. UMUC’s MAT Program • Secondary only: Prepares middle and high school teachers • Content areas: English, History, Social Studies, Math, Biology, Chemistry, • Earth/Space Science, Physics, Computer Science, Spanish, French, • German, Italian, Russian, Chinese, Japanese, Arabic • Candidates: Recent college graduates and career changers; all have • academic background for teaching • Program: Five 6-credit courses • Field/clinical: F2F & virtual; 15-week internship

9. MAT Online: Creative, Adaptive, and Innovative Before 2009 Excellent new program But traditional 3-credit courses Difficulty responding to candidate circumstances Hard to complete under 3 yrs. Since 2009: 6-credit courses Reading is central! Candidates can move at their own pace – fast/slow. Program adapts to candidate when an employed as a teacher. Program is increasingly field based.

10. Reading is Central, Pivotal in the Program Course 1: Introduction to program and profession Course 2: Focus on students, how they learn and their learning differences Course 3: “Reading and Multiple Literacies” Course 4: Focus on teaching methods and assessment Course 5: Internship and Professional Seminar

11. “Reading and Multiple Literacies” • Formerly “Reading in the Content Areas, I and II • Themes: • Reading IS understanding, knowing, and thinking • See, listen to, and know your students • Reading as social justice • Strategies: • Teaching for understanding • Incorporating the Common Core • Action Research: Preparing teacher researchers – • see your students, see your practice

12. Practice Policy Preparation Attending to Policy, Preparation, and Practice • CHANGE - Important Principles : • Collaboration of major stakeholders • Different roles & perspectives • Non-linear: Start where you start • Top down/bottom up • Eye on the Prize: Student Learning

13. Reading Policy and Teacher Preparation: What’s Missing? MSDE – Teacher Education & Reading Policy UMUC – Chair, Dept. of Ed. & Reading Professor

14. Field-Based Preparation: Integration of Practice • Collaboration with Experts: • Co-planning with Pat Miller, Consultant • PGCPS (retired) • Delivery with: • Lynn Brydebell, AACPS, NBCT • Tina L. Joseph, PGCPS and • UMUC MAT graduate Teaching candidates to use strategies “that work”: Lynn introduces the strategies. Tina presents classroom videos of strategies with her narration. Lynn & Tina meet with candidates in multiple ways to promote learning for effective teaching.

15. Our Online Classroom • Integration of F2F and virtual • field experiences • Experts as online contributors, • participants • Videos and Voices • “My experience in the course, • with transference to my • teaching” – Tina Joseph • “My experience over the years” • - Lynn Brydebell

16. Introducing Tina L. Joseph, M.Ed., MAT Current Practitioner • UMUC – Recent MAT Graduate • Prince George’s County Public Schools: • 8th Grade AVID Middle School Teacher • ELA Department Chair • School Common Core Coordinator

17. Strategies That Work & the Common Core • S.T.E.P: Successful Teacher Education Program: My Experience at UMUC • Literacy as a Human Right • Reading Strategies That Work • Maryland Common Core Curriculum Framework • Effective frameworks and curriculum toolkit • Common Core Anchor Standards • Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening, Language • Prince George’s County Public Schools • Interdisciplinary Collaboration of Common Core in Social Studies and ELA

18. Common Core Implementation in the U. S. . . . A recent presentation by Scott Pfeifer, MSDE (3/12/12) . . . At an early-March 2012 national meeting of the National Association of Secondary School Principals, Scott filled a conference session. No seats left! He asked: “How many of you have worked with your staff to prepare for the Common Core?” Response: Less than 20% His comment: “How lucky we are to be in Maryland with Race To The Top funding to get the Common Core into all of the schools!”

19. Common Core in Maryland What is your experience? Where do you want to go next? What are your recommendations to teacher education? What are your recommendations to Principals and Districts? What are your recommendations to MSDE?