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Literacy

Literacy. Highlights from: Model Schools Conference 2010. Brockton High School. Brockton High School. Building Demographics Comprehensive 9 – 12 Enrollment: over 4,300 Poverty Level: 72% Minority population: 71% 30 different languages represented

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Literacy

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  1. Literacy Highlights from: Model Schools Conference 2010

  2. Brockton High School

  3. Brockton High School Building Demographics • Comprehensive 9 – 12 • Enrollment: over 4,300 • Poverty Level: 72% • Minority population: 71% • 30 different languages represented • 50-60% speak another language in the home • Approximately 12% in Transitional Bilingual Ed. • Approximately 11% receive Special Education Services

  4. Brockton High School Student Population • 55.5% Black - includes African-American, Cape Verdean, Haitian, Jamaican, and others • 27.3% White • 14% Hispanic • 2.7% Asian • .5% American Indian

  5. State Assessment Result • Failure Rates ELA – 44% MATH – 75%

  6. Where to Start • WHAT are we teaching? • HOW are we teaching it? • HOW do we know our students are learning it?

  7. Where to Focus It’s ALL about the 3 R’s: • Rigor • Relevance • Relationships

  8. We Believe That…. • Everyoneis responsible for every student • Every studentcanandmust • It isourresponsibility to figure out how

  9. Brockton High School • School-wide Literacy Initiative • Refer to handout Reading, Writing, Speaking and Reasoning

  10. State Assessment Results 1998 2008 Failure Rate Failure Rate ELA – 44% ELA – 5% MATH – 75% MATH – 15%

  11. Lin Kuzmich • http://www.kuzmichconsulting.com • DTQ Literacy Skills • 12 Essentials for Technology Integration • Websites for Project Based Learning. • Websites for 21st Century Learning

  12. Lin Kuzmich • Competency Areas for DTQ Literacy Student needs to demonstrate literacy with documents, technological sources, and documents requiring quantitative solutions.

  13. Group Share • Probable and Preferred Future Activity • Share Out with Large Group

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