Content Area Literacy An Effective Training Design for New Teachers

1. Content Area Literacy � An Effective Training Design for New Teachers

2. Welcome Thank you for choosing to attend our presentation! Please remember to� Take care of yourself. Silence your cell phones. Ask questions. Make the learning relevant for you. AngelaAngela

3. Introductions Kim Aubin � Dyslexia Specialist and District Presenter, Golden Acres Elementary Angela Kennedy � Alternative Teacher Certification Program Instructional Specialist, Administration Building AngelaAngela

4. Agenda/Overview Background of Pasadena ISD � Who are we? Need � Why did we need a Literacy Seminar? Design � How did we design the Seminar to meet the needs of our interns and keep the national staff development standards in mind? Results � Was the Literacy Seminar successful? How do we know? Next Steps� AngelaAngela

5. Strategy Experiences Today we will incorporate the following strategies from the Literacy Seminar into our presentation. Foldables Post It/Highlighter Method Interactive Journals AngelaAngela

6. Writing Strategy - Foldables Let�s make a four-door foldable for note taking. Fold your piece of paper as demonstrated by the presenter. Label the four doors, �Need,� �Design,� �Results,� and �Next Steps� as shown. As you listen today, please make the learning meaningful to you by taking notes on your foldable. KimKim

7. Who is Pasadena ISD? Pasadena is a city located southeast of Houston, Texas. Pop. - 152,000 Median Family Income of $49,000 KimKim

8. PISD Schools Elementary � 34 Fifth Grade Centers � 2 Middle Schools (gr. 5-6) � 3 Intermediate Schools (gr. 6-8) � 10 High Schools � 5 Alternative � 4 Total Schools � 58 KimKim

9. Ethnicity Hispanic � 76.5% Caucasian � 12.7% African-American � 7.5% Other � 3.3% Over 60% of our students qualify for free and reduced lunch. KimKim

10. Facts About PISD 50,617 students 10,559 students in Bilingual Education District encompasses 85 square miles Award winning staff development program KimKim

11. PISD�s ATCP Program 18th school year in 07-08 Has certified almost 1,500 teachers Many district administrators, counselors and specialists were ATCP trained 187 interns for 06-07 school year Audit commendations from TEA KimKim

12. NEED for Literacy Seminar ATCP interns told us in past surveys that they needed more practical training. In response to this request, the PISD ATCP program implemented Bilingual Seminar for BIED teachers Sp. Ed. Seminar for SPED teachers But what about the rest of the interns? AngelaAngela

13. ATCP Program Response ALL students need to be taught literacy skills in all content areas, especially in a district such as ours that has a large ELL population. The focus of the district is on Rigor and Relevance training, which incorporates literacy strategies for all content areas. So� AngelaAngela

14. ATCP Program Response All interns not BIED or SPED have the option of taking the Literacy Seminar or a university graduate course. 48% chose Literacy Seminar for 06-07 (40 of 83) 54% chose Literacy Seminar for 07-08 (38 of 71) AngelaAngela

15. YOUR New Teacher Needs Take this moment to think about the following questions. Ask yourself: What are the needs of my new teachers? Might they benefit from a similar focus on literacy? Write your thoughts under the �NEED� door of your foldable. KimKim

16. Literacy Seminar DESIGN 1. Participants 2. Document Samples -Option Letter -Schedule -Syllabus -Requirements Checklist -Lesson Plan Template 3. Portfolio Examples AngelaAngela

17. Interns that Chose the Literacy Seminar 06-07  Elementary/Middle � 7 Intermediate � 17 High School - 16 AngelaAngela

18. Interns that Chose the Literacy Seminar 06-07 Math � 12 Science � 9 ELAR � 7 Elem. (all content) � 4 Business � 3 Foreign Language � 2 Family and Consumer Science - 1 Social Studies � 1 Teen Leadership � 1 AngelaAngela

19. Literacy Seminar DESIGN When we began our planning for the seminar, we wanted to consider the staff development standards. We designed the Literacy Seminar to be: Collaborative Ongoing Job-embedded Specific to the classroom Research-based AngelaAngela

20. Literacy Seminar DESIGN Let�s look at the samples in your folders� Option Letter Schedule Syllabus Requirements Checklist Lesson Plan Template AngelaAngela

21. Literacy Seminar DESIGN Portfolio Samples Feel free to look through the portfolio samples on your tables. Some are from participants from 06-07 and some are from 07-08. AngelaAngela

22. YOUR Training Design Ideas Take this moment to think about the following questions. Ask yourself: What kind of training design would work best for my situation? Who would attend? When would it be held? Who would present? Write your thoughts on the �DESIGN� door of your foldable. KimKim

23. Post It/Highlighter Method This method sets a purpose for reading. It builds comprehension skills and aids in metacognition. It provides the opportunity for students to practice skimming, critical thinking and analysis as they read. AngelaAngela

24. Post It/Highlighter Method How to use this strategy: Select your text: an article from a journal, newspaper or a primary source document that is reproducible. It has to be something your students can write on. Provide highlighters and post it notes. You will need highlighters and post it pads of the same colors (one highlighter and post it pad of each color you want to use in your legend) for each student. AngelaAngela

25. Post It/Highlighter Method Decide on your purpose and develop a legend for the colors (see example). You can determine how many of each color you will require students to use. You tell the students they must have 3 examples of each color, for instance. Allow students plenty of opportunity to highlight according to the legend you have set and to write on the post it notes of the same colors in response to what they have highlighted. AngelaAngela

26. Let�s Try the Post It/ Highlighter Method Find your highlighters and matching color post-it notepads. Use this legend for the �Intensive New Teacher Support Pays Off: A Return on Investment for Educators and Kids� article: Use a blue highlighter to highlight a quote that you find interesting in the article. Then write your response to that quote on a blue post it and stick it onto the article. Purple = a question I have about the text Pink = my opinion about something in the text Green = one fact that I found in the article Yellow = key words for a summary of the article Let�s share our findings� AngelaAngela

27. Results Please note that our results in no way suggest a comparison of the university course to the Literacy Seminar. The Literacy Seminar is taught in the fall and the data is collected before the university course is offered the next summer. Our data is simply comparing information regarding interns who chose to take the Literacy Seminar to those who did not. AngelaAngela

28. 06-07 Results Survey � final reflections TAKS � student state assessment PPR � state certification exam PDAS � formal campus evaluations (07-08 results are now be compiled.) AngelaAngela

29. Final Reflections Survey Results 06-07 Let�s look at three questions from our Final Reflections Survey: Which session contributed most to higher student achievement? What is the most important thing you learned from the Literacy Seminar? Did you feel that your needs as a new teacher were met by this training? We will look at quantitative results for the first question, then read some of the actual responses from the interns for the second two questions. KimKim

30. Survey � 1. Which session contributed most to higher student achievement? Vocabulary � 29% Questioning � 21% Read-Alouds � 13% Technology - 13% Writing - 13% Text Structures � 11% KimKim

31. Survey � 2. What is the most important thing you learned from the Literacy Seminar? Let�s see how the new teachers answered this question by reading the strips of paper on your tables that are in blue ink. KimKim

32. Survey � 3. Did you feel that your needs as a new teacher were met by this training? Let�s see how the new teachers answered this question by reading the strips of paper on your tables that are in red ink. KimKim

33. Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) Was there a significant difference in the student state assessment results between the teachers who took the Literacy Seminar and those who did not? No significant difference was found by our Data Dept. for various reasons: Small sample sizes No matching opportunities in some instances Differences in school cultures, populations and dynamics AngelaAngela

34. TAKS AngelaAngela

35. Pedagogy and Professional Responsibilities Exam All teachers that seek certification in the state of Texas must pass the PPR TExES exam that corresponds to their grade levels. PPR EC-4 PPR 4-8 PPR 8-12 PPR EC-12 Did the interns who took the Literacy Seminar score higher on the PPR TExES state certification exam? AngelaAngela

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38. Professional Development Appraisal System All teachers in the state of Texas have a formal evaluation completed by a campus administrator. Did the interns who took the Literacy Seminar score higher on their PDAS evaluation compared to the interns that did not take the Literacy Seminar? AngelaAngela

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40. YOUR Possible Results Take this moment to think about the following questions. Ask yourself: What results would I like to achieve by implementing a similar training for my new teachers? Write your thoughts on the �RESULTS� door of your foldable. KimKim

41. Next Steps Changes we made for 07-08 Portfolios Electronic submissions in Blackboard Interactive journals Topics changes based on survey results = new schedule Additional dialogue and accountability One semester time frame AngelaAngela

42. YOUR Next Steps Take this moment to think about the following questions. Ask yourself: What will I do next to begin implementation for the training that my new teachers need? Write your thoughts on the �NEXT STEPS� door of your foldable. KimKim

43. Interactive Journals(from New Teacher Center, UCSC) Think. Write. Exchange. Respond in Writing. Guidelines for Responding: Be empathetic. Make connections to your own experiences. Make connections between ideas expressed. Summarize or paraphrase key ideas/feelings. Extend and deepen thinking by posing questions, making suggestions (when asked), or sharing resources or knowledge (limited and strategic). Maintain nonjudgmental language. KimKim

44. Interactive Journals In your journal� Write down a question you have. Write about one thing you learned during this presentation that you would like to put into practice. At the signal, trade your journal with an elbow partner. Write a personal response to your friend. Trade journals back to their original owners. KimKim

45. Large Group Share What questions do you have? What would you like to put into practice? Other comments? KimKim

46. Thank You! Enjoy the Conference! AngelaAngela