Facilitators:Teresa RoeEnglish Language Arts Division Manager, TDS

Latahshia ColemanEnglish Language Arts Instructional Facilitator, TDS

Session Outcomes:Provide an overview of the TDS approach to literacy

Highlight the evolution of the TDS Literacy Initiative and the needs of students and teachers

Connect the Common Core State Standards to TDS approaches past and present

EQs Essential Questions

What does the examination of past practices teach us?

OUR MISSION

Responding to the Changing Nature of

Literacy By Helping Students Endure

Beyond the Classroom

ELA DIVISION

Middle Grades Program, Grades 6 – 8

Student Team LiteratureListening Comprehension

Talent Development WritingSavvy Readers Lab

High School Acceleration Courses, Grades 9 – 11Strategic Reading

ALFA Lab Reading and Writing In Your Career College Prep Reading and Writing

ELA DIVISION OUR OFFERINGS

Pillar 1. Teacher Teaming / School-wide Planning

Pillar 2. Curriculum and Instruction

ELA DIVISION

• Facilitate awareness and alignment of literacy approaches supporting the TD Blueprint and evidence-based practices with state, district, and school-wide requirements

• Support whole school literacy

• Provide expertise to support coaches and teachers with implementing TDS frameworks, acceleration course designs and curriculum

• Provide coaching support and model effective instruction

Assist coaches and teachers with planning instructional modules, common assessments, and daily lessons aligned to the common core and state standards

OUR FACILITATION

Pillar 3. Early Warning Tiered Intervention Systems

Pillar 4. Can Do Climate Among Students and Staff

ELA DIVISION

• Promote examination of data to target students eligible for reading intervention

• Collaborate with coaches and teachers to prescribe interventions based on data and classroom performance

• Promote high expectations and academic success for all learners

• Focus on students’ motivation to learn. Incorporate needs, abilities, and student interests

• Support collaboration and learning communities

OUR FACILITATION

TDS Middle Grades Program Components

Student Team Literature

Listening Comprehension

Cooperative Learning Teams

Talent Development Writing

Transitioning Through the TDHS Literacy Initiative

Course Components

Grade 9 Grade 10 Grade 11 Strategic Reading Reading & Writing in College Prep Your Career Reading & Writing Showcase Showcase Reading and Discourse Focus Lesson Focus Lesson Focus Lesson Student Team Literature Student Team Literature Text Exploration Self-selected Reading Self-selected Reading Project based and Learning Centers and Learning Centers Applications

The Standards Connection Preparing for 21st Century Skills

The 4 Cs

Communication

Collaboration

Creativity

Critical Thinking

Skills Important to Long Term SuccessPerseverance, Self-directed Learning, Courage,

Independence and Active Citizenship

The Standards Connection

Curriculum AlignmentCCSS, TEKS, SOL

Instructional Shifts

Expository / Informational text

Close, Analytic Reading

Rigorous expectations for ELA and literacy across content areas

Why is it important to look back before we consider where we’re going?

REFLECTION

TIME TRAVEL THROUGH ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS

• Going back in time

• Moving Ahead into the 21st Century

• Present Times

• Projecting Beyond the Here and Now

ELA TIME TUNNEL

Cooperative Learning• Oral Language / Discourse• Partner discussion guides• Social skills

Read Aloud• Metacognition

GOING BACK IN TIME:

MOVING AHEAD INTO THE 21ST CENTURY:Balanced Literacy with focus on text complexityOrganizing an approach to teaching literature and literacyUsing a variety of genre Reinforcing strategies before, during, and after reading

BACK IN TIME

Cooperative Learning • Oral language and discourse• Social aspects of learning (peer to

ELA TIME TUNNELPRESENT TIMES :Integrating English, Literacy, and Language Instruction• Reinforcing Reading Strategies before, during and after

Reading• Essential questions / Accountable Talk• Close Reading / Academic Language • In class use of technology to build background knowledge

PROJECTING BEYOND THE HERE AND NOW:

Use of Technology• Interactive Partner Discussion Guide

3 MINUTE PAUSE Huddle and Discuss

What does the examination of past practices teach us?

What’s the Big Idea?

Changes in the national perspectives on literacy have impacted the progression of ELA practices at Talent Development Secondary.

OVERARCHING UNDERSTANDINGS

Projecting Beyond the Here and Now :

Beyond the Here and Now

LOOKING AHEAD

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