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HOW DOES VERTICAL ALIGNMENT WORK WITH GPS?
WHY SHOULD STUDENTS WRITE?
HOW DO SCHOOL LEADERS ARTICULATE A VERTICALLY ALIGNED WRITING PROGRAM?
HOW DO TEACHERS ENSURE THAT WRITING ASSIGNMENTS ARE RIGOROUS AND RELEVANT?
KATHY COX: “WE WILL LEAD THE NATION IN IMPROVING STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT.”
RIGOROUS WRITING through VERTICAL ALIGNMENT
Day 1: Forsyth1
Bookkeeping issues2
8 am-3:30 pmBreak at 9:30 (10 minutes)Lunch from 11:30 until 12:45Break at 2:15 (10 minutes)Dismissal at 3:30Please feel free to stretch, go to the
restroom, etc. when you wish.Also, please turn off your cell phones. Kathy Cox: “We will Lead the Nation in Improving Student Achievement.”
Activity 1: What Do I Know?3
Receive a bingo card.Listen closely to the term.Volunteer a comment regarding the term
(i.e., What does the term mean to you as an educator?)
Shout out when you achieve “Bingo.” Receive your prize!!!
Kathy Cox: “We will Lead the Nation in Improving Student Achievement.”
Begin a year with the end in mind…
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Why Vertical Alignment?
•CURRICULUM FOCUS DURING PLANNING TIME•FOCUS ON STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC GROWTH•VERTICAL “CONNECTEDNESS” CONVERSATIONS LEAD TO AWARENESS OF COMPLETE STANDARDS PROCESS•COLLABORATION LEADS TO DEVELOPMENTAL K-12 PROGRAM•IMPACT OF VERTICAL ALIGNMENT ON ASSESSMENT•DATA ANALYSIS ACROSS GRADE LEVELS
•KATHY COX: “WE WILL LEAD THE NATION IN IMPROVING STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT.”
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Vertical Teaming and Alignment of Standards
RigorRelevanceRelationships
Kathy Cox: “We will Lead the Nation in Improving Student Achievement.”
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Rigorous and Relevant Learning
A changing worldA need to motivate studentsAn emphasis on essential skills and
knowledgeA shift focus from teaching to learningA reduction in the overloaded
curriculumA unified perspective and focusA preparation for state tests Kathy Cox: “We will Lead the Nation in Improving Student Achievement.”
Reasons7
Statistical Facts Continued
One third of college freshmen are remedial students (NCES, 2004; AEE, 2006a)
Freshmen are unprepared for rigors of college (ACT, 2007)
Evaluation of ELA/GPS70% of high school students graduate on
time34% of graduates are ready for college
(Education Week, 2007; Greene & Winters, 2005)
Kathy Cox: “We will Lead the Nation in Improving Student Achievement.”
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Original Terms New Terms
Evaluation
Synthesis
Analysis
Application
Comprehension
Knowledge
•Creating
•Evaluating
•Analyzing
•Applying
•Understanding
•Remembering
(Based on Pohl, 2000, Learning to Think, Thinking to Learn, p. 8)
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BLOOM’S REVISED TAXONOMY
CreatingCreatingGenerating new ideas, products, or ways of viewing thingsDesigning, constructing, planning, producing, inventing.
EvaluatingEvaluating
Justifying a decision or course of actionChecking, hypothesizing, critiquing, experimenting, judging
AnalyzingAnalyzing
Breaking information into parts to explore understandings and relationships
Comparing, organizing, deconstructing, interrogating, finding
ApplyingApplyingUsing information in another familiar situationImplementing, carrying out, using, executing
UnderstandingUnderstanding
Explaining ideas or conceptsInterpreting, summarizing, paraphrasing, classifying, explaining
RememberingRemembering
Recalling informationRecognizing, listing, describing, retrieving, naming, finding
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Activity 2: Putting the standards/elements in order
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Get in pairsReview the set of standards and elementsLabel the grade level associated with each
standard and the set of elementsHighlight key words that show level of thinkingHighlight key words that show progression of
skills/knowledgeDiscussion
Kathy Cox: “We will Lead the Nation in Improving Student Achievement.”
Activity 3: Recognizing Rigor12
Please pair with another member of the group
Receive two different writing samplesReceive two “Rigor and Relevance” rubricsEvaluate your samplesDiscuss why you rated as you didGeneral discussion with the group
Kathy Cox: “We will Lead the Nation in Improving Student Achievement.”
Activity 4: Examination of tasks13
Read and highlight key words (What must the student do? What skills must the student have? What standards are evident?)
Discussion
Kathy Cox: “We will Lead the Nation in Improving Student Achievement.”
What Does ELA Vertical Alignment Look Like in
Georgia?
PLEASE REFER TO THE FOLLOWING HANDOUTS OF VERTICALLY-ALIGNED GPS
EXAMPLES DEVELOPED BY THE ELA TEAM
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Handout #1
Writing
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Handout #2
Conventions
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What are the foundations of early writing?Kathy Cox: “We will Lead the Nation in Improving Student Achievement.”
For early writers—Be consistent
Emphasize the reading and writing connection
Provide daily opportunities to organize, transcribe, and edit
Offer a variety of writing assignments appropriate to abilities
Build skills of letter formation, spelling, and sentence generation
Compose in stages: generating and organizing ideas, producing a draft, sharing with others to get feedback, revising, editing, proofreading, and publishing
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What are the elements of effective adolescent writing instruction?Source: A Report to Carnegie Corporation of New York, Writing Next: Effective Strategies to Improve Writing of Adolescents in Middle and High Schools. (2007).
1. Writing strategies
2. Summarization
3. Collaborative writing
4. Specific product goals
5. Word processing
6. Sentence combining
7. Prewriting
8. Inquiry activities
9. Process writing approach
10. Study of models
11. Writing for content learning
12. Reading/writing connection
Activity 5: Developing a strong writing program
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List 5 components you feel are absolute “non-negotiables” for a strong writing program.
Share ideas
From the list, choose the 5 that are necessary for Forsyth (Where do we begin?)
Kathy Cox: “We will Lead the Nation in Improving Student Achievement.”
Some ideas for a “strong writing” program
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Triple Vision (Know what comes before you, what you are suppose to address, and what comes after you).
LOTS—(Language of the Standards)Anchor PapersMinimum expectations from each grade levelAvoiding an “abundance of redundancy”Understanding and demanding rigorWriting to Learn, Writing to Demonstrate,
Authentic (Real World) WritingReading and Writing Connection
Kathy Cox: “We will Lead the Nation in Improving Student Achievement.”
Activity 6: What do you want for Forsyth?
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Model how to vertically align (Persuasive)—Use the handout from earlier.
Groups: 2 elementary teachers, 2 middle school teachers, 2 high school teachers
Chart what types of assignments you would want in each area—elementary, middle, and high—for each genre.
Each group will share.
Kathy Cox: “We will Lead the Nation in Improving Student Achievement.”
Advantages to Vertical Teaming and Alignment
Sense of belonging for both teachers and students
Maximum use of teachers’ strengths
Development of rigor in tasks Decrease in repetition
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Next Steps for Forsyth23
Groups need to align all the writing standards (Choose a format that is easy to follow and that highlights the elements).
Decide what specific assignments might be required at each grade; you may create a list.
Find anchor papers for each genre so your teachers have a guide.
Monitor the writing as a school and as a department.
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“The research is crystal clear: schools that do well insist that their students write every day and [are] provided
regular and timely feedback” (National Commission on Writing)
Final Thought
Successful Vertical Alignment Has Graduation As Its Mission and Vision
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We are here to help!!!26
Mary Stout, ELA Program Manager, [email protected]
Kim Jeffcoat, ELA Program Specialist, [email protected]
Kathy Cox: “We will Lead the Nation in Improving Student Achievement.”