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Read, Write, Share!English Teachers and Reading Specialists Collaborate in the LCPS One to the World Learning Framework

Welcome back returning teachers, and welcome to those of you new to LCPS. How many of you are new to LCPS?I am delighted to welcome you to the best group of English teachers you will ever work with! I also want to extend a warm welcome to the High School Reading Specialists, who are now a part of this wonderful group, and to the Special Education teachers who are with us today.

Dr. Michele Schmidt Moore, our English Supervisor, is with the middle school English teachers today, and she sends her greetings an warm welcome. I am Dave Arbogast, the English Specialist, and both of us are here to serve you as you serve the students in LCPS.

As the title of todays program indicates, today is all about collaboration. This morning, nine of your colleagues are going to work with you and show you nine different strategies for implementing One to the World. These are activities that they have already used in their classrooms. You will see that One to the World is a learning framework that builds on what you are already doing. You will recognize some of these learning activities, and you will come away from each of the sessions saying, I can do that!

1AGENDA8:30-9:00 Curriculum updates turnitin.comLCPS One to the World initiative9:15-10:20 Concurrent sessions 1 & 210:20-10:35 Break10:35-11:40 Concurrent sessions 3 & 411:40-1:00 Lunch1:00-2:25 Break-out sessions by school pairs2:30-3:30 Walk-in sessions

We have a full schedule today.

I will briefly share with you several informational items, and then we will disperse to attend this mornings sessions.

After lunch, you will meet with your grade-level teams to process what you learned in the morning and to plan a One to the World experience for your students.

The final sessions are walk-in discussions and idea sharing sessions for the various high school English courses. The only required afternoon session is for new Dual Enrollment English teachers.2For locations, descriptions, handouts, and other resources for todays sessions

readwrite.sched.org

Everything you see today, all of the handouts and presentations your colleagues use, are available on this web site. That is also where we will upload the One to the World experiences that we plan this afternoon. It will exist as a repository of the great strategies and practices we generate today.3NEW VOCABULARY ASSESSMENTS

THEY NOW ASSESS FOR THE ABILITY TO APPLY KNOWLEDGE OF ROOTS AND AFFIXES TO AUTHENTIC TEXTS.

These are to be found in the Curriculum Resources section of the LCPS web page. When you log onto LCPS.org, click the Staff tab, and it will take you there. 4HONORS ENGLISHREFLECTIVE WRITINGThere is no longer a Reflective Writing Essay due at the end of 3rd quarter.THE BIG QUESTION ESSAYThe Big Question Essay will now be a 3rd quarter project.

Reflective WritingWe would like teachers to have their students write reflectively more often, but in smaller increments.We believe that this will be a more effective way to teach them how to write reflectively. Strategies and resources for teaching reflective writing are now in the curriculum guide.

Big Question EssayWith final exams no longer required, there is no need to regard the Big Question Essay to an end-of-year assessment.By narrowing the focus to a single quarter, we believe students will better be able to select a question that is important to them and stay focused on it. During the 1st semester, teachers should give students opportunities to explore possible Big Questions before settling on one for the 3rd quarter.Strategies and resources for exploring Big Questions are now in the curriculum guide.

5HONORS ENGLISHSCORING THE BIG QUESTION ESSAY

Schools now have the option of scoring the Big Question Essay as teams or of having individual teachers scoring their own students essays.

Regardless of which method they choose, high school English Departments should continue to norm their scoring procedures before beginning to score the papers.

Teachers should bring samples of strong, medium, and weak papers to the norming session to discuss their relative merits. They should come to a consensus of what a 1, 2, 3, and 4 paper look like before they begin to score individual papers.

If schools wish to do team scoring, the teacher who scores the paper should include an identifying mark on the paper. If a teacher believes that one of her students papers received an inaccurate score, she should consult with the scoring teacher. They should discuss the paper and come to an agreement on a score.6TURNITIN.COMa versatile online student writing management systemhttp://turnitin.com/en_us/training/instructor-training/peermark-overview

Its not just aboutany more!Every LCPS teacher may open an account and create classes for students.

Features of Turnitin.com include the abilities to--check student writing for originality/plagiarismgive feedback on student writingbuild rubrics and score writing quickly.set-up peer review groups so that students can read and give feedback on each others writing. Open the link to watch a short video explanation of the peer review feature.

Teachers must take a short training on Vision before getting an account. See your department chair for details.7The Mission Statement of Loudoun County Public Schools:

To empower students to make meaningful contributions to the world.

To empower students

That means that we want them to believe that they have the power to enter the world as young adults who are in control of their lives.

People feel empowered when they do things that have a demonstrable effect.

to make meaningful contributions to the world

Meaningful for whom? It isnt meaningful to you if its not meaningful for you. It must be meaningful to our students if we are going to succeed in empowering them.

Contributions to the world: at a minimum, that means that students are contributing to something beyond their classroom.

THIS IS A VERY DIFFERENT WAY OF THINKING ABOUT WHAT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING.8LCPS Initiative

https://loudounvision.net/login/index.php Whats it all mean for me?Empower my students ?Meaningful contributions to the world?OTTW One to the World is the LCPS teaching and learning framework.

PBL Project Based Learning is one way to implement OTTW. Eventually, all LCPS teachers will take PBL training offered by the Buck Institute. For now, if you havent had the training, you dont need to do anything with it.

BYOTBring Your Own Technology is the LCPS technology initiative designed to put a connected device into every students hand. Students are encouraged to bring their own laptops, tablets, or smart phones to class so that they can instantly connect to the world. LCPS will continue to provide devices in school for those who do not have their own personal devices.

9One to the World learning experiences involve .Significant content and important competenciesChallenging, authentic problems in the worldPublic products for the worldConnections with the worldSOLsThe Four CsCOLLABORATIONCOMMUNICATIONCREATIVITYCONTRIBUTION+The SOLs are what we are supposed to teach. They are the significant content.

The Four Cs are what students should be able to do with that content. They are the significant competencies.

This is not a departure from anything we are already doing.

Authentic problems and public products do require us to think outside the box of our classroom. Authentic problems mean they are real problems, not something the textbook or the teacher made up; they exist in the real world. Cynda Douglass presentation on social awareness literature takes us into that real world.

We already have students make connections to the world when they read books and articles, watch videos, and conduct research. Technology allows us to go beyond those traditional ways of bringing the world into the classroom. Today, you will see one of two ways to use video conferencing to bring the world outside the classroom into the classroom. But we must also empower our students to go outside of the classroom, to go beyond being consumers of information, art, entertainment, and persuasion to becoming producers of information, art, entertainment, and persuasion. The sessions on blogging and publishing address those concerns. 10This mornings sessions will show you ways to implement each of the four components of a One to the World learning experience.Significant content and important competenciesChallenging, authentic problems in the worldPublic products for the worldConnected with the worldStudent-centered discussionReflective WritingAddressing essential questions through writingSocial awareness literature and giving backStudent publishing inspires writingBlogging with your studentsResearch in the WorldVideo-conferencing with professionalsCross-classroom test review with video conferencingThree of the four components are required for a true One to the World learning experience.

You should attend one of the sessions for each component.

All of the sessions are downstairs in the L200 and L400 hallways. Rooms have signs showing the session titles.

There will be a five minute pass period between sessions, with a 15 minute break between sessions 2 and 3.

Seats will be available on a first-come, first-served basis, so get to the sessions you want quickly.

Remember that all of the session materials will be available on Readwrite.sched.org, so if you miss something you really wanted to see, you can still get the information. 11The after-lunch sessions (1:00-2:30) will allow you time to meet in grade-level teams and plan your One to the World learning experiences.

You will gather by school pairs, and the rooms for each pair of schools will be clearly marked.

Once in your room, divide by schools into grade-level groupings. Your department chairs will lead you in a process for writing lessons and units.

Your department chairs will lead you in these activities

Attendance will be taken during these sessions so that you can receive 6 Professional Development relicensure points for todays sessions.

12The day will wrap-up with concurrent walk-in sessions. Choose the one that appeals to you. Walk-in open forumsNew Dual Enrollment Teachers (Required)Drama YearbookNewspaperEtymologyCreative WritingPublic SpeakingFundamentals of WritingAP LanguageAP Literature

Honors English Special TopicsText Analysis and Socratic Seminars

Teacher-created Core Units

Reflective Writing

Big Questions

The only session that is required is for new Dual Enrollment English 12 teachers.

Rooms for each of these sessions will be marked. Drama teachers should report to the black box theatre just off of the auditorium. 13We hope you have an exciting year as we embark upon the One to the World journey!We are here in the English Office to help you:Dr. Michele Schmidt MooreDavid ArbogastMelinda RameyRRH is hosting the incoming freshman class this morning, so you will see lots of 9th graders in the halls.

Please dont attempt to close any of them in a locker or sell them tickets to the swimming pool on the roof.

The Blue Ridge Grill is giving a 20% discount on food items today for LCPS teachers who sit in the dining area.14Prelude No. 9John LewisJ.S. Bach Preludes & Fugues Vol. 21985iTunes v7.1.1.5, QuickTime 7.1.6John LewisPrelude No. 4John LewisJ.S. Bach Preludes & Fugues Vol. 21985iTunes v7.1.1.5, QuickTime 7.1.6John LewisFugue No. 4John LewisJ.S. Bach Preludes & Fugues Vol. 21985iTunes v7.1.1.5, QuickTime 7.1.6John Lewis