Let’s Get Started! Initial LC Tasks

Dr. Sharon Walpole

University of Delaware

1. Understanding your grant

2. Understanding your core program

3. Planning whole-group and needs-based instruction

4. Planning assessments

5. Planning professional development

Understanding your grant

1. Make a graphic organizer

Specific Responsibilities

District Building Literacy Teachers

Rep Admin Coach

Sample (LC Handbook, pp. 42-43)Times

Fall Year 1- Spring Year 2

oTask

oConduct whole-school, after-school professional development session one hour each monthoConduct small-group, after-school professional development sessions two days each month oConduct two in-school professional development sessions each month for each grade level teamoConduct six formative observations of instruction for each teacheroEstablish professional development library

Team

Literacy CoachPrincipalAssistant Principal

2. Decide how to use it Review with state department Remind administrators of the shared

commitment Use in preplanning to remind teachers of

shared commitment Present to School Board and parents Present quarterly updates

Understanding your Core Program

1. Conduct a personal review of every grade level’s manuals with the LC Handbook’s Descriptive Template (p. 133)

Pay special attention to any placement or progress-monitoring tests and any materials intended for needs-based use

2. Check for other review information to identify potential strenghts and weaknesses

http://www.fcrr.org/FCRRReports/reportslist.htm

http://reading.uoregon.edu/curricula/

3. Consider other ways to learn about the program in action

Can consultants help?

Are there videos?

Are there schools using the program that you can call or visit?

4. Decide what “stuff” must be stored, displayed, and used in each classroom

Make a checklist for your teachers

Make sure everyone has what he or she needs

Plan time for whole-group and needs-based instruction: Think about time

PhonemicAwareness

Decoding Fluency Vocabulary ComprehensionStrategies

Writing

K 20% 10% 20% 30% 10% 10%

1 10% 20% 20% 20% 10% 20%

2 10% 30% 10% 30% 20%

3 20% 20% 30% 30%

Then think about groupingsPhonemicAwareness

Decoding Fluency Vocabulary ComprehensionStrategies

K Needs-Based Group

Whole Group and Needs-Based

Group

Whole Group and Needs-

Based Group

Whole Group Whole Group

1 Needs-Based Group

Whole Group and Needs-Based

Group

Whole Group and Needs-

Based Group

Whole Group Whole Group

2 Intervention Only Needs-Based Group

Whole Group and Needs-

Based Group

Whole Group Whole GroupAnd Needs-Based Group

3 Intervention Only Whole Group and Needs-

Based Group

Whole Group and Needs-

Based Group

Whole Group and Needs-Based Group

Think about support How can it be managed?

Push-in programs? Paraprofessionals? Circle-Seat-Center rotations?

What will teachers need to be successful? Routines? Materials? Modeling?

PS:

This is a long-haul project

Just get started

Planning for Assessment

1. Decide who will assess

2. Get your school-level calendar with all vacations and events

3. Find out when the required assessments will be due

4. Schedule trainings and due dates for

Plan professional development1. Make a strict schedule

1. During the day for grade-level teams?

2. After school for the entire staff?

3. On release days?

2. Start with the CORE!!!!

Will you have consultants come during preplanning?

How can you help teachers set up their rooms so that they have what they need?

3. Make direct connections between the summer trainings and your core

4. Make sure that all of your attention is directed to giving everyone the support needed to start teaching

How should YOU plan your time?

Grant

Core

Schedules

Assess

PD

June July Aug

Order and Unpack? Review? Consultants?

Review? Consult with DOE?

School? Classroom? Personal?

Core?Academies?Academies?

Choose and Buy? Learn and Schedule? Train?

Spend some time prioritizing and planning the time you have before school starts.

Area Focus Priorities