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NEW HOPE SCHOOL DISTRICT CURRICULUM INITIATIVE. Anne Hoover. ISLLC Standards Components Addressed by the Reading Workshop Initiative. Standard 1: The Vision of Learning. Standard 2: The Culture of Teaching and Learning. Standard 3: The Management of Learning. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
NEW HOPE SCHOOL
DISTRICT CURRICULUM
INITIATIVEAnne Hoover
ISLLC Standards Components Addressed by the Reading Workshop Initiative
Standard 1: The Vision of Learning Facilitating the development,
articulation, implementation and stewardship of a school or district vision of learning that is shared and supported by the school community by
• 1.17 --Developing the vision• 1.19 -- Communicating the
vision • 1.22 -- Implementing plans to
achieve goals• 1.23 -- Using data to develop
goals• 1.28 -- Monitoring and
evaluating
Standard 2: The Culture of Teaching and Learning Advocating, nurturing and
sustaining a school culture and instructional program conducive to student learning and staff professional growth by
• 2.29 –Promoting student growth• 2.34 -- Developing assessment
strategies • 2.40 –Monitoring the student
learning focus• 2.43 – Expecting lifelong learning• 2.44 – Using professional
development• 2.55 –Having high expectations• 2.67 – Meeting students’ needs
Standard 3: The Management of Learning Ensuring management of the
organization, operations and resources for a safe, efficient and effective learning environment
• 3.76 -- Making management decisions to ensure successful teaching and learning
• 3.80 -- Supporting quality instruction and student learning
• 3.82 -- Creating a safe, healthy environment to ensure successful teaching and learning
• 3.84 -- Developing procedures to ensure successful teaching and learning
• 3.81 & 3.96 -- Developing distributed leadership
• 3.92 -- Allocating resources to ensure successful teaching and learning
SWOTS Applicable to the Reading Workshop
Strengths
Tradition of excellence
Committed staff
High expectations of professional growth through education/training for teachers
Opportunities for students to be civically involved
Parent Involvement
High standardized tests
Culturally strong ethnic groups/communities
Weaknesses Blanketed directives/policies
from school board
Summative assessment is primary method of assessment
Student data not driving instruction
Outdated curriculum/textbooks
Insufficient professional development
Opportunities
Increasing population of retirements/hiring of new teachers
Parent Volunteers
Staff/Administration communication
Full day kindergarten
Scheduling
New initiatives for new assessment methods
T h r e a t s
Budget
Cut programs/personnel
Global change
Traditions holding back progress
Time testing/teaching to the test
Time stolen to NCLB
Federal and state mandates without funding
Activate Your Thinking
Think of your favorite book and why it was your favorite book.
Was it a book you had to read or one you choose to read?
Why Read?
To become functional literate?To score proficient on a test? orTo nurture lifelong readers and thinkers?To cultivate social responsibility?To inspire relevant 21st century thinking?To make a difference?
Non-negotiables in the Teaching of Reading
•A set of beliefs about how children learn to read•Beautiful settings in which to read•Real reasons to read•Big blocks of time•High-quality books and plenty of them•A school wide stance that reading is “cool”•Powerful models•Well-informed teachers (Harwayne, 2000)
Why a Reading Workshop?
Problem:Districts implementing scientifically based commercial reading programs to move students to proficient reading levels which has caused teachers to dramatically change their pedagogy (Miller & Higgins, 2008)
The Real Problem:Districts are not focusing on characteristics and abilities of the readers they are teaching (Serafini, 2005)
What is a Reading Workshop?
Components:
Mini-lesson -Whole Group10-15 minute lessonBased on students’ needs Strategies, skills, and literary
analysis
(Fountas & Pinnell, 2001)
What is a Reading Workshop?
Components:
Independent Reading/Conferencing-One to one or small group
instructionTeaching a student, not a textStrategy groups based on needStudents become lost in their
books which they are reading with approximately 98% accuracy (Ivey, 2000)
What is a Reading Workshop?
Components:
Peer Discussions –Students paired with students on their level
Motivates, substantiates, validates, investigates, and evaluates (Cole, 2003)
What is a Reading Workshop?Components:
Closure –Whole groupSummarizesGuides instruction
more than compiling materials and methods, must infuse them with a sense of priority and vision, passion,
and grace (Calkins, 2001)
Strengths and OpportunitiesSpecific to New Hope
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