WELCOME NEW TEACHERS

While you are waiting for everyone to arrive, please do the following:

Sign-in Pick up a Folder Access the following website:

http://blogs.henrico.k12.va.us/hcpsenglish-staff/

Focusing Activity

Complete the character sketch warm-up—Please be prepared to share your answers!

Character Body Map Choose a significant dynamic character (yourself) and create a body map to reveal essential ideas. Use the body outline given, and complete each statement below (in list form) as it applies to you, in the proper location on the shape. Try to limit your answers to nouns and adjectives.Head – What does the character think about? Eyes –What memorable sights affect him/her? How?Ears –What do others say about the character? How does it affect him/her?Arms – What are the character’s achievements? Stomach/Gut—What are the character’s personal beliefs/values? Hands and Legs –What conflicts/obstacles/challenges does the character face (and overcome)? Heart –What does the character desire? What are his/her goals? Feet– Where is the character from and where is he/she going (metaphorically)?

Let’s get to know each other!

Now let’s pass around our character maps

You must add a synonym to at least two words on each map

Then, we’ll share what we have

Yeah!

We have just introduced character elements (literature) while learning about each other, reviewing nouns/adjectives and expanding our vocabulary.

Focusing Activity

Practice: What activity will you do so that students know who you are and you can quickly assess some skill set of your students

Today’s Agenda

1. Focusing Activity

2. Welcome and Introduction

3. General Information

4. Digging into the Curriculum

5. Technology in the Classroom

Objectives

Today I will… familiarize you with the instructional

expectations for English and Reading in HCPS.

expose you to valuable resources available to you in Henrico County.

provide you with the opportunity to explore and understand critical documents.

What do I believe?

To truly teach is to be a facilitator. Teachers should provide the guides and structures so that students learn how to seek out knowledge.

Skills-Based Instruction

Rigor and RelevanceActive Readers and Writers

Reflective Practioners

Kids come first!

What do you believe?

What is your philosophy of teaching? What do you want your classroom to look like?

Skills-Based Instruction

Rigor and RelevanceActive Readers and Writers

Reflective Practioners

Kids come first!

What do I do?

Professional Development Content Decisions - pacing guides, etc. Observations and Walkthroughs Textbooks and other materials Support Instruction

Observations and Walkthroughs - What’s the Difference?

Observations Purpose:

Probationary Continuing

Contract Planned Pre-conference Post-conference PQRs

Walkthroughs Purpose Unplanned No pre- or post-

conference Look Fors

Observations/Walkthrough

All teachers with zero years experience will receive a formal observation by me.

Observations will be planned and will follow the HCPS model.

We will post-conference in person or via phone. I will use the PQR(s) established with your observing

administrator as the basis for my observations. Walkthroughs will be quick and unannounced. Walkthrough feedback will be e-mailed to you.

Programs You Need To Know About

Teacher Evaluation

What is it? Why are we doing it? Who is involved?

Achieve 3000

What is it? Why are we doing it? Who is involved?

Summer Reading Non-Honors

County-Wide List County Assignments

Honors County-Wide Guidelines Schools Specific Choice County Assignments

AP County-Wide Guidelines Syllabus Requirements School-Specific Choice and Assignments

County-Wide Reading Programs

Middle School Author All Henrico Reads

April 2, 2014, Glen Allen High School, 10:00 a.m.

Featuring Lee Smith School choice: Mrs. Darcy and the Blue-Eyed

Stranger (a collection of short stories) Will include both middle and high schools this

coming year!

Digging Into the Curriculum

Curriculum Documents

What guides your teaching? State County School

State Documents

SOLs Curriculum Framework Blueprints`

County Documents

Pacing Guide

Blog resources

Don’t be afraid of the pacing document, it is based on the fact

that any teaching item has three stages

Presentation

Practice

Production

School Documents

Site-based pacing guides

In-common lesson plans

Your Goal is to use all the resources to create student centered,

integrated Unit Plans

Why the Integrated Unit Plan?

A Good Lesson…

Is based on the standards and what students need to know

Addresses various learning styles and levels

Is developed to address real-world concerns of the student

Start with the standards/pacing

You need to take the state SOLs and county pacing guide and sort it into nine-week or even four-week parts

You want to go from this…

To this…

And if you are crazy like me, to this…

Focus on Backwards Design

1. Identify Desired Results

2. Determine Acceptable Evidence

3. Plan of Action

OBJECTIVES/ PACING

ASSESSMENTS

LESSONS

Hopefully, you will end up with something like this

http://blogs.henrico.k12.va.us/hcpsenglish/curriculum-items/english-6-civilizations-and-change/the-black-book-of-secrets/

HCPS Assessments Varies by school, but in general—

1st Nine Weeks Semester 1 3rd Nine Weeks Semester 2

8th and 10th Direct Writing HAT (county-wide)

Benchmark and Simulation Exams (county-wide for SOL courses)

SOL Assessments

Reading (online) English 6 English 7 English 8 EOC Reading - English 11

Writing (online) English 8 EOC Writing - English10

Resources

SchoolSpace LOR

http://blogs.henrico.k12.va.us/hcpsenglish-staff/

Professional Organizations and Events

VATE – Virginia Association of Teachers of English - http://www.vate.org/

NCTE – National Council of Teachers of English - http://www.ncte.org/

ALAN – The Assembly for Literatute on Adolescents - http://www.alan-ya.org/

Questions/ Comments/ Concerns

Contact Information: Erica L. Basnight-Johnson 652-3740 elbjohnson@henrico.k12.va.us Central Office on

Nine Mile Road