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Reading & Writing in All Content Areas
Reading
and Writing in All Content Areas is a year-long professional development
program for teachers at the middle and high school levels. The content
is designed to provide teachers in all content areas with a variety
of reading and writing strategies that can be built into instructional
processes within the classroom. Strategies selected for use are
based upon two academic reading standards (acquisition of vocabulary
and informational, technical and persuasive text) and the writing
applications standard. Strategies will be identified for pre-reading,
during reading, post-reading and metacognitive/reflective thinking.
The program
can be tailored to meet the needs of an individual school. Strategies
will be taught on-site during scheduled sessions through either
whole-faculty or grade- or department-level study teams. These services
will will include follow-up coaching support in which the consultant
will work with small teams, observe classroom lessons, provide feedback
and/or assist with demonstrations.
Ashland University
credit is optional.
What We Offer/Performance
Promises:
- A planning
meeting with school leadership to design the year-long program
focus and components.
- Identification,
demonstration and guided practice with research-based strategies
to improve reading and writing competency in all content areas.
- Connections
to three identified Language Arts Academic Content Standards and
strategies to integrate all content area instruction and assessment.
- Facilitation
of meaningful discussion via study teams, examining student work
and evaluating the impact of strategies within the classroom.
Key
Benefits:
- High-quality
professional development focused on adult learning needs.
- Teachers
will develop research-based reading and writing strategies that
improve student learning.
- Teachers
will evaluate strategies that impact student learning and adjust
instruction in ways that will improve reading and writing comprehension
skills.
- Improved
student learning as evidence by classroom work/assignments.
For more information
contact: Dr. Ted Knapke, Ted.Knapke@fcesc.org.
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