GRADUATE CREDIT COURSE APPLICATION Course Title: Critical Reading II: Activating Research Into Action Sponsoring Agency:

Kaiserslautern Middle School Semester Hours: 2 hours graduate Date when credit is awarded: June 2014 Course Dates: (October-May) Formal meetings: faculty, team, and CSI meetings. Course Meeting Times: Variable by groups long range syllabus attached Location: Kaiserslautern Middle School Number of participants: Tuition: $75.00 per credit USD Course Guidelines A. Course Registration To register for the course the participants must submit an online registration form located at University of San Diego: http://usd-online.org/studycourse.aspx B. Course Description This course is similar to Critical Reading: Activating Research Into Action using AVIDs Critical Reading Book; however, the skills and strategies have been revised and redeveloped into LiteracyTA.com. Teachers in this course will gain a deeper understanding of the pedagogy of comprehension strategies and critical reading skills in their content areas. Teachers will also learn and be able to implement the methodology of deep reading/critical reading skills, as well as incorporating 21st century skills into the application of these strategies. C. Course Requirements Attend/participate in all required sessions, 30 hours of contact time is required for 2 semester credit hour Explore Before/During/After the Reading strategies. Meet and discuss concepts with colleagues between meetings, through information meetings, telephone calls, study groups, emails, wikis, blogs, school visits, or other forms of connection. Using LiteracyTAs Lesson Plan section, create and Implement a total of 10 lessons. Explore, select, and implement a new 21st Century Teaching Method (found on LiteracyTA.com) for each lesson. Bring evidence/work/reactions/thoughts of applications to share at the meetings. Share outcomes and possible modifications. Write a reflection of the lesson plan. The reflection should also include next steps and questions needing to be addressed to support continued growth. Keep a portfolio of lessons, modifications, and reflections. The team meetings will be annotated with meeting minutes which will be the action log for each meeting recording efforts extended to make connections

between the concepts in the book, readings and the daily practices of being a teacher. (The finished course portfolio should be sent to Allyson Allen no-later-than 14 May 2014.)

D. Course Requirements: Subscription to LiteracyTA.com E. Name of Course Instructors: Gregory Bull, Principal BMHS Peggy Hoffman-Schmidt, CSI ISS Allyson Allen, KMS Professional Development Coordinator D. Course Approval: DoDDS-E Approving Official Signature for Course Deputy Director, Dr. Russ Claus Superintendent, Dr. Dell McMullen

30 hours 2 semester credit hours

Requirements: 1) 4 contact hours per month (group collaboration during: IRP, PLC, Department)
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http://www.literacyta.com/literacy-skills Meeting 1: Review the front page of the Skill Library as well as the video. Using the Skill Categories tab, explore the different skills and activity sheets for each of the categories: before reading, during reading and after reading. o Which of these skills look familiar? Which look intriguing? Review the Lesson Plan Section of LiteracyTA. Assignment: Select which skill strategy set you will use. Design a lesson plan (1), using LiteracyTAs Lesson Plan section, for one of your classes. Include the before reading skill activity of I know/You Know. For the during reading plan, demonstrate and use Pausing and Predicting Meeting 2: Discuss implementation of your lesson plan. Share what worked well, where there were problems and what strategies could be used to solve the problem. Discuss how your activity went.

Meeting 3: Review the front page of the Skill Instruction/21st Century Skills page as well as the video. Which of these methods look familiar? Which look intriguing? Assignment: Create a Google account and familiarize yourself with Google Docs. Come in with a clear definition of what 21st Century Teaching means to you. Meeting 4: Discuss exploration of the different functions of Google Docs; challenges, concerns.

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Meeting 5: http://www.literacyta.com/literacy-skills Using the Skill Categories tab, explore the different skills and activity sheets for each of the categories: before reading, during reading and after reading. Using the Skill Instruction/21st Century Skills page review the 21st century skill, method Collaborating Online. Assignment: Select which skill strategy set you will use. Design a lesson plan (2), using LiteracyTAs Lesson Plan section, for one of your classes. Incorporate the 21st Century Teaching method Collaborating Online found on LiteracyTA into your lesson plan. o Explore tools & resources o Use Google Docs to create a document then share it with your class. Meeting 6: Discuss implementation of your lesson plan. Share what worked well, where there were problems and what strategies could be used to solve the problem. Meeting 7: http://www.literacyta.com/literacy-skills Using the Skill Categories tab, explore the different skills and activity sheets for each of the categories: before reading, during reading and after reading. Using the Skill Instruction/21st Century Skills page review the 21st century skill, Communication Online Assignment: Select which skill strategy set you will use. Design a lesson plan (3), using LiteracyTAs Lesson Plan section, for one of your classes. Incorporate the 21st Century Teaching method, Communication Online o Review email appropriate communication/watch Google groups tutorial great Google Group for either class lesson or for teachers in credit class. Meeting 8: Discuss implementation of your lesson plan. Share what worked well, where there were problems and what strategies could be used to solve the problem.

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Meeting 9: http://www.literacyta.com/literacy-skills Using the Skill Categories tab, explore the different skills and activity sheets for each of the categories: before reading, during reading and after reading. Using the Skill Instruction/21st Century Skills page review the 21st century skill, Managing Information. Assignment: Select which skill strategy set you will use. Design a lesson plan (4), using LiteracyTAs Lesson Plan section, for one of your classes. Incorporate the 21st Century Teaching method, Managing Information o To incorporate into your lesson plan, create a short quiz using Google Forms. Save the quiz to your Google Docs account. Meeting 10: Discuss implementation of your lesson plan. Share what worked well, where there were problems and what strategies could be used to solve the problem. Meeting 11: http://www.literacyta.com/literacy-skills Using the Skill Categories tab, explore the different skills and activity sheets for each of the categories: before reading, during reading and after reading. Using the Skill Instruction/21st Century Skills page review the 21st century skill, Online Study Group Assignment: Select which skill strategy set you will use. Design a lesson plan (5), using LiteracyTAs Lesson Plan section, for one of your classes. Incorporate the 21st Century Teaching method, Online Study Group o Create an online study group for a select group of students to model in class. Meeting 12: Discuss implementation of your lesson plan. Share what worked well, where there were problems and what strategies could be used to solve the problem.
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Meeting 13: http://www.literacyta.com/literacy-skills Using the Skill Categories tab, explore the different skills and activity sheets for each of the categories: before reading, during reading and after reading. Using the Skill Instruction/21st Century Skills page review the 21st century skill, Presenting Information. Assignment: Select which skill strategy set you will use. Design a lesson plan (6), using LiteracyTAs Lesson Plan section, for one of your classes. Incorporate the 21st Century Teaching method, Presenting Information o Use Glogster or Prezi to present lesson to students. Meeting 14: Discuss implementation of your lesson plan. Share what worked well, where there were problems and what strategies could be used to solve the problem. Meeting 15: http://www.literacyta.com/literacy-skills Using the Skill Categories tab, explore the different skills and activity sheets for each of the categories: before reading, during reading and after reading. Using the Skill Instruction/21st Century Skills page review the 21st century skill, Presenting with Tablets o Watch tutorial given by Ms. Allen. o How could using a tablet be beneficial in your class? Assignment: Select which skill strategy set you will use. Design a lesson plan (7), using LiteracyTAs Lesson Plan section, for one of your classes. Select two applications you could use if using a tablet in your class. Meeting 16: Discuss implementation of your lesson plan. Share what worked well, where there were problems and what strategies could be used to solve the problem.

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Meeting 17: http://www.literacyta.com/literacy-skills Using the Skill Categories tab, explore the different skills and activity sheets for each of the categories: before reading, during reading and after reading. Using the Skill Instruction/21st Century Skills page review the 21st century skill, Web Presence Assignment: Select which skill strategy set you will use. Design a lesson plan (8), using LiteracyTAs Lesson Plan section, for one of your classes. Incorporate the 21st Century Teaching method, Web Presence o Use one of the tools/resources listed under this method or describe how one of these methods has been beneficial this year. Meeting 18: Discuss implementation of your lesson plan. Share what worked well, where there were problems and what strategies could be used to solve the problem. Meeting 19: http://www.literacyta.com/literacy-skills Using the Skill Categories tab, explore the different skills and activity sheets for each of the categories: before reading, during reading and after reading. Using the Skill Instruction/21st Century Skills page review the 21st century skill, Writers Workshop Assignment: Select which skill strategy set you will use. Design a lesson plan (9), using LiteracyTAs Lesson Plan section, for one of your classes. Incorporate the 21st Century Teaching method, Writers Workshop o Use Google Docs for writing your reflections, share with class facilitators. Meeting 20: Discuss implementation of your lesson plan. Share what worked well, where there were problems and what strategies could be used to solve the problem.

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Meeting 21: http://www.literacyta.com/literacy-skills Using the Skill Categories tab, explore the different skills and activity sheets for each of the categories: before reading, during reading and after reading. Using the Skill Instruction/21st Century Skills page quickly review all 21st century skill methods. Assignment: Select which skill strategy set you will use. Design a lesson plan (10), using LiteracyTAs Lesson Plan section, for one of your classes. Incorporate the 21st Century Teaching method, Communication Online o Review email appropriate communication/watch Google groups tutorial great Google Group for either class lesson or for teachers in credit class. Meeting 22: Discuss implementation of your lesson plan. Share what worked well, where there were problems and what strategies could be used to solve the problem. Meeting 23: http://www.literacyta.com/literacy-skills Using the Skill Categories tab, explore the different skills and activity sheets for each of the categories: before reading, during reading and after reading. Using the Skill Instruction/21st Century Skills page review the 21st century skill, Review the Lesson Plan Section of LiteracyTA. Assignment: Select which skill strategy set you will use. Design a lesson plan, using LiteracyTAs Lesson Plan section, for one of your classes. Incorporate the 21st Century Teaching method, Meeting 24: Discuss implementation of your lesson plan. Share what worked well, where there were problems and what strategies could be used to solve the problem.

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Meeting 25: http://www.literacyta.com/literacy-skills Using the Skill Categories tab, explore the different skills and activity sheets for each of the categories: before reading, during reading and after reading. Using the Skill Instruction/21st Century Skills page review the 21st century skill, Review the Lesson Plan Section of LiteracyTA. Assignment: Select which skill strategy set you will use. Design a lesson plan, using LiteracyTAs Lesson Plan section, for one of your classes. Incorporate the 21st Century Teaching method, Meeting 26: Discuss implementation of your lesson plan. Share what worked well, where there were problems and what strategies could be used to solve the problem. Meeting 27: http://www.literacyta.com/literacy-skills Using the Skill Categories tab, explore the different skills and activity sheets for each of the categories: before reading, during reading and after reading. Using the Skill Instruction/21st Century Skills page review the 21st century skill, Review the Lesson Plan Section of LiteracyTA. Assignment: Select which skill strategy set you will use. Design a lesson plan, using LiteracyTAs Lesson Plan section, for one of your classes. Incorporate the 21st Century Teaching method, Meeting 28: Discuss implementation of your lesson plan. Share what worked well, where there were problems and what strategies could be used to solve the problem.

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Meeting 29: http://www.literacyta.com/literacy-skills Using the Skill Categories tab, explore the different skills and activity sheets for each of the categories: before reading, during reading and after reading. Using the Skill Instruction/21st Century Skills page review the 21st century skill, Communication Online Review the Lesson Plan Section of LiteracyTA. Assignment: Select which skill strategy set you will use. Design a lesson plan, using LiteracyTAs Lesson Plan section, for one of your classes. Incorporate the 21st Century Teaching method, Communication Online o Review email appropriate communication/watch Google groups tutorial great Google Group for either class lesson or for teachers in credit class. Meeting 30: Discuss implementation of your lesson plan. Share what worked well, where there were problems and what strategies could be used to solve the problem. Meeting 31: http://www.literacyta.com/literacy-skills Using the Skill Categories tab, explore the different skills and activity sheets for each of the categories: before reading, during reading and after reading. Using the Skill Instruction/21st Century Skills page review the 21st century skill, Communication Online Review the Lesson Plan Section of LiteracyTA. Assignment: Select which skill strategy set you will use. Design a lesson plan, using LiteracyTAs Lesson Plan section, for one of your classes. Incorporate the 21st Century Teaching method, Communication Online o Review email appropriate communication/watch Google groups tutorial great Google Group for either class lesson or for teachers in credit class. Meeting 32: Discuss implementation of your lesson plan. Share what worked well, where there were problems and what strategies could be used to solve the problem.
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