Feed Your Brain 3 Year Professional Development Plan & Event Calendar

Year 1 2014-2015 Year 2 2015-2016 Week 1: State of the School Review Where are we? What are our successes and failures? Where do we go from here? Year One Reflection What are our next steps? End of year one survey results. Present faculty with research article as to the importance of reading and writing across the curriculum. Reading Inventory Faculty Survey Bagels and Books Kickoff Event Week 2 Review Reading Inventory Survey Results. Review PD Calendar for the year. Content Area Break Outs What are our needs? What are our successes and failures? Where do we go from here? Year 3 2016-2017 Week 1: State of the School Review Where are we? What are our successes and failures? Where do we go from here? Year Two Reflection What are our nest steps? End of year two survey results. Present faculty with research article as to the importance of reading and writing across the curriculum. Reading Inventory Faculty Survey Bagels and Books Kick Off Event Week 2 Review Reading Inventory Survey Results. Review PD Calendar for the year. Content Area Break Outs What are our needs? What are our successes and failures? Where do we go from here?

September
And Were OffWelcome Back and Introductions

Week 1: State of the School Review Where are we? What are our successes and failures? Where do we go from here? Introduction to Literacy Program and Reading Specialist. Present faculty with research article as to the importance of reading and writing across the curriculum. Reading Inventory Faculty Survey Introduce Bagels and Books. Week 2 Review Reading Inventory Survey Results. Review PD Calendar for the year. Content Area Break Outs What are our needs? What are our successes and failures? Where do we go from here?

September Literary Event

Reading Together - This will occur the first Saturday morning in September. It will be an introduction to Bagels and Books, a monthly book club meeting involving students, parents, faculty, staff, and community. On a monthly basis, participants will meet to discuss books and engage in conversation around literacy. Week 1 Provide faculty with the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts Reading and Writing. Present faculty with research article as to the importance of a standards based curriculum. Review standards and Week 1 Week 1 Review common reading Review department and writing standards to standards and rubrics be used across the Create school wide curriculum. standard to be used in Rubric Creation How do all classes with a we assure that we are common rubric. teaching and assessing what we intend to at a level of equity? Department wide common standard and

October
ObjectivesBreaking Down the Common Core

expectations of standards. Provide examples of potential assignments for different disciplines. Week 3 Review strategies Present and model October Literary Event

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Family Literacy Night - This will occur the second week in October. It will take place at the school but will partner with the local library. Essentially students, parents, faculty, and staff are invited to meet and get to know each other. From the school, participants will be asked to walk to the library to get a card, meet the librarians, and learn the resources of the library. This networking event is intended to begin to build comfort among all participants involved in the education of the student. Week 1 Week 1 Week 1 Present faculty with Family based assignments Monthly Family Invited research article as to present assignments Department based the importance of family that involve the family Activities Working in involvement in literacy. or community in the departments, establish Provide faculty with lesson. monthly/bi-monthly potential opportunities Offer time to for open activities that include to engage family in group discussion on the parental involvement in literacy with the school. topic. the rubric. Plan for Report Card Pick Up and Literacy Night at the theater. Week 3 Review strategies Present and model Week 3 Review strategies Present and model Week 3 Review strategies Present and model

November
RelationshipsInvolving Our Extended Family

November Literary Event

Family Game Night - This event will occur the second week in November. The school will invite students, parents, faculty, staff, and community into the building for a game night. Games will be literacy related. Week 1 Week 1 Prior to PD, provide Active Reading Strategies teachers with a What can we do to comprehension check promote reading survey. comprehension in our Present faculty with a students? research article regarding Provide content free how we comprehend activities for text. informational and Discuss survey results. narrative text that Complete a KWL students can use to regarding reading engage in active comprehension. reading. Discuss common issues with reading comprehension and provide examples of potential assignments for Week 1 Review Active Reading Strategies What worked well? Where did we struggle? Text Complexity How can we challenge our students? How can we extend these skills to a higher level of thinking? Metacognition

December
Did you get itComprehension -

different disciplines. Week 3 Review strategies Present and model December Literary Event Week 3 Review strategies Present and model Week 3 Review strategies Present and model

Stories with Santa - This event will be held the second week in December. Community members are invited to bring their children in for stories from Santa and hot chocolate etc. Then children will have the opportunity to color coloring books that are Christmas stories. Week 1 Week 1 Present faculty with Common Writing and research article as to the Rubrics establish importance of writing in school wide writing response to text. conventions, rubrics, Discuss current strategies and terminology that that teachers use with will be used in all writing in their disciplines. classrooms. Create sample model Discuss the importance of assignments at modeling writing in all mastery, approaching disciplines. mastery, and below Provide faculty with mastery that will be potential writing used to monitor lesson assignments used in creation and writing response to a text in assessments. various content areas. Week 3 Review strategies Present and model End of Semester Check In Ask teachers to complete a survey reflecting on the PD process and next steps. Week 3 Review strategies Present and model End of Semester Check In Ask teachers to complete a survey reflecting on the PD process and next steps. Week 1 Research How can we incorporate research into our writing? Discuss sample research assignments or topics that can be used in various classes. Cross Curricular learning How can we incorporate forums intro our curriculum.

January
It Says What?Writing in Response to Text

Week 3 Review strategies Present and model End of Semester Check In Ask teachers to complete a survey reflecting on the PD process and next steps.

January Literary Event

A Night at the Movies - This event will occur the second week in January. The school will invite students, parents, faculty, staff, and community to attend a movie screening at a local theater. Find a movie that is good for early HS and is an adaptation of a book. Something about a new start to kick off second semester. Week 1 Week 1 Week 1 Present faculty with Jargon, Content Terms, & Greek and Latin Roots research article as to the Key Academic Why do we need to importance of vocabulary Vocabulary Why it is learn more words? How and background important that we are can we use root, prefix, knowledge in literacy. on the same page. suffix, and affix Discuss current vocabulary Department time to work identification across the strategies that are used on creation of common disciplines. in the classroom. word lists. Provide faculty with potential vocabulary

February
From the Ground UpVocabulary and Background Knowledge

assignments that can be used with texts in various content areas. Week 3 Review strategies Present and model February Literary Event Week 3 Review strategies Present and model Week 3 Review strategies Present and model

Spread the Love - This event will occur the second week in February. The school will invite students, parents, faculty, staff, and community to come and create poems, stories, art, etc. to share with their loved ones on Valentines. Week 1 Week 1 Week 1 Present faculty with Background Knowledge Inquiry Student centered research article as to the How do we teach our creation of lessons and importance of schema students the general assignments based on theory and, making knowledge that they do what they take away connections, and not know? from the text on a background knowledge Present activities that are personal level. with a text. content specific and Making Connections How can be used to promote do we make connections background knowledge. to the text? There is always a connection, how to we help our students see this? Week 3 Review strategies Present and model Week 3 Review strategies Present and model Week 3 Review strategies Present and model

March
Getting PersonalMaking Connections to Text

March Literary Event

Shared Experiences - This event will occur the second week in March. The school will invite students, parents, faculty, staff, and community from outside of the United States to come and share their experiences and traditions. The event will culminate into a collection of stories put together by the participants in response to what they hear. Week 1 Week 1 Week 1 Present faculty with Test Prep Comprehension Review scores Where research article as to Skills What can we do have we been the importance of in our classes as a last successful? What can schema theory, making minute push for these we do to move forward? connections, and assessments? background knowledge with a text. How can we incorporate ACT Preparation test prep into our COMPASS Preparation curriculum without PARCC Preparation changing our standards? How is reading comprehension assessed on these tests? What can we do to help our students on standardized exams? Week 3 Review strategies Week 3 Review strategies Week 3 Review strategies

April
Put it to the TestAssessments and Assessment Preparation in Literacy

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A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words - This event will occur the second week in April. The school will invite students, parents, faculty, staff, and community to come and view an art show that is centered on student success. Participants will have the opportunity to write a quick reflection of each picture. During food time, reflections will be turned into poems and after food time shared with guests. Week 1 Week 1 Week 1 Present faculty with Teacher presentations on Teacher presentations on research article on technology use in the technology use in the incorporating technology classroom How do we classroom How do we into the curriculum. support our curriculum support our curriculum Present various software with reading and with reading and and technology based writing through the use writing through the use activities that of technology? of technology? incorporate reading and What do we want in writing into the regards to technology? curriculum. Where do we need more training? Where are we most successful? Week 3 Review strategies Present and model Week 3 Review strategies Present and model Week 3 Review strategies Present and model

May

Welcome to the 21 Century Incorporating Technology

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May Literary Event

The Art of Reading - This event will occur the second week in May. The school will invite students, parents, faculty, staff, and community to come and read short stories and children's books and take imagery from those books to make a banner. The banner will eventually become a painting on a wall in the community. Week 1 Year Survey Where do we go from here? What are our alignment needs for summer planning? How will we incorporate what we have learned this year into our curriculum maps for next year? Where do we still need the most support? Week 3 Summer Planning Assistance Week 1 Year Survey Where do we go from here? What are our alignment needs for summer planning? How will we incorporate what we have learned this year into our curriculum maps for next year? Where do we still need the most support? Week 3 Summer Planning Assistance Week 1 Year Survey Where do we go from here? What are our alignment needs for summer planning? How will we incorporate what we have learned this year into our curriculum maps for next year? Where do we still need the most support? Week 3 Summer Planning Assistance

June
Schools Out For SummerYear Review and Summer Planning

June Literary Event

Summer Reading Challenge - This event will take place the second Saturday of June. The school will invite students, parents, faculty, staff, and community to BBQ held at the school. We will have raffles and prizes for reading challenges, etc. We will review our progress and experience through a gallery walk. We will end with a summer reading list that involves independent checkout of books from the local library.

Note The months of September and June are scheduled as all faculty professional development. From there, the first week of each month is intended for all faculty. Week 3 is a drop in, content area break out, or cross curricular break out. Additional PD can be provided for small groups, course teams, departments, or interested participants at any time. Note Each month is centered on a certain area of the literacy program. For each session, a research based article will be provided. This is distributed to the staff 1 week prior to the event. Note One week after each week 1 session, teachers will be asked to contact the literacy specialist for more specific information or next steps regarding the topica quick informal survey.