Kathy Bumgardner Presents:

 CCSS 9-12

Instructional Practices for Successful Implementation

Registration Deadline:  April 10, 2012

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The best understanding of what works in the classroom comes from the teachers who are in them. The Common Core State Standards for students in grades 9-12 clearly define the focused and rigorous knowledge and skills students should have to graduate high school fully prepared for college and careers. More than ever it will be important for all teachers to not only know WHAT the standards are, but be prepared to decide HOW best to help students reach those standards. Everyone in the school has to start thinking about literacy and how their students are going to be able to access their texts and graduate prepared to succeed in our global economy and society. This session will provide teachers with a menu of best practices and instructional strategies for a successful implementation.

This secondary session will focus mainly on overall best instructional practices (Reading and Writing) in specifically supporting students in accessing, clarifying, and responding to the complexity of texts across ELA and the Content Areas that will be expected and encountered in the CCSS.

Our main targets will be:

* Specifically incorporating reading comprehension strategies and teaching tools specific to both literature and informational texts as they directly relate to the standards/strands of the Common Core. There will be a definite strong focus on the informational texts due to the greater emphasis in CCSS that will be specifically investigated and shared.

* Identifying and planning for Content Area and ELA specific reading and instructional materials and instructional management resources (...groupings, journaling, graphic organizers, academic key vocabulary, student contracts, check lists, accountable talk and work, projects, assessments, hands on tools , etc...) that will allow teachers to better scaffold students to the higher standards in order to raise student achievement across the standards.

This day will be helpful for BOTH ELA and Content Area teachers as we will use both literature materials and content area in this session.

Secondary teachers need to bring some of their current texts that they are using in their classes so that we can specifically dig into those to look at levels and areas of challenges.
 

If you have questions, contact Dr. Carol Bennett at cbennett@wresa.org or 828.418.0011, ext. 17.  Participants will receive a certificate for 5 contact hours.

Registration Deadline:  April 10, 2012