English Language Arts: Common Core Implementation

This session repeats the regional presentations of last fall, with some recent information and resources added by the presenters. This is a ONE-TIME-ONLY presentation. There are no other regional meetings scheduled this spring. If you missed the Fall events, but would like to explore implementation ideas further, please join us! (For Math Common Core see the details for March 21 on this website.)

Purpose of this Training:
**To examine key instructional shifts implicit in the Common Core State Standards and addressed in the VT-DOE professional learning plans;
**To provide school/district leaders with the knowledge necessary to guide educator understanding of the instructional shifts in the CCSS;
**To prepare those leaders with processes so they can deliver effective professional learning for educators as they implement the CCSS successfully in their classrooms.

Who should attend:
**Teacher leaders in ELA; District and CTE leadership in ELA and other content areas (e.g. science, social studies, other technical subjects);
**Educators responsible for oversight/professional learning for supplemental academic services to students including special ed; Title I; after-school.
**Principals, curriculum coordinators, those responsible for preparation of pre-service educators; consultants providing professional learning in the region.

Suggestions for all participants:
A close reading of the CCSS ELA/Literacy www.http://www.corestandards.org/
Please also refer to “Vermont’s Transition to the Common Core State Standards” professional learning plans:
http://sites.google.com/site/commoncoreinvermont/home

This meeting is co-sponsored by the Vermont Dept of Education and the Southeast Vermont Learning Collaborative.
Registration is through the Collaborative and is limited to 100 places.
You must register in advance at:
www.LearningCollaborative.org

ELA Agenda Outline:
AM: Text Complexity K-12 with embedded vocabulary strategies for all grade levels (grade level table groups)
Focused session for principals last hour before lunch – instructional culture and systems discussion

PM: Breakout 1: K-2 and K-5 Integration of Literacy Standards across Content Areas;
Breakout 2: 6-12 Integration of Literacy Standards across Content Areas (including literary nonfiction)