Professional Development Workshop

1. INTEGRATING THE READING AND
WRITING PROCESS IN THE CONTENT
AREAS.
MEETING 1
Lafayette High School
October 6th, 2015
Presented By Hannah Clark

2. OVER VIEW OF THE DAY
 8:30-8:45 Registration and Breakfast
 8:45-9:00 Welcome, Introduction, and Plans for
the Day
 9:00-10:00 Comparing FSA Standards to NGSS
standards
 10:00-10:30 School Wide Grading Rubric
 10:30-10:45 Break
 10:45-11:45 School Wide Data- Grading Writing
according to Rubric
 11:45-12:45 Lunch on you own
 12:45-1:45 Using Results for Planning Results
 1:45-3:00 Creating Thematic Units
 3:00-3:30 Share Ideas, Wrap-up and Evaluation

3. NEEDS ASSESSMENT
SURVEY DATA
54% of the participants agreed
that Professional Development was
needed in the area of
Reading/Writing Process.
2 Differentiating instruction
1 Cooperative Learning
2 Comprehension skills and strategies
N/A Spelling and vocabulary development
3 Curriculum and standards alignment with Common Core
2 Improving reading in the content areas
7 Writing and district rubrics
2 Flexible grouping and management
N/A Working with English learners (SIOP model)
2 Incorporating multi-literacies and instructional technology
N/A Other

4. SCHOOL WIDE GOAL
For the years 2015-2017, the teachers at Lafayette High
School, will increase their knowledge on the
reading/writing connection to increase students’
achievement levels as measured by the FSA Writing
Assessment.

5. BRAINSTORM
How does this goal
relate to you and
your classroom?
Using Google Docs
share your thoughts.

7. WHAT LEARNING STYLE ARE YOU?
The Professor- Facts, Evidence and notes
The Scientist- Hypothesize and explore different possibilities
The Inventor- Likes the challenge and to find new and creative ideas and
solutions.
The Friend- Works well with group, hands on learners.

8. GROUP WORK
Work in your group and create a
graphic organizer on the chart
paper that explains what you
expect to get out of the
workshop, BUT you must relate it
back to your learning type!
You have 10 Minutes!

9. ARE YOU UP FOR THE CHALLENGE ?