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HS English Language Arts Department Leader Curriculum Action Team Meeting Agenda
Meeting Date, Place and Time / Team Norms / Individual Roles and Responsibilities
9/10/14 @NH
3:30 – 5:00 PM /
  • Keep students first
  • Be present and actively working
  • Assume good will
  • Be respectful and keep a safe environment for sharing ideas
  • Know that it is okay to challenge and/or question others’ ideas
  • All voices are heard
  • Take away the learning but not the people (maintain confidentiality)
  • Start and end on time
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  • Commit to being present and engaged in the work.
  • Understand and be able to summarize meeting content for building administrators and staff as needed.
  • Be a resource and support for each other
  • Bring your laptop
  • Phones on vibrate

Meetings 3:30 – 5:00 PM / Members:
2014 – 2015 Meetings are the second Wednesday of the month:
10/8@ SH, 11/12 @ WH, 12/10 @ FRH, 1/14 @ CH, 2/11 @ SH, 3/11 @ WH, 4/15 @ FRH, 5/13 @ NH / Dan Barnes (WH),Julie Bode (WH), Tracy Bouslog (SH), Rebecca Langrall (ISC), Maureen Lombardi (FRH), Jason Lovera (CH), Melissa Lynn Pomerantz (NH), Matt Timmons (SH)
Other Important Dates / Course Proposals due: Sept. 15
Two Courses have been proposed as of 9/3:
  • Composition and Film (Mark Bannecker, NH) and
  • English 4 (Tracy Bouslog, SH).
Next book order due: Oct. 6
Student Books:

Professional Books:

Learning Walk Dates
Oct. 21, Oct. 28, Nov. 18
Goals:
  1. Assessment: Refine the growth measures
  1. Curriculum: Supply annotations for anchors to accompany argument writing rubrics in the various modes
  1. Instruction: Provide Argument Writing development for teachers; integrate the learning principles into mini-lessons for the OCG; integrate AP (close reading) strategies to support all readers (content literacy).

Agenda Item / Notes:
Action
Data Protocol for
  • 2014 English 1 IBD Report
  • 2014 English 2 IBD Report
/ For English 1 IBD Data:
Protocol
Independently and without discussion:
1.Predictions – 2 minutes in writing
2.Observations – send to Becky in an email (7 minutes)
3.Inferences about root causes and associated next steps – send in same email to Becky
Repeat for English 2 IBD Data
Independently and without discussion:
1.Predictions – 2 minutes in writing
2.Observations – send to Becky in an email (7 minutes)
3.Inferences about root causes and associated next steps – send in same email to Becky
Action:
  • Growth Measure Revision for English 3
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  1. Establish a recorder to post the group’s feedback to the appropriate google doc listed below.
  1. Review feedback. Much of it relates to anchors. Should we wait until students take the assessment to identify these or try to keep some that seem to have worked for reviewers?
Tone Anchors for Assessment #1

Tone Anchors for Assessment #2

Central Idea/Inferences Anchors for Assessment #1

Central Idea/Inferences Anchor for Assessment #2

  1. Review Assessment #1 – put edits or comments on the google doc here:

  1. Review Assessment #2– put edits or comments on the google doc here:

  1. Review Proficiency Scale for Tone (RI.4)

  1. Review Proficiency Scale for Central Idea/Inference (RI.1/2)

Action
  • Professional Development 2014 – 2015
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  • Nov. 4 and Feb. 13: Argument Writing (3 hours) with Lisa Giljum-Jansky and Andria Benmuvhar (20 person max)
  • Nov. 4 and Feb. 13: Common Core and Best Practices with Mel Trotier (ELA and SS)
  • Nov. 4 and/or Feb. 13: Content Literacy with Colleen Haley and AlyceDuffin (tentative)
  • Feb. 13 Reading Complex Texts or Argument Writing with Dana Humphrey
  • Additional requests:

Info and Helpful Links to Bookmark and Share with Departments:
Action Team Webpage
Book and Professional Learning Budgets for Buildings 2014 - 2015
Book Approval Form
Book Order Cycles 2014 - 2015 Next book order is due: Oct. 6, 2014
ELA Curriculum Framework May 2014
ELA Edline Homepage
ELA Resources Google Site (access via your parkwayschools.net account)
Growth Measure Status: 19ELA, Speech/Debate, and Journalismcourses will be used for GMs.
Guaranteed Writing Expectations
Newela – customized reading levels for NF article published weekly for 7 different areas: War & Peace, Science, Kids, Money, Law, Health, Arts
OCG (short cut)
Parkway Literacy Glossary: Writing Terms
Parkway Professional Learning Website
Parkway Sub Calendar 2014 - 2015
Pre-Approval for Professional Development Form (remind teachers that they also need to complete a Form 303, available from the school budget secretary)
Professional Learning Opportunities in the Region
Protected Texts
StudySync
Upcoming Topics/Tasks: /
  1. AP Courses
  2. ACT-Aligned On-Demand Writing Rubric
  3. Summer School Curriculum for English 1 - 3
  4. Video viewing guide (selection of/amount of) for maximum instructional benefit.
  5. Transfer opportunities with social studies: Language, rubrics, strategies?