KYAE PD FY 2016-17

SYLLABUS

Analyzing Your Students’ Written Responses- GED®Workshop

Contacts
Debbie Thurmond, Administrative Coordinator
Collaborative Center for Literacy Development
120 Quinton Court, Suite 200
Lexington, KY 40509
Phone: 859-257-5631
Fax: 859-323-2824
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Susan Pittman, E-Learning Connections, Inc.
5474 Greenville Hwy.
Brevard, NC 28712
Phone: 828-966-5060
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BonnieGoonen, E-Learning Connections, Inc. /
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Purpose:

Despite the best efforts of many GED® instructors, students still struggle with the writing responses on the GED® RLA and Science tests. Does the following scenario sound familiar to you?

You have been working hard with a student to prepare for the GED® RLA test. You have covered the basics in writing argumentative responses. You have helped the student work on organizational skills, learn how to write in third person, and edit for sentence structure and grammar. The student goes and takes the test and earns 0 points on the extended response. The student doesn’t even get a point on Trait 3 – grammar and sentence structure.

Many instructors feel that the GED® Scoring Tool is too complex and frustrating to use. This workshop is taking a different approach to analyzing students’ writing. Using a variety of strategies and resources, teachers will dig deeper into actual writing samples (from the GED Testing Service® and from their own students) to analyze and evaluate them, as well as to develop a writing plan to helptheir students improve their writing.

Description:

During the workshop, teachers will learn how to quickly and effectively

  • Identify common errors that students make in Trait 1 - making arguments and connecting evidence
  • Explore strategies to help students improve their organizational and grammar skills
  • Use a variety of strategies to help students learn how to edit their work for effective sentence structure and correct grammar usage
  • Review a checklist that can be used by students to help edit their own writing samples
  • Use information from the checklist to develop an individualized writing plan for students that focuses on both short- and long-term learning goals

Learning Goals:

  • Look at what differentiates a Scorable 0 response and a Level 1 response
  • Identify specific steps that teachers can take to help students revise and edit their work to improve their scores on Traits 1 and 2
  • Integrate a checklist so that both teachers and students can analyze writing samples
  • Use information from the checklist to develop an individualized writing plan for students
  • Explore strategies to help students improve their organizational skills and grammar skills

As part of the workshop, teachers will be asked to bring in samples of their students’ writing, so that they can put the strategies to work based on “real” examples of writing from the classroom, rather than those provided through the resource materials online.

Total Hours:Blended, 12 hours

  • Preparatory webinar
  • Pre-assessment on Edmodo
  • GED® face-to-face workshop
  • Assignment to implement within each program
  • Post workshop webinar

Books and Materials Provided

  • Session handouts

Expectations for Successful Completion of PD Requirements

In order to receive credit for completing the institute, the following is required:

  • Assignments
  • In order to maximize the content of the institute, participants are expected to complete all additional components – introductory activities, participation in face-to-face sessions, interim activities, and one peer observation and reflection.
  • Assignments replace additional face-to-face sessions and save on time and travel.
  • Attendance
  • Attendance is expected at all sessions. If a serious situation, such as a serious illness or a death in the family, prevents attendance at any session, participants are asked to notify Deborah Thurmond at 859-257-5631 or n advance of the scheduled session.
  • Feedback form
  • Following each session, participants will complete an online survey to give feedback on the session. Participants are expected to complete the form within one week of completing the session.
  • Participation
  • Participants are expected to participate in discussions and activities in a manner that respects the beliefs, attitudes, and feelings of fellow participants, facilitators, and instructors.

Policies

  • Inclement Weather Policy
  • Face-to-face sessions will be cancelled due to inclement weather only when the local county (county in which the session is to be held) school board closes schools. Please check area news channels for school closings.
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Cohort #1 – Madisonville

Analyzing Your Students’ Written Responses – GED® Workshop

Cohort #1, KYAE199C1 / Activity / Location / Dates / Timeframe
Kick –Off / Webinar / December 5 or December 12, 2016 / 1 hour
Pre-Assessment / Edmodo / January 9 – January 20, 2017 / 30 minutes
Madisonville Community College / Workshop Session / Madisonville / January 24, 2017 / 6 hours
Application Activity / Job-embedded and Edmodo / January 26 – February 17, 2017 / 3 hours
Assessment of Knowledge Gained / Edmodo / February 20 – February 24, 2017 / 30 minutes
Workshop Debrief / Webinar / February 20 – February 27, 2017 / 1 hour

Cohort #2 – Hazard

Analyzing Your Students’ Written Responses – GED® Workshop

Cohort #2, KYAE199C2 / Activity / Location / Dates / Timeframe
Kick-Off / Webinar / December 5 or December 12, 2016 / 1 hour
Pre-Assessment / Edmodo / January 9 – January 20, 2017 / 30 minutes
Hazard CC, Technical Campus / Workshop Session / Hazard / January 26, 2016 / 6 hours
Application Activity / Job-embedded and Edmodo / January 26 – February 17, 2017 / 3 hours
Assessment of Knowledge Gained / Edmodo / February 20 – February 24, 2017 / 30 minutes
Workshop Debrief / Webinar / February 20 – February 27, 2017 / 1 hour

Cohort #3 – Lexington

Analyzing Your Students’ Written Responses – GED® Workshop

Cohort #3, KYAE199C3 / Activity / Location / Dates / Timeframe
Kick-Off / Webinar / December 5 – December 12, 2016 / 1 hour
Pre-Assessment / Edmodo / January 9 – January 20, 2017 / 30 minutes
Lexington, KET / Workshop Session / Lexington / January 27, 2017 / 6 hours
Application Activity / Job-embedded and Edmodo / January 26 – February 27, 2017 / 3 hours
Assessment of Knowledge Gained / Edmodo / February 20 – February 24, 2017 / 30 minutes
Workshop Debrief / Webinar / February 20 – February 27, 2017 / 1 hour
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