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Middle/High School - Content Area Process
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What is the Goal?
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Significantly increase achievement of ALL students in every content area class.
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How is the Goal accomplished?
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The Literacy First consultant works to build the capacity of the teachers and
building leadership team to continue the effective implementation of the
Content Area Process for many years. The teachers significantly improve their
instructional skills so students better comprehend the content presented during
each class period. Principals strengthen their instructional leadership skills
and learn how to monitor and support the critical instructional elements
necessary for outstanding student achievement.
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The structure used to accomplish all of this includes the following:
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Content
area teachers voluntarily participate in five days of Content Area professional
development spread out during the school year. Within three years all the
content area teachers in a middle/high school will have participated in the
professional development. |
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The
Literacy First consultant provides 24 coaching/consulting days to the building
over three years. These days are designed to monitor, support and hold teachers
and building leadership accountable for full and effective implementation of
the skills and processes presented during the professional development. |
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Content
Area professional development includes: |
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How to
structure lessons to ensure that students are taught in a systematic and
explicit manner
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Instructional
strategies to fully engage every student in the active manipulation of the
content presented
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Instructional
strategies to significantly increase student vocabulary
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Comprehension
strategies that are customized to meet the needs of content area instruction
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Strategic
reading/thinking tools that are customized to meet the needs of content area
instruction
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Strategies
to cause students to be metacognitive about the content presented
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Participation
in the annual Leadership Institute to develop instructional leadership skills. |
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What are the results?
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Principals in Literacy First schools in Florida, North Carolina and Washington
all report significant increase of students passing state or nationally normed
assessment as a result of implementing the Content Area Process.
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Summary of Services and Materials
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What is the Purpose?
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To accelerate the achievement of ALL STUDENTS so they meet district/school
reading and content area achievement goals.
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Service
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Year 1
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Year 2
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Year 3
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Content Area Training
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5 days for 1/3 of the
content area teachers
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5 days for 1/3 of the
content area teachers
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5 days for 1/3 of the
content area teachers
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Coaching/Consulting
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8 days per school
Unlimited phone and e-mail
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8 days per school
Unlimited phone and e-mail
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8 days per school
Unlimited phone and e-mail
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Leadership Institute
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EACH YEAR - 2 days in
July for principal, Secondary Instructional Specialist and one district level
administrator. No cost other than district responsible for travel expenses
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Materials
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Content Area Teacher
Manual and resource books filled with activities for immediate use in
classrooms
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All services and materials are CUSTOMIZED to meet needs of the individual
schools.
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