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Higher Education Program Redesign: New General ISBE Standards for Elementary and
Middle School Literacy
IRC Thursday, Oct. 2nd
9:15 – 10:15 Lincoln BondJane Hunt Loyola University, ChicagoJoy Russell Eastern Illinois UniversityKellee Sullivan, ISBE
CIRP
The purpose for the development and use of the new standards is
to more effectively prepare teachers to teach the CCSS ELA in new grade span configurations,
to teach in accordance with the IPTS,
to meet the needs of today’s diverse learners across all Illinois schools,
to address the new ISBE licensing grade level configurations,
to design standards to support development of new programs for middle grade content area and ELA teaching endorsements
And, to ensure that teacher candidates experience a more robust preparation in the teaching of literacy skills across elementary and middle grades in all classrooms.
Background
EMAG (Elementary and Middle School Advisory Group – ISBE)
ELA Standards Writing Team ( Tim Shanahan, Jane Hunt, Joy Russell, Cindy Dooley)
Reviews and rewrites by ISBE standards writers
Elementary Standards Part 20 Adopted at 37 Ill. Reg. 16664, effective October 2, 2013
Middle Grades Standards Part 21 Adopted at 37 Ill. Reg. 16691, effective October 2, 2013
Foundation for ELA Standards
CCSS ELA for K – 5 and 6-12 ELA (Adopted June 2010 in Illinois)
ISBE IPTS 2013 (Standard 6: Reading, Writing, and Oral Communication in addition to all other standards)
NCTE K – 12 (1996) and revised grades 7 – 12 (2012)
InTASC Model Core Teaching Standards (2011)
IRA (2010)
Proper Perspective
“Content standards provide direction. However, a set of standards is not, and should not be thought of as, a curriculum.”
From: Carol Ann Tomlinson and Tonya R. Moon.(2013). Assessment and Student Success in a Differentiated Classroom, Alexandria, VA: ASCD, p. 29.
Three sets of ELA standards
Elementary standards for classroom teachers of grades 1 – 6
Middle grade standards for all content area teachers of grades 5 – 8
Middle grade standards for ELA literacy teachers of grades 5 – 8 in departmentalized or specialized teaching positions
See sample matrices on IRC conference website.
Middle School ELA Endorsement
New endorsement for middle grade teachers of students in grades 5 – 8 across and within middle grade instructional teams
Teachers who focus specifically on instruction and curriculum for reading, writing, listening, speaking, viewing and presenting
Teachers who specifically address meeting the needs of diverse student learners and providing support to those who struggle with literacy
24 hour middle grades endorsement required that includes a content and grade level specific middle school ELA methods course – and course work to meet the standards including reading, writing, adolescent literature & literacy assessment.
Organization of ELA teaching
standards Teacher outcome based
Six basic categories in all three sets of standards
All three sets of standards address teachers’ roles and responsibilities with regard to teaching ALL students to be literate within their focus or disciplinary curricula.
Structure of the Standards
A. Literacy Curriculum (i.e., science of reading, development of skills, CCSS ELA, cohesive curriculum)
The Language and Literacy Curriculum – ELEM
The Disciplinary Literacy Curriculum – Middle Grades Content
The Language, Literacy and Literature Curriculum – Middle Grades ELA
B. Foundational knowledge (i.e., language, alphabetic code, text, literature - MG)
C. Using Research-Based Approaches (i.e., decoding, fluency, reading comprehension, writing, speaking and listening, vocabulary)
D. Materials, Texts and Technology (i.e., diverse texts, selection of 1-6, 5-8 reading materials, culturally responsive, non-print resources)
E. Monitoring Student Learning through Assessment (i.e., various forms of developmentally appropriate assessments, use of data, communication, feedback, self assessment, program evaluation)
Structure, cont.
F. Meeting the Needs of Diverse Learners (i.e., cultural, linguistic, cognitive, academic, physical, social and emotional differences, strengths and needs, professional collaboration, data based decision making, explicit instruction)
G. Constructing a Supportive Language and Literacy Environment (i.e., motivation, engagement, choice, collaboration)
ISBE New Program Deadline
Deadline for elementary 1 – 6 programs: Feb. 1, 2017
Deadline for new middle grades 5 – 8 programs: Feb.1, 2018
http://isbe.net/rules/archive/default.htm
Questions?
Contact Us
Jane Hunt, Ed.D. [email protected]
Joy Russell, Ph.D. [email protected]
Kellee Sullivan [email protected]
CIRP