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• Meets twice a term to discuss and contribute to the literacy strategies for their classes
• Observed teaching their class
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10 FTN – SARAH AND MARGARET10SMP – KATIE AND MICHELLE10MSY – ARCHANA AND ROBINA
9PUL – LIBBY AND MARGARET
THE OTHERS HAD CLASSES WITH HIGH NEEDSAUBREY – 10BGHGARETH – 9HDGPHILLIP – 9KTZLIBBY – 9PUL (who Margaret also taught)
LINKING THE CLASSES AND THE FOCUS GROUPS
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These building blocks are unpacked during the course of the year
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asTTle TESTINGTwice a year
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GOAL SETTING USING asTTle scores
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ACTIVITIES are matched to the evidence in the asTTle analysis
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• The data that is focused on for a class has determined the focus of the lessons that we teach the students
• There are CONTENT/KNOWLEDGE Learning Outcomes and LITERACY Learning Outcomes
• Lessons are observed• Students are interviewed during the lesson• Feedback is given
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OBSERVATION TEMPLATE
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OBSERVATION LINKSTO GEALIS
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GEALiS provide the research base Guidelines for Effective Adolescent Literacy Instruction
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We have gathered some walk-through data that suggests that students are not doing enough reading or writing on their own
Reading is not done enough by the students themselves and writing is not their own writng but rather copying what the teachers give them
What do you think?
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FILMING•Richard W and John P along with Alana Madgwick our facilitator from TEAM Solutions have been filmed•Two classes and four teachers have been filmed by COGNITION with a view to gathering evidence to show on LITERACY ONLINE about how the SLP operates when a class is targeted for a literacy intervention
Those classes and teachers are:•10FTNSarah Mulcahy (English) and Margaret Sutton (Science)
•10SMPKatie McColl(English) and Michelle Simpson (Social Studies)
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RESOURCES MADE AVAILABLE FOR FOCUS GROUP STAFF AND DEPARTMENTS
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Complete the Teacher Survey
And hand back to John
There have been some meetings that Richard and I have attended that asks us to plan what we are going to do next year.
This survey will inform part of that process.