Welcome! ELA Advisory Council

January 23, 2014GaDOE English Language Arts

Happy New Year!

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A New YearA New ELA Team

• Carolyn Waters, ELA Program Manager• Laura Hooven, ELA Program Specialist• Stephanie Sanders, ELA Program Specialist

Advisory Council Introductions

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Essential Questions

• In what way can we as an ELA Advisory Council support our educators throughout the state of Georgia?

• How can we support the upcoming initiatives designed by the GaDOE ELA team?

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Objectives

• To receive an update on the Advisory Council input from the September meeting

• To contribute ideas or suggestions for enhancing the work of the GaDOE ELA team

• To listen intently to presentations with a desire to learn more about the topic

• To engage fully in group activities

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• “…thousands of teachers have expended extraordinary effort to accept and embrace the CCGPS. This effort has generated incredibly hard work, but it has also generated incredible products…this massive effort has done the most good for education than anything else has done in a hundred years.”

Gerald Boyd

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Old Business• Technical Reading and Writing 9th Grade Course • ELA Course Nomenclature and

Description• Elective Alignment to CCGPS (e.g., Journalism, Writer’s Workshop)

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Technical Reading and Writing 9th Grade Course

• Modules 1-7 have been approved by previous ELA team.

• Modules 8-9 are pending approval.• Course will be offered as an elective if

approved by Board.• Who will instruct the course?

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ELA Course Nomenclature & DescriptionElective Alignment to CCGPS

• British Literature focus• Rename the British Literature Course• ELA descriptions must be revised to reflect the

CCGPS• Elective alignment to CCGPS

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Discussion Question

•From your observations, do your districts need us to focus on elective alignment to CCGPS?

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“Gaps, Overlaps, and Omissions”• Third year of CCGPS

• Discuss and record gaps, overlaps, and omissions that your group feels should be addressed. Additionally, record the group’s suggestions for rectifying these concerns.

Breakout Groups• Elementary K-2/ 3-5• Middle 6/7/8• High School 9-10/11-12In your small group, discuss and record issues you have observed with CCGPS as they

relate to the particular grade band identified. Prepare to share your results with the whole group.

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Prompt for Activity

• Discuss and record gaps, overlaps, and omissions that your group feels should be addressed. Additionally, record the group’s suggestions for rectifying these concerns.

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RESA Writing Professional Learning Synopsis

• CSRA RESA– Mary Stout, Program Director– Kelly Flanders, ELA Program SpecialistSharing an overview of their professional

learning session on writing.

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English Language Arts & LiteracySummer Academies

• Dates & VenuesJune 3 & 4, 2014 Kennesaw State UniversityJune 11 & 12, 2014 Coastal Georgia CenterJune 16 & 17, 2014 Middle Georgia State CollegeJune 24 & 25, 2014 TBDJuly 14 & 15, 2014 UGA Conference Center

• District Teams• District Responsibilities• Session topics derived from previous surveys (flyer)

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KSU June 3 & 4

UGA Conference CenterJuly 14 & 15

Coastal Georgia CenterJune 11 & 12

Middle Georgia State CollegeJune 16 & 17

TBD June 24 & 25

District TeamsDistrict Responsibilities

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• Based upon FTE numbers per district3 teams of 82 teams of 81 team of 8

• Attend same Summer Academy• Breakout into grade bands

k-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12

Session Topics

• Driven by Strands (Reading, Writing, Speaking & Listening, Language)

• Writing Emphasis• RESA Involvement• Walpole/McKenna: Comprehensive Reading Solutions

• Assessment Team• https://docs.google.com/forms/d/14zalzOSczu53-Fazb2f1tbPGqqGfd-VJ9LvcYElP_Mk/viewfor

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Self-Paced On-line Professional Learning

• Walpole & McKennaComprehensive Reading Solutions

• Barbara TreacyEd Tech Leaders Online (Writing Module)

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“Things to Consider”

• Recommendations for school districts to use when creating lists of reading resources for students

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Adjourn

• Next meeting: Thursday, April 10, 2014

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