Developing a School Writing Plan Business Rules

Developing a School Writing Plan

Business Rules During Training In Respect to All Participants Please Mute Your Cell Phones & Place them at a distance that prevents feedback Place your Office Phones on Mute unless indicating that you have a question for the host or panel. Ask Questions- all typed questions will be presented (unidentified) as a general question to the group – chat to all presenters. 2

Introductions District Roll Call – Advise the number of guest attending Forward an email with names of each guest for EILA certificate 3

Post Training Resources EILA Certificate Training Power. Point Archive Link (open for 30 -days) Developing a Schoolwide Writing Plan 4

TOPICS ØSenate Bill 1 Language ØLiteracy Plan ØWriting Plan/Policies ØTimelines ØPolicy Review Process

SBDM Requirements Related to Writing SB 1 states, “Each school-based decision making council or if there is no school council, a committee appointed by the principal, shall adopt policies that determine the writing program for its school. ” Each school will submit the policy to KDE for review and comment. 6

The Big Picture of Literacy Planning Literacy program Writing policy Writing plan 7

Writing Program Review Literacy program Writing policy Writing plan 8

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Requirements of a Writing Plan Multiple opportunities for students to develop complex communication skills for a variety of purposes Access to and use of technology tools Access to and use of language resources Procedures for developing and monitoring portfolios Feedback to students regarding writing and communication skills 10

Sample Schoolwide Writing Plans Elementary Middle High 11

Portfolios “Writing portfolios, consisting of samples of individual student work that represent the interests and growth of the student over time, shall be a required part of any writing program in primary through grade twelve. ” Portfolios are part of the required criteria for the program review and audit process A writing portfolio shall be maintained for each student and follow each student from grade to grade and to any school 12

Questions

Requirements of a Writing Plan Multiple opportunities for students to develop complex communication skills for a variety of purposes Access to and use of technology tools Access to and use of language resources Procedures for developing and monitoring portfolios Feedback to students regarding writing and communication skills 14

Requirements of a Writing Plan Multiple opportunities for students to develop complex communication skills for a variety of purposes Access to and use of technology tools Access to and use of language resources Procedures for developing and monitoring portfolios Feedback to students regarding writing and communication skills 15

Requirements of a Writing Plan Multiple opportunities for students to develop complex communication skills for a variety of purposes Access to and use of technology tools Access to and use of language resources Procedures for developing and monitoring portfolios Feedback to students regarding writing and communication skills 16

Requirements of a Writing Plan Multiple opportunities for students to develop complex communication skills for a variety of purposes Access to and use of technology tools Access to and use of language resources Procedures for developing and monitoring portfolios Feedback to students regarding writing and communication skills 17

Requirements of a Writing Plan Multiple opportunities for students to develop complex communication skills for a variety of purposes Access to and use of technology tools Access to and use of language resources Procedures for developing and monitoring portfolios Feedback to students regarding writing and communication skills 18

Assessment for Learning 19

Individual Learning Plans (6 -12) and Writing Students can collect documents in their ILP Students can now journal in their IL P 20

Questions

The Big Picture of Literacy Planning Literacy program Writing policy Writing plan 22

Timeline 2009 -2110 Writing Program Review—schools may develop interim plan for transition period 2010 -2011 Writing Program Review Pilot— schools have access to pilot program review process 2011 -2012 Writing Program Review—results included in accountability for each school 23

Policy Development Councils typically charge a committee with program development and the drafting of policy language. The committee would present recommendations for council consideration and possible approval. Provide guidance to councils within the district to consider this best practice route. 24

Committee Representation Suggested Stakeholder Representation: Literacy lead Teacher council member Parent council member Assistant Principal of Curriculum/Instruction Additional teachers Additional parents Classified staff Community members Students (recommended at secondary level) 25

Writing Policy Components Communication skills Grading procedures and feedback to students regarding their writing and communication skills The responsibility for review of the portfolios and feedback to student Other policies to improve the quality of an individual student’s writing and communication skills. 26

KDE Review and Feedback on Policies Policy development should occur during this current school year into the summer of 2010. District SBDM coordinators will submit school council writing policies to KDE during the fall of 2010 as a district submission. 27

KDE’s Data Collection Plan 28

Next Steps Debrief today’s training Plan a district-wide Council of Council meeting (suggested principal, one teacher and parent member plus literacy lead). Discuss possibility of committee(s) working on literacy program, writing plan and policies. 29

Questions

Post Training Resources EILA Certificate Training Power. Point Archive Link (open for 30 -days) Developing a Schoolwide Writing Plan 31

KDE Contacts Cindy Parker—Language Arts Branch Manager Cindy. Parker@education. ky. gov Writing Consultants Carol. Franks@education. ky. gov Renee. Boss@education. ky. gov Rebecca. Woosley@education. ky. gov 32

Council Development & Planning Branch Mary Jo Rist, manager Darryl Thompson, consultant ~502 -564 -4201 (phone) ~firstname. lastname@education. ky. gov ~502 -564 -6952 (fax)