Literacy PD @ Clinton Middle School

Clinton Middle School will be the host site for an engaging series of 3 Professional Development Literacy workshops provided by CESA 2 through a Peer Mentorship grant. You are invited to send a team (3-4) of middle school teachers; teams are strongly encouraged to help support literacy in your building or district.

Teachers who meet one or several of the following would be excellent candidates:

• They have shown an interest in deepening their understanding and instructional practices in disciplinary literacy.
• They are either currently or have the capacity to be literacy leaders in your district.
• They are searching for connections between disciplinary literacy, SLOs, and the Forward Wisconsin test.
• They have expressed a desire to network with content area teachers from other districts.

Dates and Agenda (8:30-3:30 all days)

October 13

• Turning data into literacy-based SLOs aligned to Forward Wisconsin
• Disciplinary Literacy strategies including the close reading of non-written text
• Quick Write strategies

January 20

• Creating and using SLO literacy-based Interim Assessments
• Digging deeper into Disciplinary Literacy Effective Practices based on the work of John Hattie and Fisher & Frey

April 17

• Reflections based on SLO literacy-based summative assessments
• Hattie continued.
• Share outs and celebrations of literacy-based practices.

Options

• Participants can earn up to 3 graduate credits from Concordia.
• Embedded literacy coaching can be provided for teachers in order to support their professional growth at an additional cost.

Sid Larson Instructor

• Literacy Consultant at CESA2 specializing in secondary level literacy.
• Over 40 years teaching and instructional coaching at the middle school level.
• Adjunct Professor for Concordia University Wisconsin in their graduate literacy program.

Cost:  $0 per teacher for all three workshops.

No lunch is provided – please bring your own.

Limited seating; register early to ensure your team a spot in this fantastic opportunity!

**Registration is required!!**

Questions? Contact Sid Larson:

sid.larson@cesa2.org | 608.751.3842

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