EmPOWER
By: Michiko Hattori
&
Erica Landry
Overview of Grant
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Building upon previous grant including 15 educators across
several schools, including BHS
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8 participants across 3 Brookline schools
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EmPOWER certification
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1 week long workshop
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5 follow-up sessions
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Portfolio
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Online course work
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Implementation in schools
Benefits of Grant
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Improve collaboration with colleagues
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Continue to support our excellence in teaching
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Opportunity to implement Brookline’s core values
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Aligns with benchmarks in core curriculum
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Build on literacy initiative currently being established in Brookline
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Allow us to implement structured writing process in district
What is EMPOWER?
 Research
based expository writing program
 Teaches
Important Components of the
Writing Process:
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Planning
Drafting
Sharing
Revising
Evaluating
Publishing
Other Benefits of EmPOWER
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Provides common language and strategies
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Used across curriculum areas
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Helps students from K-adulthood learn to:
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Comprehend text and oral language
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Develop executive functioning:
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Planning
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Organizing
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Managing
EmPOWER looks like:
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Collaboration
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Brain frames
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Comprehension development: reading and
listening
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Individual, small group and whole class
lessons
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Differentiated instruction
Brainframes:
Work samples:
EmPOWER in Social Thinking…
Overall Experience
 Positive!
 Already
seeing progress in students’
comprehension and organization
 Teachers
are adopting the language and
strategies in their classes
 Carryover
between grades and specialists
Next Steps:
 Increase
grades
opportunities to teach across
 Continue
implementing across grades
and curriculum each year
Acknowledgements
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Members of the Brookline Education Foundation
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Dr. Vanessa Beauchaine & John Badger
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Thank you for this invaluable opportunity
Thank you for your trust and support
EmPOWER Grant Participants (Past & Present):
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Thank you all for being invested colleagues
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Hannah Kimball
Allison Sokoloff
Jill Arnold
Gretchen Adams
Kerrilyn McCarthy
Erica Birnbaum
Laura Vish
Anna MacGiver
Angela Galanopoulos
Among others…