January 2016
TITLE &
Presenter
This winter and spring, sign up for a training from the SABES PD Center for ELA to learn something
new, refresh your memory and skill set, engage with other practitioners, and/or get some practical
work done on your ELA Scope & Sequence. As always, please check out our SABES ELA page for
resources and PD activity details. Register for PD activities at the SABES Calendar.
OVERVIEW
F2F Date &
Time
Explore the required components of the Scope and Sequence for Jan 20 (Wed)
English Language Arts (ELA), and the rationale for integrated ELA 9 am - 4 pm
Developing an instruction for ABE/ASE students. Develop one comprehensive
ELA Scope & unit outline and be well on your way to developing one level of Snow date 2/3
an ELA Scope and Sequence for a full academic cycle.
Sequence
Amy Trawick
10 PD hours: 1 day F2F [6] +Online Forum [2] + Webinar [2]
March 16
(Wed)
9 am - 4 pm
F2F
Webinar
LOCATION Date & Time
Malden Immigrant
Learning
Center
March 3rd
(Th)
10 am - 12
pm
Worcester May 10th
– QCC
(Tu)
1 – 3 pm
Snow date 3/24
ELA Scope &
Sequence
Working
Session
Revise/update/expand your existing ELA Scope & Sequence. NOT Jan 21 (Th)
for beginners, this is best suited for people who have taken one 9:30 am –
of Dr. Trawick’s trainings or conference workshops on Scope &
12:30 pm
Sequence.
Snow date 2/4
3 PD hours
Amy Trawick
& Lakshmi
Nayak
Designing
Integrated
ELA Units
Amy Trawick
Malden Immigrant
Learning
Center
NA
March 17 (Th) Worcester NA
9:30 am –
– QCC
12:30 pm
Snow date 3/25
In this hands-on training, participants will draft a full unit aligned
with the College and Career Readiness Standards (CCRS) for
English Language Arts (ELA). The unit will be contextualized
within meaningful topics identified by the program's Scope &
Sequence and will integrate reading, writing, speaking, and
listening standards. Participation will be enhanced by attending
in program teams. NOT for beginners, this is best suited for
people who have taken one of Dr. Trawick’s trainings or
conference workshops on Scope & Sequence.
10 PD hours: 1 day F2F [6] + Online Discussion [2] + Webinar [2]
One of the key advances prompted by the CCRS, "Building
Knowledge through Content-Rich Nonfiction" plays a critical role
in students' ability to read and communicate
Building
proficiently. Examine a text set, discuss the design of the
Knowledge & coherently sequenced set of resources, and consider implications
for classroom instruction. Learn how to identify strong writing
Vocabulary
and speaking activities that will help students collect and
Rachel Etienne articulate their learning through authentic career and college
experiences.
8 PD hours: 1 day F2F [6 ] + Online Forum [2]
March 15
(Tues)
9 am - 4 pm
Snow date 3/22
March 18
(Tues)
9 am - 4 pm
Snow date 4/5
Fall River – May 5th (Th)
Bristol CC 10 am -12 pm
or
4:00-6:00 pm
(choose one
time)
Cambridge May 5th (Th)
- TERC
10 am -12 pm
or
4:00-6:00 pm
(choose one
time)
Feb 5 (Fri)
9 am – 4 pm
Lawrence –
Northern
Essex
Snow date 2/12 Community
College
online forum
during
February
2016
March 21
(Mon)
9 am – 4 pm
online forum
during
March-April
2016
Holyoke –
Picknelly
Center
TITLE &
Presenter
OVERVIEW
CCRS Reading Anchor 1:
"Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to
make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence
Close Reading when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the
text."
& Text-
Dependent
Questions
Shira Cohen
How do we fulfill the expectations of the CCRS with struggling
readers, advanced readers and everyone in-between? Close
Reading can be extremely engaging, productive and confidenceboosting for the struggling reader and the experienced reader
alike. Follow-up will be provided for implementation guidance.
F2F Date &
Time
F2F
Webinar
LOCATION Date & Time
Feb. 26 (Fri)
Worcester - To be
8:30 – 3:30 pm QCC
scheduled
with
Snow date 3/4
participants
(Fri)
Last Close
Reading
opportunity this
academic year!
6 PD hours + 1 extra PD hour for those who take the webinar
Selecting
Appropriate
Text
John Strucker
The ability to read complex text is an important predictor of
college and career readiness, and helping learners master
complex text is at the core of implementing the College and
Career Readiness ELA Standards. Take part in hands-on activities
and practice to explore the following areas: how to determine
reliability, how to use CCRSAE rubrics to analyze text complexity
for informational and literacy texts, and how to help students
tackle text complexity at the word, sentence, paragraph, and
whole text level. This face-to-face training will be followed up
with a webinar.
April 7 (Th)
9 am – 3:30
pm
Malden –
Immigrant
Learning
Center
To be
scheduled
with
participants
April 29 (Fri)
9 am – 3:30
pm
Holyoke –
Picknelly
Center
To be
scheduled
with
participants
8 PD hours: 1 day F2F [6] + Online Forum & Webinar [2]
Strategies for
Refining the
Art of
Teaching
Reading and
Writing
This full-day workshop includes three sessions:
March 30
(1) "Integrating Reading and Writing Instruction across the
(Wed)
Content Areas: Critical Skills for Student Success on the High 9 am – 4 pm
School Completion Tests and in College and Careers"
(2) "Help Your Students Increase their Writing Fluency"
(3) "Help Your Students Develop Two Critical Writing Skills:
Sentence Combining and Summarization".
Worcester - online forum
QCC
MaryAnn Corley 7 PD hours: 1 day F2F [6] + Online Forum [1]
Strategies for This full-day training includes two sessions:
April 1 (Fri)
(1)
"Help
Your
Students
Write
a
Constructed
Response
for
Refining The
9 am – 4 pm
Success in College and Career"
Art of
(2) "Differentiating Writing Instruction: Create an Environment
Teaching
that Supports ALL Learners in Becoming Successful Writers".
Writing
MaryAnn Corley
Holyoke –
Picknelly
Center
7 PD hours: 1 day F2F [6] + Online Forum [1]
Please see the SABES Calendar for details, and to register.
The SABES PD Center for ELA is funded by the Mass. Dept. of Elementary and Secondary Education
and is a program of Quinsigamond Community College
online forum