Personnel Exchange Network
Co-hosted by
U.S. Department of Education and Louisiana Department of Education
Striving Readers Comprehensive Literacy Project
Pre-Meeting Webinar January 30, 2015, 2:00-3:00 pm ET
Dr. Barbara Foorman, Principal Investigator and Director of the Institute of Education Sciences (IES)
Regional Education Laboratory-Southeast (REL), will present a pre-meeting webinar on newly published research identifying
the critical elements of oral language for adolescent reading comprehension. This webinar segues into the practice-sharing and
group session at the Personnel Exchange Network (PEN) Day 1 entitled, Literacy Design Collaborative (LDC) and College-Ready
Writing across the Disciplines, a model advanced by the Louisiana Striving Readers Comprehensive Literacy (SRCL) project.
WebEx: https://edinfoevents.webex.com/edinfoevents/onstage/g.php?d=661503988&t=a
Call-in toll-free number (US/Canada): 1-877-668-4493 | Access code: 661 503 988
AGENDA
New Orleans, Louisiana
February 5‒6, 2015
OUTCOMES
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Increased knowledge of Louisiana SRCL Literacy Design Collaborative (LDC)
Increased knowledge of early literacy research-based literacy practices and strategies
Increased collaboration through peer-to-peer sharing, dialogue and follow-up activities on Communities 360°
AGENDA
Day 1: February 5, 2015
Time
Topic
Facilitator/Presenter
Location
7:45 – 8:15am
Travel: Travel from Hampton Inn Hotel by charter
bus to Chalmette High School via Katrina recovery
route (transportation provided; ride narrated by
students)
Students
Hampton Inn
Foyer
8:15 – 8:45am
Registration & Breakfast: Sign in and Continental
Breakfast (hosted by Chalmette High School)
8:45 – 9:00am
Welcome & Framing: Opening Remarks, Meeting
Outcomes & Agenda
February 2015 SRCL PEN – New Orleans, LA
Chalmette High
School Cultural
Arts Center
Foyer
Jill Slack, LA SRCL Director
Rosemary Fennell, National SRCL staff,
Doris Voitier, St. Bernard Superintendent,
Wayne Warner, Chalmette High School
Principal
Chalmette High
School Theater
1
Time
Topic
Facilitator/Presenter
Location
9:00 – 10:30am
Presentation: Literacy Design Collaborative (LDC) and
College-Ready Writing Across the Disciplines
- LDC model and instructional framework
- Core Tools
- Common writing assessments
- Findings, accomplishments, lessons learned
Aislinn Cunningham, Alex LaPres, and
Margaux Dubuar, St. Bernard Parish;
Shelia Banks, Jefferson Parish
Chalmette High
School Theater
10:30 – 10:45am
Transition to Classrooms
(Participants will be divided into three color-coded groups, provided in on name tags)
10:45 – 12:00pm
Classroom Observations: Lab Classes using LDC
Guided by these Questions:
- What teacher practices show promise for your
SRCL schools?
- What is the evidence of improved learning
outcomes as a result of these practices?
Concurrent Session Rotations: (20 minutes each; 5minute transition; by color-coding found on
nametags):
Complex Texts, Intervention class
Close Reading, Geography class
Writing Task, ELA class
9th Grade Exemplary Teachers:
Tanesha Sanchez
Curtis Brown
Holly Kipker
Chalmette High
School
Classrooms
12:00 – 12:40pm
Working Lunch: (Innovative Intervention Approaches)
- Participants informally network and share
strategies for scheduling intervention at middle
& high school levels at lunch
N/A
Chalmette High
School Cultural
Arts Center
Foyer
12:40 – 12:50pm
Transition to Small Group Discussion Rooms – according to last name
Room 1: A-L; Room 2: M-Z
(Participants will turn in panel discussion questions upon entry to room)
12:50 – 1:50 pm
Small Group Discussion (2 groups): Connecting LDC to
SRCL
- What teacher practices show promise for your
SRCL schools?
- What is the evidence of improved learning
outcomes as a result of these practices?
1:50 – 2:00 pm
Transition to the Theater
2:00 – 2:50 pm
Panel Discussion: Literacy Design Collaborative
Question & Answer: Panel
(Each presents 3 minutes on role and impact of LDC
followed by Q&A with participants)
2:50 – 3:10 pm
Break: King Cake, Coffee, and Tea served in the Chalmette High School Cultural Arts Center Foyer
February 2015 SRCL PEN – New Orleans, LA
Jill Slack, Michelle Handy LA SRCL;
Beverly Lawrason, St. Bernard; Jeanne
Madre, Jefferson Parish
Two locations:
Chalmette High
School 2nd Floor
Lobby and
Library Lobby
Panelists:
-Chandler Smith, Principal, Iberville High
School, Iberville Parish
-Esther Perez-Zemmels, ELL Teacher,
Adams Middle School, Jefferson Parish
-Linda Lopez, Student, Adams Middle
School, Jefferson Parish
-Tanesha Sanchez, ELA Teacher,
Chalmette High School, St. Bernard Parish
-Gabbie Ducote, Student, Chalmette High
School
-Belinda Ducote, Parent, Chalmette High
School
Facilitator: Anna Collura, Jefferson Parish
Theater
2
Time
Topic
Facilitator/Presenter
Location
3:10 – 4:00 pm
Whole Group Debrief: LDC In Action & Classroom
Observations
- What did you see that resonated with you?
- In what ways does LDC inform or enrich our
literacy work?
- What questions do we have for the panel?
Facilitator: Shelia Banks, Jefferson Parish
Chalmette High
School Theater
4:00 – 4:15 pm
Wrap-up: Summary of Day 1 and Overview of Day 2
Jill Slack, Rosemary Fennell
Chalmette High
School Theater
4:15 – 4:30 pm
Boarding Bus
4:30 – 5:00 pm
Travel: Travel from school site by charter bus back
to Hampton Inn Hotel via different historical route
(transportation provided; narrated by students)
N/A
Chalmette High
School Foyer
Day 2: February 6, 2015
Time
Topic
8:00 – 8:30 am
Travel: Travel from hotel to Loyola University (Chartered
Street Car transportation to Loyola University)
8:30 – 8:45 am
Welcome & Framing: Opening Remarks, Meeting Outcomes
& Agenda
Jill Slack and
Rosemary Fennell
Loyola
University
Audubon Room
8:45 – 9:15 am
Sustainability 101 (SEAs & OLAs): Strengthening Organizational
Capacity to Implement and Sustain SRCL Reforms
- Share data from Sustainability Rubric
- Discuss findings compiled from SRCL State
sustainability rubric
- Discuss next steps
Presenter: Nick Rodriquez,
US Education Delivery
Institute (EDI)
Loyola
University
Audubon Room
9:15 – 10:45 am
Breakout Session 1 (SEAs): Strengthening Organizational Capacity
to Implement and Sustain SRCL Reforms
- Overview of Sustainability Planning Steps
- Sharing of Progress by SEAs
- Guidance on Completion of the Sustainability Planning
Tool and/or Refinement of Work done on
Sustainability Rubric
- Wrap Up & Next Steps
Facilitator: Karla Eslinger,
AEM & Nick Rodriguez
(EDI)
Loyola
University
Octavia Room
(Session 1)
Breakout Session 2 (Districts & OLAs): Preparing for
Sustainability
- Review of session outcomes
- Reflections on Sustainability 101
*Think pair share
*Sharing out
- Sharing of Current Sustainability Efforts in Districts
& OLAs
*Think pair share
*Sharing out
- Review Guiding Questions for Sustainability Rubric
- Collect feedback on Rubric
- Closing: Guiding Questions
Facilitator: Sally Kingston,
AEM & Nick Rodriguez
(EDI)
Audubon Room
(Session 2)
February 2015 SRCL PEN – New Orleans, LA
Facilitator/Presenter
Location
Hampton Inn
foyer
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Time
Topic
10:45 – 11:00 am
Reflection and Break
Facilitator/Presenter
Location
11:00 – 11:45 am
Whole Group Discussion: Ensuring Effective Transitions –
participants share strategies for Preschool to Elementary,
Elementary to Middle, and Middle to High.
- Three Transitions: Preschool to Elementary, Elementary
to Middle, Middle to High; participants share strategies;
15 minutes each transition
Facilitator Questions:
Q1: What strategies are used in your region/district to prepare
students for transitions from preschool to elementary, from
elementary to middle, and from middle to high school? (i.e.
examples of vertical planning, communication between
schools, etc.)
Q2: What strategies are used in your region/district for
ensuring that parents and caregivers are adequately informed
and prepared for transitions?
Q3: What measures are taken to ensure that the needs of
disadvantaged students are met during transitions between
grade levels?
Facilitators: Cindy Ourso,
West Baton Rouge Parish and
Linda Baker, Tangipahoa
Parish
Loyola
University
Audubon Room
11:45 am – 1:00 pm
Lunch & Informal Networking: (on our own in university eateries)
1:00 – 2:15 pm
Presentation: Preschool Community Networking focused on:
How all childcare agencies, Head Start, and preschools in the
district/parish collaborate for improved literacy outcomes
- Overview by LDOE
- Presentations by Agency
- Question & Answer by Agency
- Sharing of Similar Strategies & Final Questions
-Kaye Eichler, LDOE
-Sheryl Piper, Calcasieu Parish; Marin Charles, ReNEW Charter; Beth Laine, St. Tammany Parish
Optional Breakout Session (OLAs): Preparing for Sustainability
Continue to work on rubric
Sally Kingston
2:15 – 2:30 pm
Closing Remarks
Jill Slack and Rosemary Fennell
2:30 pm
Adjourn (Minibus transportation back to hotel)
Loyola
University
Audubon
Room
Facilitator: Ada Webre, St. Charles
Parish
Octavia
Room
The U.S. Department of Education (ED), Office of Elementary and Secondary Education
is funding this project of The Striving Readers Comprehensive Literacy- Contract #EDODS-12-A-0019/0018/0003.
February 2015 SRCL PEN – New Orleans, LA
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