FEBRUARY 9, 2015 • Sign in & get a name tag• Exchange philosophy drafts

(SEE GUIDELINES: Partner exchange & on your own)

• Sherry will arrive at 6:30pm

WELCOME TO LCRT 6915: SEMINAR & PRACTICUM IN

LITERACY PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Tonight’s Agenda

Philosophies: Share your draft Historical perspectives of reading &

literacy instruction Literacy Leadership & Assessing a School’s

Needs Looking ahead to Feb. 16th online &

Coaching Session #1 (March 2nd)

NOTE: No APA Session today as per 6915 students’ input (Course calendar revised)

Philosophy Paper Workshop #16:00 – 6:20pm

1. Exchange your beliefs, paragraphs & references with at least 2 different classmates.

2. As you read your partner’s draft, write questions & comments about content in the margin. E.g., What professional literature grounds this belief? How is your belief supported in the research or by which author? How does this belief get “played out” in your practice? I’m confused by this – could you clarify the idea? Have you thought about how this idea connects to the writings of XXX?

At 6:20pm

Read comments & questions on your draft

Jot down “next steps” for advancing the philosophy draft .

A newly-updated draft is due Feb. 26th after the Feb. 16th ONLINE SESSION.

RETURN PHILOSOPHY DRAFTS

Historical perspectives of reading &

literacy instruction

THE PAST INFORMS THE PRESENT

& THE FUTURE

Why do you teach reading & writing the way you do?

HOW DID YOU LEARN TO TEACH READING

& WRITING?

Historical Perspectives

RESOURCES & READINGS:

-Turbill’s “Four Ages of Reading”

-Vogt & Shearer’s “Historical Context for Teaching Reading”

- Long & Seldon’s “Reading Research & Federal Policy during the past 35 years”

Return to your readings and

reading notes.

Work together to complete the

remainder of the historical overview

table.

Historical Perspectives on Reading

RESOURCES & READINGS: - Turbill’s “Four Ages of Reading” - Vogt & Shearer’s “Historical Context for Teaching Reading”- Long & Seldon’s “Reading Research & Federal Policy during the past 35 years”

Questions:•What insights you have gained

about the history of reading & writing instruction?•Which aspects of the history of

reading learning & teaching reflect the approach you use?•Why do reading

specialists/literacy coaches need to understand the influence of methods & approaches used historically?

What grounds your knowledge & beliefs?

RESEARCHERS/THEORISTS -The Goodmans; -Cambourne

-Vygotsky; -Bruner

-Freire; -Marie Clay; and, -Pearson

AUTHORS-Lucy Calkins

-Connie Weaver

-Katie Wood Ray

-Kris Tovanni

-Kelly Ghallager

-Reggie Routman

-Fisher & Frey

-Jim Knight

-inquiry process-reflective teaching-reciprocal teaching-gradual release-self discovery-QAR

Works Read Approaches & practices

Make sure you know!

RESEARCHERS/THEORISTS -The Goodmans -Cambourne-Vygotsky-Bruner-Freire -Marie Clay -Pearson

What ground-breaking research

and/or theory did they

put forth?

Chapter 3: Who leads the literacy vision? What is it?

Literacy Leadership at the school where you work: • Who leads? • Whose input is included?• Who needs to be included?

Literacy Vision: • How is reading being taught?

How is writing being taught? Why?

• What changes need to be made?

• Define “literacies” • What type of

literacies are included in the school literacy where you work?

• What type of literacies are used by students in your class & their families?

Chapter 4: How would you go about determining the schools’

literacy needs? And a plan?

Use Ch. 4 as a resource:

What information do you need before you begin to determine the school’s literacy needs?

What questions would you ask of the teachers about literacy & literacy instruction?

•What questions would you ask of the parents about literacy & literacy instruction?

SUBMIT THE FORM WITH THE NAME OF YOUR PHILOSOPHY PARTNER BEFORE YOU LEAVE

CLASS TONIGHT.

LOOKING AHEAD: FEB. 16TH ONLINE: READINGS &

ONLINE DISCUSSION

FEB. 23RD ONLINE: PHILOSOPHY DRAFT DUE (10-15 PAGES) &

PARTNER COMMENTS