Developing a School Writing Plan

1. Developing a School Writing Plan

2. Business Rules During TrainingIn Respect to All Participants • Please Mute Your Cell Phones & Place them at a distance that prevents feedback • Place your Office Phones on Mute unless indicating that you have a question for the host or panel. • Ask Questions- all typed questions will be presented (unidentified) as a general question to the group – chat to all presenters.

3. Introductions District Roll Call – • Advise the number of guest attending • Forward an email with names of each guest for EILA certificate

4. Post Training Resources • EILA Certificate • Training PowerPoint • Archive Link (open for 30-days) • Developing a Schoolwide Writing Plan

5. TOPICS • Senate Bill 1 Language • Literacy Plan • Writing Plan/Policies • Timelines • Policy Review Process

6. SBDM Requirements Related to Writing • SB 1 states, “Each school-based decision making council or if there is no school council, a committee appointed by the principal, shall adopt policies that determine the writing program for its school.” • Each school will submit the policy to KDE for review and comment.

7. The Big Picture of Literacy Planning

8. Writing Program Review

10. Requirements of a Writing Plan • Multiple opportunities for students to develop complex communication skills for a variety of purposes • Access to and use of technology tools • Access to and use of language resources • Procedures for developing and monitoring portfolios • Feedback to students regarding writing and communication skills

11. Sample Schoolwide Writing Plans • Elementary • Middle • High

12. Portfolios • “Writing portfolios, consisting of samples of individual student work that represent the interests and growth of the student over time, shall be a required part of any writing program in primary through grade twelve.” • Portfolios are part of the required criteria for the program review and audit process • A writing portfolio shall be maintained for each student and follow each student from grade to grade and to any school

13. Questions

14. Requirements of a Writing Plan • Multiple opportunities for students to develop complex communication skills for a variety of purposes • Access to and use of technology tools • Access to and use of language resources • Procedures for developing and monitoring portfolios • Feedback to students regarding writing and communication skills

15. Requirements of a Writing Plan • Multiple opportunities for students to develop complex communication skills for a variety of purposes • Access to and use of technology tools • Access to and use of language resources • Procedures for developing and monitoring portfolios • Feedback to students regarding writing and communication skills

16. Requirements of a Writing Plan • Multiple opportunities for students to develop complex communication skills for a variety of purposes • Access to and use of technology tools • Access to and use of language resources • Procedures for developing and monitoring portfolios • Feedback to students regarding writing and communication skills

17. Requirements of a Writing Plan • Multiple opportunities for students to develop complex communication skills for a variety of purposes • Access to and use of technology tools • Access to and use of language resources • Procedures for developing and monitoring portfolios • Feedback to students regarding writing and communication skills

18. Requirements of a Writing Plan • Multiple opportunities for students to develop complex communication skills for a variety of purposes • Access to and use of technology tools • Access to and use of language resources • Procedures for developing and monitoring portfolios • Feedback to students regarding writing and communication skills

19. Assessment for Learning

20. Individual Learning Plans (6-12) and Writing Students can collect documents in their ILP Students can now journal in their IL P

21. Questions

22. The Big Picture of Literacy Planning

23. Timeline • 2009-2110 Writing Program Review—schools may develop interim plan for transition period • 2010-2011 Writing Program Review Pilot—schools have access to pilot program review process • 2011-2012 Writing Program Review—results included in accountability for each school

24. Policy Development • Councils typically charge a committee with program development and the drafting of policy language. • The committee would present recommendations for council consideration and possible approval. • Provide guidance to councils within the district to consider this best practice route.

25. Committee Representation Suggested Stakeholder Representation: • Literacy lead • Teacher council member • Parent council member • Assistant Principal of Curriculum/Instruction • Additional teachers • Additional parents • Classified staff • Community members • Students (recommended at secondary level)

26. Writing Policy Components • Communication skills • Grading procedures and feedback to students regarding their writing and communication skills • The responsibility for review of the portfolios and feedback to student • Other policies to improve the quality of an individual student’s writing and communication skills.

27. KDE Review and Feedback on Policies • Policy development should occur during this current school year into the summer of 2010. • District SBDM coordinators will submit school council writing policies to KDE during the fall of 2010 as a district submission.

28. KDE’s Data Collection Plan

29. Next Steps • Debrief today’s training • Plan a district-wide Council of Council meeting (suggested principal, one teacher and parent member plus literacy lead). • Discuss possibility of committee(s) working on literacy program, writing plan and policies.

30. Questions

31. Post Training Resources • EILA Certificate • Training PowerPoint • Archive Link (open for 30-days) • Developing a Schoolwide Writing Plan

32. KDE Contacts Cindy Parker—Language Arts Branch Manager Cindy.Parker@education.ky.gov Writing Consultants Carol.Franks@education.ky.gov Renee.Boss@education.ky.gov Rebecca.Woosley@education.ky.gov

33. Council Development & Planning Branch Mary Jo Rist, manager Darryl Thompson, consultant ~502-564-4201 (phone) ~firstname.lastname@education.ky.gov ~502-564-6952 (fax)