Professional Development
BUILDING KNOWLEDGE & CONTENT AREA LITERACY
Professional Development Series (Available for Secondary Educators)
A series of four professional development modules have been developed to emphasize connections between literacy, mathematics, science, English, and social studies and the need to integrate literacy development within content areas taught. The sessions include opportunities for teachers to reflect on their teaching practices and share successes and challenges. The sessions provide practical strategies with support for lesson planning and teaching application. Guided practice activities are provided and literacy strategies are modeled to promote teacher confidence and willingness to incorporate the teaching and learning strategies into their daily content area lessons. Teachers are expected and encouraged to use/adapt the strategies to expand their current practices for increased opportunities for students’ literacy development within the content area(s) that are taught. To promote implementation and collaboration, lesson plans are collected and shared among teachers.
Expected Outcomes
- Teachers are expected to reflect on their teaching practices and share successes and challenges with integrating literacy development along with content area development. Evidence: Matrix and discussions
- Teachers are expected to make connections between literacy, mathematics, science, English and social studies and the need to integrate literacy development within the content areas taught. Evidence: Participation in discussions and group activities
- Teachers are expected to implement practical strategies for lesson planning and teaching and assessing student outcomes in both literacy and content area development. Evidence: Participation in discussions and lesson plans
- Guided practice activities are provided to promote teachers confidence and willingness to incorporate the teaching and learning strategies into their daily lessons. Evidence: Participation in discussions and group activities
- Teachers are expected to use/adapt the strategies to expand their current practices for increased opportunities for students’ literacy development within the content area(s) that are taught. Evidence: Follow through to be evaluated at school level.
Developed and Presented by CFL Literacy Specialists
Previous Funding by the William Penn Foundation
Partnerships:
School District of Philadelphia
Office of Transition and Alternative Education
Multiple Pathways
Presentations:
Educational Options Program
South Philadelphia High School
Olney High School
William Penn High School
Accelerated High Schools
Fairhill Community High School
North Philadelphia Community High School
OIC Career and Academic Development Institute (CADI)
Charter High Schools
Youth Build Philadelphia Charter School