English Language Arts (2024–25)
The English Language Arts (ELA) Community of Practice engages ELA educators of grades 6–12 in intentionally integrating reading, writing, speaking, and listening to build the literacy skills necessary to access rigorous content. Participants will explore strategies necessary to critically read a variety of text types and consider how academic thinking skills and Writing, Inquiry, Collaboration, Organization, and Reading (WICOR®) can be used to design effective instruction. Participants will engage thoughtfully with the writing process to create and share ideas that will support deeper implementation of writing in the ELA classroom, impacting students’ ability to create and effectively share knowledge and innovative ideas. Throughout the learning, participants will experience speaking and listening strategies that foster a culture of literacy where students develop clarity and confidence with their voice. All strategies, digital activities, and digital tools experienced in this Community of Practice can be leveraged in face-to-face, blended, or virtual learning environments.
This session is available as a part of:
2-day professional learning hosted at a face-to-face location across the United States yearlong provides an excellent way to broaden or deepen the ongoing improvement of instruction and comprehensive culture of student success within your school setting.
Four 3-hour professional learning modules through a virtual platform using videoconferencing provide a high-paced, interactive, dynamic learning experience while modeling engaging and rigorous instruction. There will also be opportunities to engage in One-to-One Collaborative Coaching.
