Curriculum Corner
Updates from Vicky McCann, ADW Director for Curriculum
Spring Collaboration Day Proposals Wanted
We Need YOU!
1 hour breakout session
Choose which day(s) you would like to present, no need to go to all 3 days!
ADW is calling on you to share your knowledge and expertise in one of the following topic areas.
Our goal is to have two presenters from every school!
▧Academic Content Area
▧Standards Based Report Cards
▧Assessment
▧Marketing
▧Student Services
▧Enrollment
▧Exceptional Learners
▧School Operations
▧Leadership
▧Danielson – Framework
▧Classroom Management
▧Diversity
▧Religious Instruction
▧Student Engagement
▧Technology Integration
Wondering what ACTIVITIES are in Frontline Professional Learning Management System (PLMS)?
Resources are now available on the ADW Teacher Site: https://sites.google.com/site/adwteacher/professional-development/framework-for-teaching
1) Interactive PDF - Clicking each component will list the corresponding activities in Frontline PLMS.
2) Entire Activity Catalog - Perfect for printing and placing in your faculty lounge.
3) How-To video for principals on how to pre-register faculty in an activity
4) How-To video for principals and teachers on how to find and take an activity
Join our winter #ADWBookStudy!
This book study examines the shared journey of school leaders and classroom teachers as they explore how to support instructional goals through the use of digital tools. Blended Learning in Action demonstrates the advantages a blended model has over traditional instruction when technology is used to engage students both inside the classroom and online.
Who: All ADW faculty and staff
What: Online Book Study for Blended Learning in Action: Practical Guide Toward Sustainable Change by Catlin R. Tucker, Tiffany Wycoff, Jason T. Green
When: January 5, 2019 – March 2, 2019
Where: Participate in this online book study from the comfort of your house.
Why: Participants who complete all of the book study components will receive 1 MSDE credit for 15 hours of professional credit.
Cost: Just the price of the book!
To sign up and learn more, click here: https://sites.google.com/site/adwteacher/professional-development/book-studies
Catechesis Certification Course
Morality
Instructor: Edward Kent
Christian Morality unfolds the fullness of God's law revealed through Christ. Founded in God's roadmap for happiness, this Pillar covers the elements of moral decision-making.
In-Person Dates: February 9, 2019 AND March 9, 2019
Time: 8:00 AM - 3:30 PM
Location: Saint Mary School - Landover Hills: 7207 Annapolis Road Landover, MD 20784
Cost: $20 for certification, $29 not seeking certification
Re-certificatication In-Person Course: (1 re-certifcation credit)
Instructors: Kitty Shadman and Shannon Norris
No textbook: This course is a perfect companion to Winter Book Study: Blended Learning in Action A Practical Guide to Sustainable Change
Empower student learning using the digital devices available in your school. During this hands-on class, experience first hand how tech tools and teaching strategies can differentiated and personalized instruction. Using Blended Learning as a model, attendees will work at their own tech skill level and through the lens of their own subject specialty or administrative role.
In-Person Dates: April 3, 2019 AND May 1, 2019
Time: 8:30 PM – 3:00 PM
Location: St. Mary of the Assumption - 4610 Largo Road, Upper Marlboro, MD 20772
Cost: Free
Re-certification Hybrid Course: (3 re-certifciation credits)
Teaching from the Inside Out
Instructor: Melissa Lebowitz
Required Textbook: Monday Memo: Creating Change in early Childhood Education, One Message at a Time. (2013, Rocking R)
This course is designed to demonstrate the benefit and process of using observation to guide instruction. When planning for the early childhood classroom, it is crucial that we are basing our decisions on the children in the classroom that year and on that day rather than only on a predetermined plan. Teachers will be provided with the skills to observe children within authentic classroom experiences and to utilize these observations when making decisions for future planning. The skill of observing and learning how to interpret the observations carefully and intentionally can assist teachers when planning and assessing children. When you make decisions based on specific and intentional observations, your classroom becomes a safe place where children are respected as individuals and are encouraged to be creative and confident.
You will have two onsite class meetings and the remainder of the coursework will be completely independent as guided by the instructor.
Online Start Date: January 26, 2019
In-Person Dates: February 9 AND March 30
Course End Date: March 30
Location: Saint Mary School - Landover Hills: 7207 Annapolis Road Landover, MD 20784
Cost: ADW teacher $75.00/course + cost of book Non-ADW teacher $110.00/course + cost of book
Re-certification In-Person Course: (3 re-certifciation credits)
Reading in the Content Area Part 2
Instructor: Kelly Mazzeo
Required Textbooks:
Daniels, Harvey and Zemelman, Steven. Subjects Matter: Exceeding Standards through Powerful Content-Area Reading. Heinemann, 2014.
Tovani, Cris. Building Academic Vocabulary: Teacher’s Manual. ASCD, 2005
Optional Textbook:
Strong, Williams. Coaching Writing in Content Areas: Write-for-Insight Strategies, Grades 6-12, 2nd ed. Pearson, 2012.
This course is designed for secondary teachers in all content areas and focuses on teaching secondary students to learn from text. The emphasis is on student acquisition of content-area reading. Participants implement and evaluate a coherent literacy plan and take theory into practice as they become familiar with and demonstrate in class best practices of how to integrate the teaching of reading content area material with content-specific knowledge. Participants also implement reading and writing strategies which promote student mastery of subject content.
In-Person Dates: January 26, 2019, February 9, 2019, March 9, 2019, AND March 30, 2019
Time: 8:00 PM – 3:30 PM
Location: Saint Mary School - Landover Hills: 7207 Annapolis Road Landover, MD 20784
Cost: ADW teacher $75.00/course + cost of book Non-ADW teacher $110.00/course + cost of book
Re-certification Online Courses: (3 re-certifciation credits)
Reading in the Content Area Part 1
Instructor: Vicky McCann
Required Textbook: Subjects Matter: Exceeding Standards through Powerful Content-Area Reading Heinemann – Second Edition 2014 – ISBN 978-0-325-05083-6
This course is designed for secondary teachers in all content areas and focuses on teaching secondary students to learn from text. The emphasis is on student acquisition of content-area reading. Participants implement and evaluate a coherent literacy plan and take theory into practice as they become familiar with and demonstrate in class best practices of how to integrate the teaching of reading content area material with content-specific knowledge. Participants also implement reading and writing strategies which promote student mastery of subject content.
Assessment for Reading Instruction
Instructor: Hannah Ruckstuhl
Required Textbook: McKenna, Michael and Dougherty Stahl, Katherine, (2015), Assessment for Reading Instruction, Third Edition. New York, New York. Guilford Press.
This course is designed to assist pre-service and in-service teachers in becoming proficient consumers and users of classroom-based assessment and assessment data. Instruction will focus on building knowledge of the purposes of assessment, types of assessment tools, how to administer and use several valid, reliable, well-researched formal and informal assessments of reading and related skills, how to effectively interpret the results of assessments, and how to communicate assessment results in a variety of contexts. Participants will demonstrate that they can use assessment data to guide instructional decisions. This course meets the Maryland State Department of Education Reading requirement for an initial certificate in Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education, Special Education Generic Infant/Primary, and Special Education Generic Elementary/Middle.
Online Start Date: January 26, 2019
Online End Date: March 30, 2019
Cost: ADW teacher $75.00/course + cost of book Non-ADW teacher $110.00/course + cost of book
Mid-Year Scantron Testing
The window for the Math and Reading Scantron Mid-Year Test is January 2 through February 23, 2019.
Principals have the option of only testing students in the bottom two quartiles for the Mid-Year Test. Students that had an NPR score of 0% to 49% on the Baseline Test must take the Mid-Year Test.
To get a list of students by performance bands, follow the steps below:
1. Click on the Reports tab
2. Click on Current Scores under Performance
3. Under the Performance Bands column, click on Reading or Math
4. Click on the name of your school
5. Click on Students
6. Click on the Grade header to sort the list by grade
7. Students with a rating of Below Average or Low Average must be tested.
Submit testing schedule by December 14, 2018 here: https://www.cognitoforms.com/ADWCSO1/scantronperformanceseriesassessmentscheduleandinventory
Curriculum Updates
Since the beginning of the school year, many resources have been updated:
- Science EdTech Resources added to all grade levels. Every standard now has at least one resource in the Instruction Guide!
- Integrating Faith in the Curriculum Lesson Ideas from prior Collaboration Days for all subject areas.
- Have a resource for any subject or grade level? Share it here: https://www.cognitoforms.com/ADWCSO1/SubjectAreaResources
- Interactive Framework for Teaching Activity information
Vicky McCann
Archdiocese of Washington Catholic Schools
Email: mccannv@adw.org
Website: http://adwlearn.weebly.com
Location: Archdiocese of Washington Pastoral Center, Eastern Avenue Northeast, Chillum, MD, USA
Phone: 301-853-4548
Twitter: @adwcurriculum