Pre-AP/AP ELAR Program
Edgewood ISD * 2018-19
SpringBoard: Support for Pre-AP/AP Teachers!
When? Edgewood will enter Year One of full ELAR SpringBoard implementation in the 2018-19 school year. The foundation training for teachers and coaches will be held at Emma Frye on June 23-24, 2018. Please register in Eduphoria: "ELAR SpringBoard Foundations, Grade 6-12."
Why? To strengthen opportunities for students, Edgewood has decided to align our teachers' talents and our resources into one grades 6-12 model. SpringBoard offers support in teaching to our state TEKS but also the higher rigors of the College Board Standards for College Success and our state College and Career Readiness standards.
How? The SpringBoard suite of services will include professional development delivered to Edgewood ELAR coaches and teachers who teach ELAR pre-AP and AP, online support, and student consumables. Coaches and teachers will learn SpringBoard's:
- Instructional framework of "designing with the end in mind," starting with assessments;
- Teaching and learning strategies derived from research findings on best practice and developed to sustain independent student learning;
- Methods for differentiated instruction which will support ALL of Edgewood's learners
Who? Grades 6-12 pre-AP/AP teachers and ELAR coaches
SpringBoard Curriculum, Instruction, Assessment
Curriculum: Scope and Sequence and Vertical Alignment
Instruction: The Strategies!
Assessment: How We Know They Know
Not to Be Confused with the Grade-Level Curriculum :)
- Dive in to units and reflect on the learning that they will facilitate, using the district curriculum guides (coming soon!) as support;
- Utilize Performance Assessments to plan backwards, viewing TEKS in clusters, and revising and innovating the PAs as the end goals of a unit;
- Write daily learning targets based on the TEKS in a given cluster
- Design instructional activities that align to learning targets and the unit's PAs
Please contact me with questions and connections!
ELAR Coordinator
Edgewood ISD
Email: janet.hester@eisd.net
Website: https://www.eisd.net/
Phone: (210) 444-8110
Twitter: @ELARJanet