Dear Educators,
Springtime is a time of possibility--a time of rebirth and renewal. If there has ever been a year when renewal is needed, it's most certainly this one! We are so thankful for the amazing work you do every day in order to positively influence the lives of Oakland County students. We remain hopeful that next year is marked by hope and joy, and we wish all of you a restful summer break.
In this edition, you will find:
Literacy Consortium Overview
Statewide Updates
Professional Learning
Recommended Readings and Resources
For Your Information
--Your Oakland Schools Literacy Team
Literacy Consortium Meetings
April 27, 2022 Pear Deck slides HERE.
Note: On many of the slides, the audio from the live session is included so that you have access to all the resources and ideas shared!
The Literacy Consortium offers a regular network for literacy leaders throughout the county. Join us for regular updates from the State and ISD levels and for shared learning around the topics that are most important to you.
Next year's meeting schedule--Mark Your Calendars!
September 22, 2022
December 7, 2022
February 14, 2023
April 20, 2023
All meetings are tentatively scheduled from from 9:00am to 12:00pm. We are hoping for in-person meetings held at Oakland Schools' Main Campus.
Do You Like Free Books?
Thanks to a donation, the Zinn Education Project is offering more than 2,000 sets of five copies of The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks to public school teachers, school librarians, and teacher educators who have a plan for using and promoting the text. Request Books Here
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Disciplinary Literacy Mark your calendars! The Disciplinary Literacy Task Force is offering the Introductory Institute on May 12, 2022 from 8:30am to 12:00pm. This foundational institute provides a helpful starting point for educators looking to implement disciplinary literacy practices in their classrooms. Click here for more information and to register for this event. Additional professional learning events are available! Click here for information about all Task Force offerings. | Become a FAME Coach FAME is an exciting professional learning initiative sponsored by the Michigan Department of Education (MDE) that promotes teacher collaboration and planning for effective formative assessment practice. A cadre of Michigan educators serves as coaches for site-based learning teams of teachers and administrators in Michigan schools. Learn more HERE. | Teaching Comprehensive History Webinars History is not just for Social Studies teachers! An essential part of MDE’s efforts to improve comprehensive history instruction is to support teachers with opportunities to expand their knowledge of particular areas. On June 27, 2022: Maawndoonganan: Using the Indigenous Developed Social Studies Resource Guide to Teach To and About First Peoples. Register HERE. SCECHs available for this free webinar. |
Disciplinary Literacy
Additional professional learning events are available! Click here for information about all Task Force offerings.
Become a FAME Coach
Teaching Comprehensive History Webinars
Detracking for Equity Panel
Join us as we learn about the impact of tracking on each student, our schools and communities at large from three national panelists. Additionally, we will consider recommendations and strategies to detrack. This event is FREE to all Oakland, Washtenaw, and Wayne County educators, administrators, counselors, etc.
When: Monday, May 2, 2022: 4:30-6pm
Where: Virtual. For more information and registration, click here.
MCTE Webinar "Care and Criticality During Uncertain Times"
On May 7 from 9am to 12pm, Michigan Council of Teachers of English (MCTE) is hosting a webinar titled, "Care and Criticality During Uncertain Times." Register HERE.
The webinar is FREE to MCTE members and the first 25 members to register will receive a copy of Ain’t Burned All the Bright by Jason Reynolds and Jason Griffin and a copy of My Grandmother’s Hands by Resmaa Menakem.
Not a member of MCTE yet? No problem! Sign up to attend the conference and receive membership through October 2022 at a reduced rate!
Newcomer Summit
NCTE Book Rationale Database
Looking for resources that explain the value of a particular book in your classroom or school library? NCTE and Penguin Random House are here to help! Take a look here.
Listening in the Classroom: Teaching Students How to Listen By Marnie Reed & Tamara Jones
Teaching listening means more than just giving students listening activities and checking for understanding—it means teaching them how to listen. Listening in the Classroom takes promising research findings and theory and turns them into practical teaching ideas that help develop listening proficiency. Purchase your copy HERE.
AARI
The Adolescent Accelerated Reading Initiative (AARI 2.0) is a Tier 2/3 (MTSS) short-term intensive intervention that accelerates reading comprehension and critical thinking in informational text. AARI is for general and special education students and English Language Learners in grades three through twelve and English Learners with a minimum overall WIDA proficiency score of 3.0. Across Oakland County, a decade of data supports that AARI dramatically increases reading comprehension levels when implemented with fidelity.
Who: Grades 3-12 general ed, special ed and ESL educators who provide reading intervention, resource room teachers, SLPs, etc.
When: August 1-5 @ 8:30a-3:30p
Where: Walsh College (Friday virtual)
3838 Livernois Rd
Troy, MI 48083
Contact: Jill Maneice with any questions
Registration is OPEN! https://tinyurl.com/AARI-Cohort22
Ashelin Currie, Elementary Literacy Consultant
Dalyce DePauw, Special Education Consultant
Michele Farah, Elementary Literacy Consultant
Diane Katakowski, Speech and Language Consultant
Megan Kortlandt, Literacy Consultant
Jill Maneice, Literacy and AARI Consultant
Jacqueline Mitchell, Early Literacy Consultant
Diane Fekete, Special Education Consultant
Christy Osborne, ESL Consultant
Suzanne Toohey, ESL Consultant/Supervisor of Instruction and Pedagogy
Asha Williams, Early Literacy Consultant
Jenelle Williams, Secondary Literacy Consultant
Andrea Zellner, Secondary Literacy Consultant
Oakland Schools
2111 Pontiac Lake Road
Waterford, MI 48328
(248) 209.2000
