Secondary Literacy

-English and Reading- January 2022-

Literacy Leaders,

Can you believe we finally made it? We hope you had an amazing break filled with all the things that bring you joy and that you have had an opportunity to take a step back and acknowledge that the work you are doing is profound. We look forward to the upcoming early release day, elevating student voices through the #PascoStudentsSpeak event, and engaging in Celebrate Literacy Week, Florida!

Please see the noted sections below included in this newsletter.

-Big Ideas to Read Closely

-Items of Interest

-Review

Warmly,

Your #PascoLiteracy Team

Big Ideas to Read Closely

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SLN and Student Facing Canvas Course Feedback for 22-23 Revisions

Please take a moment to complete this survey so that we can make the necessary adjustments to the SLN and Student Facing Pages for the 22-23 school year.

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Celebrate Literacy Week 2022: Launch Into Literacy: Blast Off Into New Worlds

It’s time to celebrate literacy!

Celebrate Literacy Week will be held from January 24th to January 28th. The theme this year is “Launch Into Literacy: Blast Off Into New Worlds ” To celebrate, @PascoLiteracy has created a week of themed activities that celebrate literacy and what it means to launch into literacy.

Join the Office for Leading and Learning as we celebrate literacy our love for literacy by participating and tweeting your pictures to @PascoLiteracy. Be sure to tag #PascoLiteracy. We can’t wait to celebrate alongside you!

Feedback on Assessments

We'd like your feedback about the assessments. Please provide us with any highlights or opportunities for improvement you may discover as you use them. We will use your feedback to provide implementation resources. Thank you for your time!

Grades 6-10

English General Paper

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What's Next: Strong Instruction

•Knowledge Mapping and Backwards Design Lesson Planning

•What is the daily connection to knowledge being built?

•How is it visible to the teacher and student?

•Does the teacher provide time at the beginning or end of class to make connections across texts and learning to the EQ and task?

•Strategies Glossary- Vocabulary Strategies, Speaking and Listening Strategies, Reading Strategies, Writing Strategies (CA2 and 3)

•FSA McGraw Hill lessons

•Videos to use with PLCs to support CA2 and Second Chance Learning

•Setting Scaffolds for Assignments

•Customizing Assignments for Online Learning/Practice

•Spotlight Skills for Reteaching Following Curriculum Maps

•Once using StudySync Digital Platform- Reteach Opportunities populate automatically and designed specific to student need(s)

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Pasco Students Speak

The Office for Leading and Learning is hosting the second official #PascoStudentsSpeak event for all students. We are excited to invite all schools and students to showcase their speeches, projects, and positivity. The event will take place at the WCHS Performing Arts Center on Saturday, 4/2.

The theme for this year is Contributing to a Better Society: The Future Depends on It
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Each school's representative to participate in the district #PascoStudentsSpeak must be submitted to the district no later than Friday, March 11, 2022. Additional details are forthcoming.

This notebook includes general information about the event, as well as resources for teachers and students as they engage in preparing for this important work and showcasing it at the #PascoStudentsSpeak event.

Items of Interest

Secondary Office Hours

Here you will find the office hours schedule for second semester. Office hours are an opportunity to connect with OLL Supervisors, Senior Specialists and Program Coordinators regarding your curriculum questions. We look forward to seeing you.

ChalkTalk Bootcamp Information- Grade 11-12

The ChalkTalk-Pasco Bootcamp will begin after February 18th and will run until your District test dates (ACT March 29th non-reportable, SAT March 2nd reportable). You can tweak around that if you have additional school testing dates.

For the Bootcamp implementation, we'll have two options for the schools:

Focus on Practice Sessions, & here's an article discussing how to review the overall practices.
Focus on Review Classes, & here's an article discussing what Review Classes are, and how to add them to the calendar.

All the articles above include snippets and videos of how everything is done!

StudySync Trainings and Office Hours

Check out the Florida StudySync Winter Training Series.

There are live "Ask an Expert" sessions twice a week hosted by StudySync.

Florida StudySync Coffee & Questions - Every Tuesday morning from 6:45 - 8:00 a.m.

Florida StudySync Afternoon Tea & Questions - Every Thursday afternoon from 2:30- 3:45 p.m.

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Getting Started with StudySync- Virtual Asynchronous PD

Check this out! Get started with the StudySync Self-Paced basic training. Complete the course that takes approximately 3 hours and get a certificate of completion!

See this link for more information!

SEL

Welcome back! We hope you enjoyed a relaxing and fun winter break. As you get ready to launch the second semester with your students, we encourage you to utilize both Inner Explorer (our new mindfulness platform) and our First 20 Days back calendar! Both resources can help you to re-establish your classroom culture and help to set you and your students up for success. These resources are available in our SEL Learning Network.

Reading Endorsement

We are excited to announce a new pathway for obtaining a reading endorsement. FCRR's Reading Foundations and Evidence-Based Practices Reading Endorsement Pathway is a new face-to-face option. This pathway will be for those who have not yet begun to take any of the reading endorsement courses. The full pathway must be taken face-to-face. We will begin with Competencies 1 & 2, details can be found here.

We will continue to offer the online courses as well, the schedule for those courses is located below, registration begins 10 days prior to the start date. If you need support with registering or have a specific question, you can email, readingendorsement@pasco.k12.fl.us.

Florida Literacy Association Professional Learning Opportunity

Greetings District Literacy Leaders,

After two years, the Florida Literacy Association (FLA) is excited to host our first in-person professional learning experience on Saturday, February 5th at the Morgridge International Reading Center at UCF. This is going to be a great chance to come together, collaborate, and grow our collective knowledge around literacy education in ways that matter for our readers and writers.

As appropriate, please help us in making one final push for registration before our deadline on January 4, 2022.

Please check out this SATURDAY SYMPOSIUM FLYER for more information and a link to register for this event.

Thank you for all that you do and your continued support. FLA appreciates you.

Sincerely,

FLA Professional Learning Committee

Warmly,

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Michael Petty, M.Ed.
Executive Director, Miracle Strip Service Unit
Florida Education Association
Representing Educators in Bay, Gulf, and Walton Counties