Secondary Literacy

Each of you has individually and collectively demonstrated leadership and innovation in the classroom with the new instructional materials and Florida's B.E.S.T. Standards implementation. Committed to strong instruction and high expectations is just one way your excellence has been demonstrated. Take time to enjoy all the moments of your holiday break! We look forward to the new year.

Please see the noted sections below included in this newsletter.

-Big Ideas to Read Closely

-Items of Interest

-Review

Warmly,

Your #PascoLiteracy Team

•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)

The EGP Mock Exam window is 12/6-12/17. The window to print student answer sheets will begin on 11/29. The updated Mock Exam guidance will be reviewed with teachers on ERD (12/8). This is good news since the teachers will be printing the student answer key to scan in and will only have to enter the cumulative score for Paper 1 and the cumulative score for Paper 2. See extended details for the updated Mock Exam Protocol/Information.

See this link for access to all of the recorded content!

StudySync Highlights on the PD Hub

​15 Minute Mini-Webinar: Set Proficiency Levels for Automatic Differentiation

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​Differentiate for All Learners: El/ELL Development Resources

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​Basic Training: Create Your First Assignment in 15 Minutes

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​Diversity and Representation in the StudySync Library

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​How to Plan a StudySync Lesson

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​3 Ways to Blast!​

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​Engagement Party: Ways to Keep Students Interacting Online or Off​

• 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

  
  

  • In secondary students can use the work from their History Project: Debate & Diplomacy in History: Successes, Failures, Consequences
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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.

We were excited to host some live sessions for ELA teachers and leaders to take time looking and learning about the highest leverage reports for ELA and how to use the data to inform and support planning instruction and intervention. Please see the information and screencast (MS and HS versions) for the content if you were unable to attend. It will stay linked through the PD Hub to be accessed at any time.

Participants will learn how the standards provide a roadmap to high quality instruction. The Canvas/myLearning will guide secondary participants through constructing knowledge of the Florida’s B.E.S.T. ELA Standards, deepening their understanding of The Opportunity Myth, and developing deep expertise in The Science of Reading connected to high quality instructional materials utilized with students.

Course 4119 open through April 29th. Sign up here!

Here you will find the office hours schedule for this fall 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.

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!

Be sure to access your materials via the app on your myPascoConnect dashboard.

Check out the Secondary Literacy 21-22 Overview for information related to:

1. Novel titles and division by course- Important Note: Some novels will be taught in ELA and some will be taught in stand-alone Reading courses. Please see the designation.
2. Scope and Sequence

Assessment Overview - Updated! Q2 end of unit assessments can be taken via computer or paper-based to be scanned in.

#DisruptTexts is a crowdsourced, grass roots effort by teachers for teachers to challenge the traditional canon and create a more inclusive, representative, and equitable language arts curriculum that our students deserve. It is part of the mission of #DisruptTexts to aid and develop teachers committed to anti-racist and anti-bias teaching pedagogy and practices. In these two-hour workshops, we’ll critically examine one text together and discuss how to work with students and the text in culturally responsive and sustaining ways.

Complete the interest survey here.

Taking the K-12 Reading Test (035) will remain a pathway for obtaining a reading endorsement until June 30, 2024. To support those that wish to pursue this option for obtaining their endorsement, OLL has created a Reading Endorsement Test Prep course. The course can be accessed by registering for section# 30847. This will grant the participant to a completely asynchronous course in myLearning. If you have any questions reach out to readingendorsement@pasco.k12.fl.us. Also, below is the schedule of endorsement offerings through the district for the remainder of the year.

Beginning in 2025, educators with specific certifications will be required to have 40 reading points to renew their certificate. To begin acquiring reading points and being prepared for renewing your certificate, the Office for Leading and Learning will continue to offer bankable reading point professional development to teachers. You may have already begun to earn these points if you participated in the ELA B.E.S.T Standards asynchronous PD, the ELA PD during Together We Learn, the ELA early release PD, as well as future offerings. These opportunities will be highlighted with our “Road to 40” logo in our monthly teacher newsletters.

You can search for these offerings in myPGS (please click the Searching for Courses by Credit Type document to view instructions)

Here is the link to the Aspiring Leaders Flyer

Here is the link for our coaching pool information.

We are excited to share with you our plan for early release 21-2. All general education classroom teachers (including departmentalized teachers), ESE support facilitators, Speech Language Pathologists and academic interventionists will participate in professional learning workshop facilitated by District staff, school-based coach(es), admin and/or teacher leaders focused on Uplifting Literacy in Pasco County Schools.​ Specials/Electives teachers will engage virtually with teachers in the same roles from other schools. Professional learning will be focused on the Teaching and Assessing Cycle and will be facilitated by District content leaders and/or teacher leaders. ​ Student services staff will engage virtually with staff in like roles from other schools. Professional learning will be focused on MTSS for Behavior and will be facilitated by District supervisors and content leads. ​

Dates for the early release are:

October 6th

November 10th

December 8th

January 12th

February 2nd

March 9th

We are so happy to share that our new mindfulness program, Inner Explorer, has been added to your myPascoConnect dashboard! All you need to do is click on the app, and it will automatically sign you in using our district's single sign-on (SSO) capabilities. We encourage you to take some time to browse the resources available to you through the app including teacher guides, related videos and books, and parent letters you can send. Please reach out to Lesley Wilson lrwilson@pasco.k12.fl.us or Susanna Haberle shaberle@pasco.k12.fl.us with any questions.

Join us for the 12 Days of Tech-mas starting on Thursday, December 2nd. We will be featuring tips and tricks on how to navigate your Windows device. We will also have a drawing that you can enter at the end of each skit or screencast. Just fill out the form to be entered. We will have $25 gift cards to Amazon, Starbucks, Walmart, and Dunkin’. If you watch all 12 videos you will be entered in a grand prize to win $100 Visa card!

To view these, please log into myPascoConnect each day. You will see an announcement and instructions on what to do. Please check out this flyer for more information. We hope that these bring you joy and some tips for your new device!

Literacy Specialist, 9-12

Email: tlima@pasco.k12.fl.us
Twitter: @TressaLima

Literacy Specialist, 6-8

Email: dcabrera@pasco.k12.fl.us
Twitter: @damien_cabrera

Sr. Instructional Specialist

Secondary Literacy

Email: crhernan@pasco.k12.fl.us
Twitter: @herncas22

Sr. Instructional Specialist
K-12 Literacy Intervention and Achievement

Email: clough@pasco.k12.fl.us
Twitter: @clough6

Sr. Instructional Specialist

Reading Professional Development & Learning

Email: dvarcard@pasco.k12.fl.us
Twitter: @LiteracywithV