Target Audience: Grades 6-12 ELA Teachers Problem-based units of instruction present authentic problems to help engage students in the learning process. Staff members are highly encouraged to attend in cross-disciplinary teams representing English, science, social studies/history and math, as well as administrators and support staff. The training begins with the whole group learning together about the theory and components of problem-based instruction. Next, participants will break into discipline-specific groups for content-focused learning facilitated by ISD consultants. The last hour of the session will include time to meet as school teams to process the day’s learning and plan next steps. Participants will leave with a general understanding of... what problem-based instruction looks like establishing engaging purposes for students to read, write, and communicate guiding students to ask questions and plan inquiries helping students see connections in their lives by engaging in real-world and issue-based investigations creating opportunities for students to enact literate identities connected to their learning across disciplines

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Target Audience: ELA Grades 6-12 This session examines the MAISA GELN Essential Practices for Disciplinary Literacy Instruction in the Secondary Classroom. The purpose of this document is to “increase Michigan’s capacity to improve children’s and adolescent’s literacies by identifying a focused set of research-supported instructional practices that have been shown to increase student achievement and/or engagement with academic literacies. Research suggests that each of the ten sets of practices, if implemented in every secondary core content classroom (English Language Arts, Science, Social Studies, Mathematics) at the unit and course level, could make a measurable positive difference in the literacy development and achievement of secondary students in the state.” Staff members are encouraged to attend in cross-disciplinary teams representing English, science, social studies / history and math, as well as administrators and content-area teacher leaders. The training begins by examining the ten Essential Practices in detail. Next, each school team will decide on 1-2 Essential Practices that coordinate with their building goals. Teams will have time to make a plan for the year (and/or beyond) that includes sharing the information with their colleagues, creating a training and implementation timeline, identifying support needs and determining success criteria.

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Target Audience: Second Grade Teachers, Literacy Coaches/Interventionists, Title I Teachers, Special Ed. Teachers, and ESL Teachers The Literacy Learning Modules are designed to ensure that teachers have a clear understanding of a comprehensive approach to high-quality literacy instruction. It is not a prescribed curriculum, set of materials, or a program. Macomb’s Comprehensive Approach to Literacy is a framework designed to help ALL students learn to read and write effectively! Each cohort consists of 7 full days (after-school session will be 14 half days).

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Target Audience: ELA Teachers Grades 6-12 Do you want to prepare your students for the reading and writing demands of the PSAT/SAT without it feeling like 'test prep'? Participants will identify which skills are assessed on the SAT test, and to which Michigan ELA standards they connect. We will examine a variety of instructional approaches to incorporate into regular teaching to help students meet curricular standards while preparing for the SAT at the same time. We will explore strategies to help students succeed with both the Evidence Based Reading and Writing (ERW) portion, as well as the SAT essay. Educators will learn how to access supportive resources from the College Board, the state and county that they can incorporate into their daily lessons. Participants will have time at the end of the day to create a plan to implement these new strategies throughout the year. Attendees should plan to have access to their current curriculum and pacing guides.

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Target Audience: Grade 3-5 Teachers This workshop is designed to infuse literacy practices with humane education content. Participants will learn to foster empathy and compassion about global issues while developing critical thinking skills and means for discussion.

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Target Audience: Grades 6-12 ELA Teachers The goal of secondary reading instruction is to create competent, savvy, independent readers. Staff members are highly encouraged to attend in cross-disciplinary teams representing English, science, social studies / history and math, as well as administrators and support staff. The training begins with the whole group learning together about the theory and components of secondary reading instruction. Next, participants will break into discipline-specific groups for content-focused learning facilitated by ISD consultants. The last hour of the session will include time to meet as school teams to process the day’s learning, and plan next steps. Participants will leave with a general understanding of... a student’s interaction with reading across the disciplines in a typical secondary school day what effective reading instruction looks like in the secondary classroom as well as in each of the four core disciplines how reading routines support student’s reading skills and help them master content creating opportunities to include student choice in the selection of texts for study research-supported ways to incorporate vocabulary learning, especially tier 2 vocabulary and words in context

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Target Audience: Grades 3-5 Elementary Teachers, Literacy Coaches, and Elementary Building Administrators To provide educators with an understanding of a balanced literacy framework and its components. Topics to be addressed: Discovering texts through Read Alouds, Adjusting the scale of support through Shared Reading, Guiding development through Small Group Work, Extending Literacy Practice during Independent Workshop Time, Providing access to rich text and strategies for engagement. This series consists of reading assigned pages outside of workshop time.

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Target Audience: Grade K-5 Educators Are you in need of crystal clear trajectories for writing development? Do you have appropriate assessment tools for each type of writing? Do your current tools provide students with opportunities to assess their own progress? This book study will provide an assessment toolkit that allows for both teachers and students to take a reflective stance on writing. This three day series will consist of reading assigned pages outside of workshop time. Attendance at each session will include a discussion and debrief of the assigned pages along with practice in conducting norming sessions. Each participant will receive a copy of the book at the first session and will be expected to bring student writing samples to later sessions.

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The MISD’s Fine Arts Advisory Council (FAAC) is comprised of selected representatives from the local school districts in Macomb County. Agenda topics will include: ongoing communication, community partnership presentations, sharing opportunities, and planning time for county wide events. Selected representatives will be responsible for attending FAAC meetings and the communication between the FAAC and your district K-12 staff.

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Target Audience: Grades 3-5 Elementary Teachers, Literacy Coaches, and Elementary Building Administrators To provide educators with an understanding of a balanced literacy framework and its components. Topics to be addressed: Discovering texts through Read Alouds, Adjusting the scale of support through Shared Reading, Guiding development through Small Group Work, Extending Literacy Practice during Independent Workshop Time, Providing access to rich text and strategies for engagement. This series consists of reading assigned pages outside of workshop time.

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Target Audience: Second Grade Teachers, Literacy Coaches/Interventionists, Title I Teachers, Special Ed. Teachers, and ESL Teachers The Literacy Learning Modules are designed to ensure that teachers have a clear understanding of a comprehensive approach to high-quality literacy instruction. It is not a prescribed curriculum, set of materials, or a program. Macomb’s Comprehensive Approach to Literacy is a framework designed to help ALL students learn to read and write effectively! Each cohort consists of 7 full days (after-school session will be 14 half days).

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Target Audience: Second Grade Teachers, Literacy Coaches/Interventionists, Title I Teachers, Special Ed. Teachers, and ESL Teachers The Literacy Learning Modules are designed to ensure that teachers have a clear understanding of a comprehensive approach to high-quality literacy instruction. It is not a prescribed curriculum, set of materials, or a program. Macomb’s Comprehensive Approach to Literacy is a framework designed to help ALL students learn to read and write effectively! Each cohort consists of 7 full days (after-school session will be 14 half days).

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Target Audience: Grades 6-12 ELA Teachers The goal of secondary writing instruction is to create competent, flexible, independent writers. Staff members are highly encouraged to attend in cross-disciplinary teams representing English, science, social studies / history and math, as well as administrators and support staff. The training begins with the whole group learning together about the theory and components of secondary writing instruction. Next, participants will break into discipline-specific groups for content-focused learning facilitated by ISD consultants. The last hour of the session will include time to meet as school teams to process the day’s learning, and plan next steps. Participants will leave with a general understanding of... a student’s interaction with writing across the disciplines in a typical secondary school day what effective writing instruction looks like in the secondary classroom as well as in each of the four core disciplines how four different purposes for writing support content learning and increase engagement research-supported ways to provide efficient, meaningful, formative writing feedback to students

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Target Audience: Grades 6-12 ELA Teachers Research shows that intentional collaboration through speaking, listening and discussion helps students gain a deeper understanding of content across disciplines. While students are often asked to collaborate, they may not be formally instructed in how to interact effectively. This session explores classroom routines and activities to help students gain skills for communication and collaboration. Staff members are highly encouraged to attend in cross-disciplinary teams representing English, science, social studies / history and math, as well as administrators and support staff. The training begins with the whole group learning together about the theory and components of secondary writing instruction. Next, participants will break into discipline-specific groups for content-focused learning facilitated by ISD consultants. The last hour of the session will include time to meet as school teams to process the day’s learning, and plan next steps. Participants will leave with a general understanding of how to design meaningful opportunities for students to collaborate within, and beyond, the secondary classroom what effective student communication looks like in the secondary classroom as well as in each of the four core disciplines how intentional instruction in collaborating with peers supports content learning and increases engagement research-supported ways to provide regular opportunities for students to practice questioning skills, listening skills, respectful disagreement, and engage in collaborative sense-making

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Target Audience: Grade 3-5 Teachers This workshop is designed to infuse literacy practices with humane education content. Participants will learn to foster empathy and compassion about global issues while developing critical thinking skills and means for discussion.

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Target Audience: 6-12 ELA Teachers In this virtual, three-session book study we will examine how teachers can manage the sometimes conflicting research about whole-class or student-choice novels in secondary ELA classrooms. Is there still a place for both in today’s rigorous curriculum? Join other teachers to examine Kate Roberts’ powerful book A Novel Approach: Whole-Class Novels, Student-Centered Teaching, and Choice. We will discuss key points of the book and reflect on the suggestions Roberts makes for balancing whole-class novels and independent reading instruction in secondary classrooms.

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Target Audience: Building Administrators, Second Grade Teachers, Literacy Coaches/Interventionists, Title 1 Teachers, Special Ed. Teachers, and ESL Teachers The Literacy Learning Modules are designed to ensure that teachers have a clear understanding of a comprehensive approach to high-quality literacy instruction. It is not a prescribed curriculum, set of materials, or a program. Macomb’s Comprehensive Approach to Literacy is a framework designed to help ALL students learn to read and write effectively!

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