Our Literacy Plan 2012
Based on the work of our Divisional Lireacy Network, we have begun build on the work we have already accomplished by exploring Fullan and Sharrat's 14 Parameters. After reviewing our achievements to date we decided our Literacy committee would focus on three areas: EAL strategies, Interventions and Data Gathering. For more information on these focus groups, go to our Literacy Focus Groups 2012/13 tab. In addition we are continuing to offer job embedded PD opportunities through our literacy labs which a third of our teaching staff has signed up for this semester.We have begun to publish a literacy newsletter which will be used as the basis for our staff meetings this year, turning this time into an additional opportunity to increase awareness of and share literacy strategies and innovations.
Our Literacy Plan 2011
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Our Literacy Plan 2010
Our Vision:
- To create a literacy-rich high school that successfully develops the academic literacy habits and skills of all students. (To be literate means to competently make meaning of any symbolic representation of an object, idea or concept to create and communicate understanding.)
Our Established Goals:
- Staff will develop common understandings about literacy.
- Staff will have a number of literacy strategies in their tool kit that can be used to support student literacy in their subject area.
- To create a literacy-rich high school that successfully develops the academic literacy habits and skills of all students. (To be literate means to competently make meaning of any symbolic representation of an object, idea or concept to create and communicate understanding.)
Our Established Goals:
- Staff will develop common understandings about literacy.
- Staff will have a number of literacy strategies in their tool kit that can be used to support student literacy in their subject area.
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Our Enduring Understandings:
- Literacy skills improve a student’s quality of life. - Literacy rich schools include school-wide initiatives including the library as a central point of access. - Literacy activities need to be authentic. Reading with a purpose is key. - Literacy encompasses reading, writing, listening, speaking, viewing, representing and thinking skills and different kinds of texts. - Teachers need support. Professional development and collaboration are essential to learn about and incorporate literacy strategies into their teaching. - Motivation: texts and teaching materials need to intrigue students and must be at a student’s instructional reading level; therefore using a variety of texts at different reading levels is important. - Students need to hear common language and understanding around literacy and strategies in order to make skills transferable. - Literacy initiatives need to address the particular needs of our school (at-risk, EAL, AP students). |
Our Essential Questions:
- What school-wide initiatives are needed to ensure that literacy is seen as a life-long endeavor and not only an academic skill? - How can we make the inclusion of literacy strategies a natural part of our planning in all subject areas? - What are the literacy strategies that are central to the various disciplines? - What needs to be done to ensure that teachers can help students interact with text? Who can do PD in this area? - How can we make better use of our library? - How can we present students with texts that are appropriate for their reading level and interests? - How can we do more team teaching with literacy in mind? (common assessments, etc.) - What kind of data should be used to monitor our work? |
