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Ted Fabiano and Elizabeth Schurman, faciliators tfabiano@bluevalleyk12.org schurmane@yahoo.com http://gkcwpxclit.wikispaces.com March 24, April 21, June 9 To provide teachers with space and time to reflect on their practice To encourage teachers to develop their own perspectives on educational theory To allow teachers to create lessons, curriculum, or other materials that will empower and deepen their teaching Literacy and how it is presented in classrooms Standardized testing, common core, and their effects on teaching The use of various types of writing across the curriculum Teaching narrative 20 wiki contributions Inquiry project: plan, annotated bibliography, lesson/unit, reflection Portfolio: gathering of significant pieces from the span of the course Comment on each chapter Three responses to others’ comments on each chapter (8 contributions total) Rough draft of 3-5 page teacher narrative ||  || Three articles/chapters on your topic Three summaries and responses to your three chapters Three comments to others’ summaries and responses (6 contributions total) || Rough drafts ready for facilitators to read ||
 * Cross-Content Literacy**
 * Remaining meeting dates:**
 * Description:** This course offers teachers and opportunity to explore literacy and how it is and could be taught in their classrooms.
 * Organization:** Using seminar and workshopping strategies, participants will reflect on their teaching experiences, research theories and practices related to their current struggles in the classroom. Meetings in person will include reading and discussion. Independent work between meetings requires participants to share their reflections on the course wiki, conduct their own research, and write to practice various writing techniques, to engage in the process of revision with their peers, and build a portfolio of work to use in their classrooms in the future.
 * Objectives:**
 * Course topics:**
 * End products:**
 * Meeting date || Assignments to discuss, due at the next class || In class work ||
 * January || Read chapter 1 & 2 from Re-imagining
 * February || Inquiry project plan
 * March || Work on inquiry project: bibliography, experiment.

Annotated bibliography on the wiki: three summaries and responses to three sources to research your inquiry Three comments to others’ summaries and responses (6 contributions total)

Experiment: use one aspect of your research in your classroom and write a reflection on that experience || Share inquiry plans

Literacy in math presenter

Further discussion on raising expectations and sharing writing ||
 * April || Inquiry assembly/completion: complete classroom experiments, write reflection about this on wiki, write a 7-10 page research paper on your inquiry, respond to at least three other reflections on the wiki

Portfolios: gather course materials you might want to look back at later and create electronic or paper copy to share with group.

Write a final course reflection of what you have learned, what inspired you, what frustrated you, what you still need to explore. || Literacy in science presenter

Hand in final copy of teaching narrative

Share classroom experiences and discuss

Share research and discuss || Inquiry projects due Share final reflections ||
 * June ||  || Share portfolios