A Teacher Cohort Model for Supporting Literacy Across Disciplines Cynthia Jimes, Ph.D. May 13, 2015 ISKME 2015: LINQ 2015
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A Teacher Cohort Model for Supporting Literacy Across Disciplines
Cynthia Jimes, Ph.D.
May 13, 2015
ISKME 2015:
LINQ 2015
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Workshop Goals
Get acquainted with ISKME’s teacher cohort model
Examine a cross-disciplinary OER lesson created by
teacher cohorts
Explore digital tools and resources that support the cohort
model
Discuss ways to integrate the teacher cohort model into
your own OER work
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Participant Introductions
Name
Role
Institution/organization
What you hope to get out of the workshop
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Teacher Cohorts
Groups of 3 teachers
collaboratively
creating
integrated lessons
that focus on
developing
students’ literacy
skills
Math
Language
Social Science or
Science
Integrated Literacy Lesson
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What do the Lessons Include?
Address learning standards that get at students’ ability to
think critically, construct arguments and build evidence from
informational texts
Include a “text set” that is strategically selected and
sequenced to support students’ progression through learning
goals
Include formative and summative assessments around the
text set, and that are aligned to learning goals
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Training
Tools
Frameworks
• F2F workshop
• Webinars
• Ongoing support
• Curriculum design template/tool
• OER network hub
• Collaboration
• Advocacy/outreach
Training and Tools to Support the
Cohorts
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Collaboration Framework
Collaboration framework adapted from Ben Johnson (2014), Deeper Learning: Why Cross-
Curricular Teaching is Essential
Aligned Integrated Overlapping
Ex: Teachers plan their curriculum so that topics of study are aligned by time, era, etc.
Ex: Teachers teach a theme congruently, drawing on the same texts, and addressing common learning objectives
Ex: Teachers are familiar with each other’s subject
areas, and team teach to help students understand concepts from multiple angles
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What Instructional Practices Does
the Model Support?
Practice
CollaborativeCurriculum Design
Skills and processes to create integrated lessons that enable scaffolding of student knowledge across subjects
Use of Texts in Literacy Instruction
Strategic use of close reading texts (as part of lessons) that are selected and sequenced to support students in progressing through learning goals, within and across subjects
OER and DigitalCompetencies
Use of online tools, resources, and collections of content, and increased digital competencies including online resource search strategies, content identification/organization, and collaboration
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What Makes A Lesson Exemplary?
Review climate
change lesson on
your own
Using the checklist
provided, identify
what makes the
lesson “exemplary”
Discuss your insights
with the person next
to you
The learning objectives are tied to the standards addressed, and
indicate what a student should know and do at the end of the lesson
Primary source texts have been selected and strategically
sequenced to develop literacy skills and build knowledge about the
topic
Student learning is directed through questions about the texts they
are to read. These questions relate to an overarching “essential
question” that unifies the subjects and learning objectives
Instruction is designed to integrate learning across subjects. The
lesson addresses subject-specific themes and questions, while using a
overarching essential question to unite them
The final student task provides for summative assessment of the
standards targeted and the skills and knowledge developed during
the lesson. Student activities/tasks within the lesson provide
opportunities to develop and formatively assess the targeted skills
and knowledge.
The lesson identifies the previous learning that is needed for students
to succeed in the lesson, and how students’ background and skills
might be pre-assessed to determine their readiness for learning
Checklist for Examining Integrated Literacy Lessons
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Exemplar Lesson Debrief
What stood out to you from this lesson?
What questions do you have?
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Exploring the Digital Tools and
Resources that Support the Cohorts
Online Hub with OER Lessons, Text Sets, and PD Materials
Curriculum Design Toolkit
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Debrief the Digital Tools and Resources
Take a few minutes to explore the OER hub and tools
How might you use these tools and resources in your
work?
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Conclusion: How the Cohort Model
Enables and Leverages OER
Marries the benefits of teaching literacy across disciplines
with the opportunities provided through OER
Starts with teachers’ curriculum needs, and offers a toolkit
that elevates OER as a means to meet those needs
Demonstrates how OER is a pathway for collaborating
around and sharing feedback about curriculum materials
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Closing Remarks
Consider what we’ve discussed today, and how it relates
to your own work
Round robin of takeaways or questions
Institute for the Study of Knowledge
Management in Education
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