ALL Network Meeting

 Accelerating Learning in Literacy

June 11 2021

Today I am at the ALL workshop with all of the teachers who are taking part, not just Year 1s.  Today we looked at high impact teaching strategies.  

• High Impact Teaching Strategies

There is a new version.  

The highest effect size is differentiated teaching.  Some of the highest impact strategies are quite simple.  If we did all of these things really well, 

Use this to reflect on what teaching looks like and what could be an area for me to focus on.  

Task.  Given sentence strips and in a group, describe who people are, and use precise nouns and verbs.  Each person has one part to write and then pull together as a group.  

• Response to Intervention
• Reading
• The Key Competencies

Focus on what the learner is doing well and give several positive comments before giving them a direction.

• How Are We Going?

How is ALL going in your school?

What has made a difference?

Key teaching strategies

Interaction with other ALL teachers?

Growing ALL across your school?

Sharing ALL across your school?

Whānau-

Highlights-

Difficulties-

From discussion:  

ALL group time, make it special, whānau engagement, attendance issues, changing mindsets, feedback, expectations, school schedule, maintaining momentum, 

• Reporting - Mid Year- New columns has been added and for mid year, need to show students who have accelerated and the number who are at the curriculum expectation.

At the end of the year, need to do a end of year report and if a mid year one is being done, share with Adie.  It's not an expectation though.

Key Competencies - How are we getting on?

See the charts below.  These indicate that implementation of the key competencies are not where we would expect them to be.

Readings: 

Interesting discussion around the reading war that seems to be going on.  The Science of Reading and Whole Language sides.  What we need to do, is take what works for our learners and go with that.

Task:  Choose a reading and respond:

The key message of the reading-

Something within the reading that you want to think about some more-

I read about Literature Circles.  

Response to Intervention (RTI)

Tier 1 Effective classroom teaching-the majority of students. 60% of students.

Tier 2 Is where ALL fits in.  15% of students.  An intensive for students who just need be be brought back on track.  

Tier 3 Longer term interventions.  Higher needs. 5% of students.  

A curriculum and Achievement Plan

~A living document

~Helpful to new staff members

~Records a live process for supporting students

Teacher Refelction

Ask the question, I wonder if...

Quality teachers will be constantly...

Resources:  

He Meka! He Meka! 

Digital NZ

To Do:  

Have reading times outside of the classroom eg beanbags in the amphitheatre, read to/with juniors, whānau sessions, structured literacy session and home supports, trip to the library, make sure whānau are on Hero so I can share more of their reading learning, ALL section on Takitini site for parents and children to access, Liteature Circles,