Unit Design Mastery for High School English Language Arts
4-8 Team Members: $9,965 9-12 Team Members: $11,200 Plus travel fees for non-CESA 6 districts/schools
Master ELA unit design and equip educators with knowledge and skills to lead and support well-designed instructional units for student success.
Benefits
Across multiple learning sessions, educators can learn new literacy skills, study high-quality instructional materials, and integrate unit design into their system.
- Delivers a range of professional learning sessions that foster continuous development.
- Provides assistance to develop and implement long-term literacy goals.
- Supplies tools for monitoring student progress and adapting teaching methods.
Goals
Learning Sessions.
- Strengthen leadership practices to support the implementation of the Gradual Release of Responsibility (GRR) model, incorporating differentiated instructional strategies and fostering reflective practices with feedback.
- Develop leadership skills to create schedules that efficiently optimize instructional time, ensure comprehensive coverage of curriculum content, and seamlessly incorporate differentiated instruction.
- Build the expertise to systematically utilize data for informed decision-making, develop strategic planning skills to set long-term educational goals, and effectively communicate data findings and strategic plans.
- Enhance educational effectiveness by aligning curriculum components with educational standards, evaluate instructional materials that align with learning objectives, and implement effective assessment strategies within curriculum design to ensure a comprehensive and standards-driven learning experience.
In-district Coaching Sessions.
- The leadership team will receive actionable tools on coaching days, ensuring the necessary support to lead unit design effectively within the district.
- The coaching process will provide personalized and specific feedback tailored to current district practices, fostering continuous improvement and guiding forward planning for the refinement of unit design strategies.
- CESA 6 Literacy will support the leadership team in creating district implementation plans specifically focused on aligning unit design strategies with a targeted approach to improve literacy instruction and enhance literacy outcomes across the district.
Who might benefit from participating?
- Directors of Curriculum & Instruction
- Principals
- Department Heads/Lead Teachers (ELA HS)
- Instructional Coaches/ Coordinators
Structure/Schedule
- Four (4) Full-day, in-person learning sessions
- October 22, 2024
- December 4, 2024
- February 13, 2025
- April 8, 2025
- Two (2) On-site coaching/consultation sessions
Outcomes/Deliverables
- Enhance teaching and learning practices with high-leverage instructional routines and the implementation of the Gradual Release of Responsibility (GRR) model.
- Build leadership learning related to scheduling and organizational strategies to optimize classroom schedules, allocate resources efficiently, and create an environment conducive to effective teaching and learning.
- Build a system of data-driven decision-making, including systematically reviewing data, identifying trends, and using this information for strategic planning of both universal and small-group differentiated instruction.
- Utilize a blueprint for developing and delivering a comprehensive curriculum.
