The Canyon Effect parent project is deeply impacted by work done with school districts throughout the country. Ms. Leeann Segalla, the former Executive Director for all of the elementary schools in Guilford County, NC is currently involved with helping Unicoi County, TN teacherrs with the following program in understanding the new English Language Arts (ELA) Common Core Standards.
Participants learn about the changes that the ELA Common Core Standards require of the teachers and learners. Teachers/Leaders create useful tools for their district that help implement these changes.
Leeann covers the following topics with teachers:
• Overview of the ELA Common Core Standards
• Significant shifts and key changes from current practice to the new standards
• Learning progressions – how standards develop from Kindergarten to Grade
12
• Priority and supporting standards – developing a matrix of key concepts and
skills
• Understanding standards from the learner’s point of view or unwrapping the
standards
• Clustering and pacing the standards across a school year
• Quality instructional unit development
An additional component of this work involves developing teacher leaders and
school/system capacity. Participants are expected to attend all sessions, read the
suggested articles and collaborate to create district curriculum resources. Districts
are responsible for posting resources and making them available to appropriate
audiences - teachers, parents, and students.
If interested in working with Leeann or other Canyon Effect professionals please contact Canyoneffect@gmail.com.
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