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Professional Learning for English and Language Arts (ELA)
Delaware offers several opportunities for educators to participate in deep and engaging professional learning focused on Standards-aligned English Language Arts/Literacy instruction.
Listed below are links to webinars, videos, and self-paced resources
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ELA Webinars and Modules
- Visit the DDOE eLearning site for a full listing of self-paced and facilitated course offerings delivered through the Schoology Learning Management System.
DDOE offers eLearning self-paced and facilitated courses in ELA/Literacy and other content areas for Delaware educators.
- Aspen Institute Digital Library
Professional learning modules designed to meet the needs of teachers, schools, and districts making the key instructional shifts in English Language Arts/Literacy.
- Reading Cadre Modules
Developed by the Delaware Reading Cadre, these High Quality Professional Development Modules on the Delaware English Language Arts/Literacy Standards were developed for replicating in Local Educational Agencies across Delaware.
- Text Complexity Modules
Explores the three legs of the text complexity module. Participants receive hands-on opportunities to use the qualitative rubric and complete a recommendation template.
Videos
- State Standards: A New Foundation for Student Success
Nine short, online videos discussing the Standards presented by both David Coleman and Susan Pimentel, J.D.
- Standards Video Series
Videos on the Instructional Shifts shared by Engage NY. A 15-part series for step-by-step presentations on how to implement the Standards for English Language Arts/Literacy.
- ELA Standards Overview
Provides an overview of the Standards in ELA/Literacy (14 minutes).
- General ELA/Literacy: Getting Started with the Standards
Frames the opportunities for educators to work with and apply The ELA/Literacy Standards to help ensure students’ successful content mastery (27 minutes).
- High School ELA Curriculum Video: The Gettysburg Address
How an exemplar module models the 6 Shifts (8 minutes).
- Preparing for Close Reading with Students
How educators prepare students for close reading of a text (30 minutes).
- Middle School ELA: Close Reading of a Text: MLK “Letter from Birmingham Jail”
Model of close reading of a text (15 minutes).
- America Achieves
Lesson, videos, information and links to support the Delaware English Language Arts/Literacy Standards
- Literacy Videos Created by DE Educators - Two Guys Who Sort of Know What They are Doing
- Open Ed Video Library
Videos created to support the implementation of standards in the classroom.
Additional Resources
Instructional Shifts
- Shift 1 - PK-5: Balancing Informational Text and Literature - 10 minutes
- Shift 2 - 6-12: Building Knowledge in the Disciplines - 8 minutes
- Shift 3 - Staircase of Complexity - 15 minutes
- Lexile ® - Information about Lexile Scores, Lexile Framework for Reading, and "Find a Book, Delaware!"
- Text Complexity - Achieve the Core - Find out how to use qualitative and quantitative measures and professional judgment when choosing text for instruction
- Shift 4 - Text-Based Answers - 11 minutes
- Achievethecore.org - Text Dependent Questions
- Shift 5 - Writing from Sources - 12 minutes
- Shift 6 - Academic Vocabulary - 6 minutes
- Academic Vocabulary and the Standards Module from the Aspen Institute - Resource that can be used to assist understanding Academic Vocabulary in alignment with Close Reading.
General Resources
- Achievethecore.org
Free high-quality resources for transitioning and implementing Standards-aligned instruction. NOTE: This site is continually updated so back often for new information and resources.
- ELA/Literacy Shift Module
Modules for educators as they focus on the key shifts of the standards. Includes facilitator's guide modules, additional readings and Power Point presentations with notes. Provides handouts and activities.
- Text Dependent Questions Module
Modules for understanding how text-dependent questions support the key shifts in ELA/Literacy. Includes facilitator's guide modules, additional readings and Power Point presentations with notes. Provides handouts and activities for creating, evaluating and modifying text, as well as guides, checklist and discussion support.
- Instructional Leadership Module
Guides and supports principals, content supervisors, central office leaders, and coaches in the work of planning and carrying out the implementation of the standards. Includes documents for reflecting, building capacity, and discussing key shifts.
- Close Reading Exemplars
Models how teachers can support their students as they undergo close reading required in the ELA standards.
- Text Complexity
Includes qualitative scales and a companion document that explains the qualitative dimensions of text complexity.
- UnBound Ed Sound Cloud - Advancing Student Knowledge with the ELA standards Through Close Reading and Volumes of Reading with David Liben
- Reading to Learn - Strategies to Build a Love of Learning Through Content Rich Non-Fiction
For more information on Professional Learning, visit the DDOE Professional Learning Page.
For more information on professional learning for ELA in Delaware, contact Curriculum, Instruction and Professional Development at 302-735-4180.
- Visit the DDOE eLearning site for a full listing of self-paced and facilitated course offerings delivered through the Schoology Learning Management System.
