Continuous Improvement Work Plan Development

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This roadtrip-themed presentation can be used to help school leaders guide their staff through the process of developing a continuous improvement work plan, aligned to EL's Three Dimensions of Student Achievement. This presentation covers two dimensions: Mastery of Knowledge and Skills and Character. This could be done over the course of one or two days, depending on the time you have available.

Material Type: Interactive

Authors: April Schofield, Mia Chmiel, Ryan McCain

Kicking Off the Quality Work Protocol

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This road trip-themed presentation can be used to guide the Quality Work protocol by EL Education. Using the protocol will enable students to review student work and reflect on their students' ability to create complex and authentic work and demonstrate craftsmanship as described in EL Education's Three Dimensions of Student Achievement. Teams can also use this process to guide their continuous improvement efforts.

Material Type: Formative Assessment

Authors: April Schofield, Mia Chmiel

End-of-Year Quality Work Protocol

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This road trip-themed presentation can be used to guide the Quality Work protocol by EL Education at the end of the school year. Using the protocol will enable students to review student work and reflect on their students' ability to create complex and authentic work and demonstrate craftsmanship as described in EL Education's Three Dimensions of Student Achievement. Teams can also use this process to guide their continuous improvement efforts.

Material Type: Formative Assessment

Authors: April Schofield, Mia Chmiel

Unpacking the EL Education Curriculum for Coaches and Instructional Leaders

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Agenda and presentation for a 1-day workshop to build background on the foundational components of the EL Education Curriculum resource.  The intended audience is instructional leaders and coaches.

Material Type: Teaching/Learning Strategy

Author: Mia Chmiel

Unpacking the EL Curriculum Resources for Teachers

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Agenda and presentation for a 2-day workshop to unpack the EL Education curriculum resource for grades K-5.

Material Type: Teaching/Learning Strategy

Author: Mia Chmiel

Coaching Observation and Discussion Notes Template

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This instructional coaching observation and discussion template helps create a structured approach to capture detailed notes and facilitate productive coaching conversations with teachers.  It includes space to capture observations, along with space to capture notes from the post-observation reflection conversation.

Material Type: Teaching/Learning Strategy

Author: April Schofield

EL Education Overview for Grades K-2

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These professional learning materials provide an overview of the K-2 EL Literacy resources.  In addition to including information about the purpose of Module lessons, Skills Block lessons, and Labs, the presentation includes information on structure, assessment, and links to helpful tools and videos.   

Material Type: Teaching/Learning Strategy

Author: April Schofield

Student-friendly Kindergarten Informational Writing Rubric

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This student-friendly writing rubric was created to use with students to help them understand and evaluate their own writing, fostering growth and improvement in their composition skills. It also includes a note for families and could be used to help caregivers understand more about their student's strengths and areas of growth in writing.

Material Type: Assessment, Formative Assessment, Rubric/Scoring Guide

Author: April Schofield

Student-friendly Kindergarten Narrative Writing Rubric

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This student-friendly writing rubric was created to use with students to help them understand and evaluate their own writing, fostering growth and improvement in their composition skills. It also includes a note for families and could be used to help caregivers understand more about their student's strengths and areas of growth in writing.

Material Type: Assessment, Formative Assessment, Rubric/Scoring Guide

Author: April Schofield

Grade 3 ALL Block Student Task Cards

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This folder contains grade 3 ALL block student task cards. The format is printer-friendly so teachers may print off "one-pagers" for students to have at their ALL block stations.

Material Type: Learning Task

Authors: CESA 9, EL Education, Mia Chmiel

Kindergarten Skills Block Resources

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This document includes links to EL Education Skills Block materials. Teachers can use this to efficiently access materials when planning for whole-group and small-group instruction during the Skills Block portion of their day.  

Material Type: Lesson Plan

Author: April Schofield

First Grade Skills Block Resources

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This document includes links to EL Education Skills Block materials. Teachers can use this to efficiently access materials when planning for whole-group and small-group instruction during the Skills Block portion of their day.   

Material Type: Lesson Plan

Author: April Schofield

Second Grade Skills Block

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This document includes links to EL Education Skills Block materials. Teachers can use this to efficiently access materials when planning for whole-group and small-group instruction during the Skills Block portion of their day. 

Material Type: Lesson Plan

Author: April Schofield

Interactive Writing Step-by-Step Directions

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Interactive writing is an instructional strategy that supports early writers' understanding of the writing process by making the process visual. Interactive writing can be used in whole-group and small-group instruction, within EL Education Module lessons and small-group writing opportunities during Skills Block. This resource was developed to use with a group of struggling writers, who needed more practice with composing a sentence.

Material Type: Activity/Lab, Teaching/Learning Strategy

Author: April Schofield

EL Education Skills Block Benchmarking Assessment Data

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This spreadsheet can be used to organize Skills Block Benchmark Assessment Data.

Material Type: Assessment, Interim/Summative Assessment

Author: April Schofield