Learning and Leadership Prep for Summer Institute

We are excited to preview our focus for Disciplinary Literacy this summer. This year, our theory of action for the district was...

IF... administrators, coaches, and teachers are knowledgeable about intentional instructional practices that lead to high levels of literacy (SLO), and they design/participate in ongoing professional development (PD), and regularly collect, analyze and act on data, and if teachers receive timely and effective coaching/feedback (EE);

THEN... our system will have stronger sources of data, teachers will increase their levels of self-efficacy and performance, and students will demonstrate higher levels of achievement in literacy.  

How have we done as a system in meeting our theory of action?

Our Essential Questions for the July Institute:

• How will an inquiry-based approach be a means to achieving our goal of preparing each of our Waukesha students to be college and career ready in reading?
• How will intentional planning impact our classroom practice and student learning?

Day One-

Essential Question:

How is an inquiry-based approach to instruction beneficial to student learning?

Take-Aways from Keynote:  

• Literacy and Inquiry are connected
• Reading comprehension strategies are the tools to get kids to inquiry; the means to achieving deeper understanding

Day Two and Three-

Essential Question: 

How will we build reading comprehension and collaboration strategies in our content areas to foster inquiry?

It is sure to be an exciting three days of learning and growing together!