K-3 Literacy Coordinator

Hudson Board of Education May 21, 2015

Doreen OsmunAssistant Superintendent

Coordinators in Hudson Schools

Teacher Leaders Serve under direction of Assistant

Superintendent and Director Pupil Service

Part of the Teachers’ Association Professional Development,

technology support, compliance

Why K-3 Literacy Coordinator?

To have the best teachers working with our students

K-3 Literacy Coordinator Focus

On-going, systemic, and grade-level focused professional development

Allows for individualized professional development

Supports primary school factor in student achievement-the teacher

Empowers teachers to be reflective and effective during the times of change

What is a K-3 Literacy Coordinator?

Provide teachers with non-evaluative feedback in regards to instruction

Conducts scholarly study in best-practice Models lessons Co-teaches lessons Observes and provides feedback to

teachers Supports assessment analysis Facilitate discussions to capitalize on areas

of expertise

Maximizing Resources Teachers learn from one another Capitalize on teacher’s strengths Capacity to improve instructional

practices and student learning increases

On-going not just a few times a year

Qualities of Literacy Coordinator

Strong literacy backgroundLeaderMentor Evidence of life-long learner Strong pedagogical knowledge Effective Educator

Hudson Pilot Before/after school Teacher feedback In-class instructional support for

teachers Common framework for reading and

writing workshop model Visit to Aurora

Teacher Feedback

… the past two weeks she has helped me embrace the Lucy Calkins "persuasive writing" workshop with my class. She has modeled a lesson, I have taught a follow-up lesson, and then she has returned to offer another support modeling of yet another lesson. I cannot begin to explain how "pumped" my children are now to "make the world a better place". Lisa Farmer

Teacher Feedback

Heidi had mentioned that you did a mini lesson with her class on the cloze procedure. I was wondering if you would possibly be interested in doing the same for my class tomorrow, instead of the writing lesson? She let me watch the video and I thought it was awesome! Thanks so much.Taylor (first year Kindergarten teacher)

Take Aways…

Investing in research-based instructional practices

Maximizing human resources; our teachers

Supporting all teachers in instructional practice

On-going professional development

Thank you Questions