means to make sound decisions about student literacy needs as related to the curriculum and to instruction. Content area literacy coaches are accomplished middle and high school teachers who are skilled in developing and implementing instructional strategies to improve academic literacy in English language arts. In English language arts, mathematics, science, and social studies literacy coaches are familiar with the content area and know how reading and writing processes intersect with the given discipline. Training of Trainers Model Vendor provide training to prepare up to twenty (20) staff members from the seven high schools or from the Curriculum Office with a five (5) day training session that will focus on intensive literacy strategies and best practices. This Training will allow the district to sustain the learning; and consequently grow our on personnel to become experts in Adolescent Literacy. Training of Trainers should include, but not be limited to the following activities: Presenting Asking questions Literacy Content Working interactively to prepare presentations for district teachers Effective presentation methodology This training will take place in the Summer Focused Instructional Team (FIT) Meetings in Secondary Schools Focused Instructional Team (FIT) Meetings, also known as Professional Learning Communities, is a central component of how Jackson Public Schools uses data to drive instruction, with the ultimate goal of impacting our WIGS (Wildly Important Goals) for the district and each individual school. Collaboration among teachers is always important to student learning because it enables students to see connections across the curriculum. Such collaboration is especially important for fostering achievement in literacy among adolescents because literacy enables and requires learning across the curriculum. Unfortunately, as research shows,
means to make sound decisions about student literacy needs as related to the curriculum and to instruction. Content area literacy coaches are accomplished middle and high school teachers who are skilled in developing and implementing instructional strategies to improve academic literacy in English language arts. In English language arts, mathematics, science, and social studies literacy coaches are familiar with the content area and know how reading and writing processes intersect with the given discipline. Training of Trainers Model Vendor provide training to prepare up to twenty (20) staff members from the seven high schools or from the Curriculum Office with a five (5) day training session that will focus on intensive literacy strategies and best practices. This Training will allow the district to sustain the learning; and consequently grow our on personnel to become experts in Adolescent Literacy. Training of Trainers should include, but not be limited to the following activities: Presenting Asking questions Literacy Content Working interactively to prepare presentations for district teachers Effective presentation methodology This training will take place in the Summer Focused Instructional Team (FIT) Meetings in Secondary Schools Focused Instructional Team (FIT) Meetings, also known as Professional Learning Communities, is a central component of how Jackson Public Schools uses data to drive instruction, with the ultimate goal of impacting our WIGS (Wildly Important Goals) for the district and each individual school. Collaboration among teachers is always important to student learning because it enables students to see connections across the curriculum. Such collaboration is especially important for fostering achievement in literacy among adolescents because literacy enables and requires learning across the curriculum. Unfortunately, as research shows,
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