Paulo Freire Middle School Get Turned Up for Literacy Program

Three-Year Professional Development Pan & Event Calendar

September

October

Year One
2014-2015

Year Two
2015-2016

Year Three
2016-2017

School-Wide PD:
Booktalk Icebreaker!
What is a reading
specialist? What can we
do together? How can
we motivate our
students to read?

School-Wide PD:
Booktalk Icebreaker!
Review what reading
specialists do.
Celebrations and
improvements from last
year. Research-based,
motivational article on
motivating students to
read.

School-Wide PD:
Booktalk Icebreaker!
Review what reading
specialists do.
Celebrations and
improvements from last
year. Teachers share
photos, videos, or
success stories on
motivating students to
read.

Break-out Session:
Team strengths and
needs. Starting with a
common strategy. RTI
concerns.

Break-out Session:
Team strengths and
needs. Starting with a
common strategy. RTI
concerns.

Break-out Session:
Team strengths and
needs. Starting with a
common strategy. RTI
concerns.

Literacy Event:
Parent/Student Book
Club Fair/Book Club
Sign-up Night

Literacy Event:
Parent/Student Book
Club Fair/Book Club
Sign-up Night

Literacy Event:
Parent/Student Book
Club Fair/Book Club
Sign-up Night

School-Wide PD:
Pillars of fluent reading:
word recognition and
comprehension. Why/
how we use Words
Their Way? Why/how
we use informal reading
inventories?

School-Wide PD:
Reviewing pillars of
fluent reading: word
recognition and
comprehension.
Successes and needs
for Words Their Way.
Successes and needs
for informal reading
inventories?

School-Wide PD:
Reviewing pillars of
fluent reading: word
recognition and
comprehension.
Successes and needs
for Words Their Way.
Successes and needs
for informal reading
inventories?

Break-out Session:
We are all reading
teachers. How are we
assessing literacy
skills?

Break-out Session:
We are all reading
teachers. How are we
assessing literacy
skills?

Break-out Session:
We are all reading
teachers. How are we
assessing literacy
skills?

Literacy Event:
Family Reading Night

Literacy Event:
Family Reading Night

Literacy Event:
Family Reading Night

November

December

January

School-Wide PD:
Word Recognition
Strategies gallery walk
and Q&A.

School-Wide PD:
Word Recognition
Strategies gallery walk
and Q&A.

School-Wide PD:
Word Recognition
Strategies gallery walk
and Q&A.

Break-out Session:
Consistency in our
vocabulary instruction.
Gradual release of
responsibility review.

Break-out Session:
Consistency in our
vocabulary instruction.
Gradual release of
responsibility review.

Break-out Session:
Consistency in our
vocabulary instruction.
Gradual release of
responsibility review.

Literacy Event:
Literacy Practices at
School and at Home
Parent Seminar

Literacy Event:
Literacy Practices at
School and at Home
Parent Seminar

Literacy Event:
Literacy Practices at
School and at Home
Parent Seminar

School-Wide PD:
Comprehension
Strategies gallery walk
and Q&A.

School-Wide PD:
Comprehension
Strategies gallery walk
and Q&A.

School-Wide PD:
Comprehension
Strategies gallery walk
and Q&A.

Break-out Session:
Consistency in our
comprehension
instruction. RTI checkin.

Break-out Session:
Consistency in our
comprehension
instruction. RTI checkin.

Break-out Session:
Consistency in our
comprehension
instruction. RTI checkin.

Literacy Event:
Merry Booksmas Drive

Literacy Event:
Merry Booksmas Drive

Literacy Event:
Merry Booksmas Drive

School-Wide PD:
Writing Response to
Reading Strategies/
Activities gallery walk
and Q&A.

School-Wide PD:
Writing Response to
Reading Strategies/
Activities gallery walk
and Q&A.

School-Wide PD:
Writing Response to
Reading Strategies/
Activities gallery walk
and Q&A.

Break-out Session:
What does grade level
writing look like? What
writing minilessons do
our students need? Is
Writers Workshop
feasible?

Break-out Session:
What does grade level
writing look like? What
writing minilessons do
our students need? Is
Writers Workshop
feasible?

Break-out Session:
What does grade level
writing look like? What
writing minilessons do
our students need? Is
Writers Workshop
feasible?

Literacy Event:
Student Book Creation
Project Fair

Literacy Event:
Student Book Creation
Project Fair

Literacy Event:
Student Book Creation
Project Fair

February

March

School-Wide PD:
Incorporating New
Literacies into
Instruction: Technology
Share-out and Q&A.

School-Wide PD:
Incorporating New
Literacies into
Instruction: Technology
Share-out and Q&A.

School-Wide PD:
Incorporating New
Literacies into
Instruction: Technology
Share-out and Q&A.

Break-out Session:
Team celebrations and
concerns. What are our
literacy resource needs
in the classroom?
Check-in on
assessments used to
measure literacy
development.

Break-out Session:
Team celebrations and
concerns. What are our
literacy resource needs
in the classroom?
Check-in on
assessments used to
measure literacy
development.

Break-out Session:
Team celebrations and
concerns. What are our
literacy resource needs
in the classroom?
Check-in on
assessments used to
measure literacy
development.

Literacy Event:
Book Love Assembly:
Short plays/
presentations by parent
book clubs

Literacy Event:
Book Love Assembly:
Short plays/
presentations by parent
book clubs

Literacy Event:
Book Love Assembly:
Short plays/
presentations by parent
book clubs

School-Wide PD:
What does real
differentiation look like?
What scaffolds can we
put in place? Where can
we find differentiated
texts/resources?

School-Wide PD:
What does real
differentiation look like?
What scaffolds can we
put in place? Where can
we find differentiated
texts/resources?

School-Wide PD:
What does real
differentiation look like?
What scaffolds can we
put in place? Where can
we find differentiated
texts/resources?

Break-out Session:
What are our
differentiation needs?
What are our test
preparation needs? RTI
check-in.

Break-out Session:
What are our
differentiation needs?
What are our test
preparation needs? RTI
check-in.

Break-out Session:
What are our
differentiation needs?
What are our test
preparation needs? RTI
check-in.

Literacy Event:
Book Love Assembly:
Short plays/
presentations by
classes on unit novels

Literacy Event:
Book Love Assembly:
Short plays/
presentations by
classes on unit novels

Literacy Event:
Book Love Assembly:
Short plays/
presentations by
classes on unit novels

April

May

School-Wide PD:
Cross-curricular and
vertical planning
between grades.
Establishing a
continuum for learning
within our school.

School-Wide PD:
Cross-curricular and
vertical planning
between grades.
Establishing a
continuum for learning
within our school.

School-Wide PD:
Cross-curricular and
vertical planning
between grades.
Establishing a
continuum for learning
within our school.

Break-out Session:
What is a student being
promoted from our
grade-level able to do?
What do we think are
reasonable expectations
for students entering our
grade-level?

Break-out Session:
What is a student being
promoted from our
grade-level able to do?
What do we think are
reasonable expectations
for students entering our
grade-level?

Break-out Session:
What is a student being
promoted from our
grade-level able to do?
What do we think are
reasonable expectations
for students entering our
grade-level?

Literacy Event:
Creative Writing Fair

Literacy Event:
Creative Writing Fair

Literacy Event:
Creative Writing Fair

School-Wide PD:
A conversation with our
local high school
teachers and students.
What do they need from
us? What do we have to
offer them? What makes
an impression on our
students?

School-Wide PD:
A conversation with our
local high school
teachers and students.
What do they need from
us? What do we have to
offer them? What makes
an impression on our
students?

School-Wide PD:
A conversation with our
local high school
teachers and students.
What do they need from
us? What do we have to
offer them? What makes
an impression on our
students?

Break-out Session:
Revisiting student
motivation. What
worked well and what
didnt? How do we keep
it going through to the
end of the year and into
summer?

Break-out Session:
Revisiting student
motivation. What
worked well and what
didnt? How do we keep
it going through to the
end of the year and into
summer?

Break-out Session:
Revisiting student
motivation. What
worked well and what
didnt? How do we keep
it going through to the
end of the year and into
summer?

Literacy Event:
Books in Art Fair

Literacy Event:
Books in Art Fair

Literacy Event:
Books in Art Fair

June

School-Wide PD:
Reviewing school data.
Where do we go from
here? Summer planning
opportunities.

School-Wide PD:
Reviewing school data.
Where do we go from
here? Summer planning
opportunities.

School-Wide PD:
Reviewing school data.
Where do we go from
here? Summer planning
opportunities.

Break-out Session:
Highlighting individual
student RTI successes
and concerns moving
forward into next year.

Break-out Session:
Highlighting individual
student RTI successes
and concerns moving
forward into next year.

Break-out Session:
Highlighting individual
student RTI successes
and concerns moving
forward into next year.

Literacy Event:
Summer Book
Giveaway

Literacy Event:
Summer Book
Giveaway

Literacy Event:
Summer Book
Giveaway