The Three Musketeers of Staff Development for Writing

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The Three Musketeers ofStaff Development for
Writing

• Presented by
• Mary Boyer Shirley Hansen
• Jackie Hurst

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What we are Going to Cover?

• Staff Development Exercise
• Resources on Staff Development
• Icebreaker
• Writing the Perfect Paragraph
• Resources on Writing
• Summary/Questions

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Staff Development Plan

• Three - one hour sessions
• Sessions held once a month
• First session on how to teach adults and
  how to Plan
• Second session will be a hands on workshop
• Third Session will be assessing how their
  development training day went.

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Characteristics of Effective Staff Development -
Partial List

• Involvement in planning
• Time for planning
• Involvement of Principals
• District administrative support
• Expectations
• Opportunity for sharing
• Continuity
• Follow-up
• Opportunity for practice

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Bad Staff Development Sessions

• Typical staff meeting
• Uncomfortable chairs
• Difficult to write
• Topics not appropriate to all

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Good Staff Development Sessions

• Snacks and comfortable chairs
• All members have common goal or grade level

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Good Staff Development Sessions

• Breaking into grade levels and getting ready to
  plan
• Willing to interact freely, think, and plan
  together

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Interactive During the Initial Staff Development
Session

• Identify the elements of a good staff development
  plan
• Acknowledge what we can do and by what we are
  inhibited.
• Decide how we can minimize negative issues.

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Staff Development Session
2. Brainstorm areas that this staff would like
to explore for staff development. Write ideas
on white board. Seek input from those that
ordinarily do not contribute. Give out
sticky dots (2) and allow people to prioritize
their choices.
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Staff Development Session
3. Make decision of what direction staff will
take Writing focus for the year. Involving
intermediate as well as primary teachers. When
to separate and when to join together,
determined by relevancy of topic
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Staff Development Session
4. Discuss and come to consensus of how to
implement the staff development Before school
starts At after school in-services How often
How late During teacher work days
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Staff Development Session
5. Give opportunity to discuss how we can use
staff members expertise to provide leadership
for staff development Staff members that have
had writing training will volunteer to lead.
Goal is to involve as many staff during the
year in leading some part.
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Focus Staff Development

• Staff Development Teaching Tips
• Guidebooks with staff development teaching tips
• Quick links to specific topics
• Specific articles and citations given to support
  assertions

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Focus Staff Development

• National Staff Development Center

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National Staff Development Center
Focus Staff Development
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Focus Writing Site Six Traits of Writing

• Reference website focusing on how to establish
  and write rubrics that address the writing
  standards.

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Focus Writing Site Step Up To Writing

• State Standards and how implemented in writing
• Excellent reference site for teacher training in
  writing

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Focus Writing Site Owl Online Writing Lab

• Purdue has created a resource for students and
  teachers of writing. Students can direct
  questions about their writing to a online
  tutoring service.

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Focus Writing Site

• Kim'sKorner in Language Arts
• A teacher developed site focusing on teachers
  teaching writing. It has resources from a
  sentence to an essay.

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Focus Writing Site Paraadigm Online Writing

• Excellent site with specific teacher or student
  information.
• Specific lessons and examples for the teaching of
  different writing styles.
• Multiple ways to address different writing styles

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Supported Writing Skills

• Discovering What to Write
• Organizing Your Writing
• Revising Your Writing
• Editing Your Writing
• Writing Informal Essays
• Writing Thesis/Support Essays
• Writing Argumentative Essays
• Documenting Your Sources

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INTERACTIVE SESSIONS
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Icebreaker The Hat Trick

• Each participant needs to write his or her name
  on a small piece of paper. Collect all the names
  in a hat.
• Each person will pick a name out of the hat.
• Each person will then turn to stand behind that
  person whose name he or she drew.

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Icebreaker continued

• Give the following information to the entire
  group
• A hidden talent of the person
• The persons secret vice
• The persons expectations for the session

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The Perfect Paragraph
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Perfect Paragraph for the Icebreaker
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Color Coded Paragraph
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Our Web Site
Effective Staff Development in Writing
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QUESTIONS ??