Growth Wanted

Why?

Who needs our help?

Whey

Learning to write well takes time and demands that teachers meet their students where they are in order to foster authentic growth (Hanstedt, 2012).

Who?

Teams
1 English and 2 Science Teachers
1English and 2 History Teachers

Integrating writing across the curriculum not only enriches content learning ...

It also provides opportunities to write using a variety of genres, therefore, improving an individual's overall writing skills (Peterson, 2007).

When?

• Second semester pilot
• Pre-set collaboration days
• 2 + meetings per month

How?

• Create team norms
• Identify SMART goals
• Team classroom visitations
• Rubric development
• Team grading of writing

How?

• Sharing of student work
• Feedback discussed
• Progress data analyzed
• Student input shared

Rubrics

Quality rubrics and exemplars are key to student success
(Ediger, 2012).

Link to Constructivism

Active learning that incorporates material at the appropriate level facilitates the construction of knowledge
(Schunk, 2012).

Three key steps for a constructivist lesson are diagnose, engage and evaluate
(Garbett, 2011).

Accountability:
Teams will work to keep each other focused on the goal of student growth.

References
Ediger, M. (2012). Writing in the science curriculum. Education, 133(1), 35-38.

Garbett, D. (2011). Constructivism Deconstructed in Science Teacher Education. Australian Journal Of Teacher Education, 36(6), 36-49.

Hanstedt, P. (2012). Reforming general education: three reasons to make writing across the curriculum part of the conversation. Liberal Education, 98(4), 48-51.

Peterson, S. (2007). Teaching content with the help of
writing across the curriculum. Middle School
Journal, 39(2), 26-33.

Schunk, D. (2012) Learning theories: An educational perspective. Boston, MA: Pearson Education, Inc.