For Attendance: Make sure you complete the exit ticket at the end of our session today.

In the Chat: Add your Name, School, Role and what brought you here today

For all of our materials today go to:

Connect & Share Materials

Meeting the Foundational Literacy needs of our students

What’s the Telescope Network?

The Telescope Network creates opportunities for BPS educators to collaborate across the district. We improve learning experiences for all our students when we connect with peers, share our authentic challenges, and learn from each other.

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More at bostonpublicschools.org/telescope

Our Theme: Meeting the Foundational Literacy Needs of Our Students

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Topics and Questions from the Telescope’s Fall Leading and Learning Survey Responses:

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“I am trying to collect data that is relevant and meaningful.”

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“How to balance teaching student foundational skills while giving exposure to grade level content”

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“I would like to learn more about pedagogy for adolescent ELs struggling with foundational literacy skills in English.”

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I need support with “clearer Tier 2 intervention support and data tracking.”

Agenda

• Welcome and Panel Introductions (5:30-5:45 pm)
• Panelists explain what they’ve been working on to help participants choose which breakout room they’d like to go into.

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• Presentations and Discussion (5:45-6:50 pm)
• Participant Introductions in the chat as presentations start
• Educators showcase what they’ve been working on
• Questions and Discussion with Participants

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• Upcoming Events/ Dyslexia Working Group Intro (6:50-6:55pm)
• Exit Ticket and Next Steps (6:55-7:00 pm)

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Objectives

Hear from panelists about what’s been working.

Hold a discussion thinking about the hows and whys of an educator’s practice.

Set a goal to go back to your own classroom to implement in the coming weeks.

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Community Agreements

• Be as present as you can be.
• Be aware of intent and impact.
• Equity of voice - listen to all in the room:
• Use the chat for comments/questions.
• Use the hand raise to ask a question.
• Use reactions (thumbs up, smile, clap).

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Connect & Share Mindset

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• Be curious: We’re not here to evaluate the presenter or their schools. Instead, try to be curious, ask good questions, and bring learning back to our own classrooms/schools.

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• Be open minded: It is human nature to play the comparison game. Instead of thinking, “This would never work for me,” try to reframe as “This might work in my setting if .. . “

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• Be a collaborator: We all serve Boston students. Sharing ideas and resources with colleagues helps us to desilo and improve learning across BPS.

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Panelist Introductions

Panelists will give a 1-min. intro to their presentation

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Breakout Room #1:

• Phonological Awareness K2-Gr 2
• Presenter: Stephen MacCormack (Language and Literacy Teacher/ Haynes Early Education Center)
• Multisensory Approach to Reading
• Presenters: Tracy Coutts & Christy Nelson (K2/ Gardner Pilot Academy)
• Impact of LETRS Training on School-wide Instruction/ Interventions
• Presenter: Aja Crockett (Early Childhood Teacher/ Joseph P. Tynan School)

For all of our materials today go to: Connect & Share Materials

Breakout Room #2:

• Progress Monitoring Tools for Tier 2 & Tier 3 Interventions
• Presenter: Liz Wise (Reading Specialist / Dudley St. Neighborhood School)
• Differentiation within Small Groups- Wilson Reading System
• Presenter: Marylynn Harris (Special Education- Resource/ Mildred Avenue K-8)

Breakout Room #3:

• Routines for Secondary Reading Intervention
• Presenters: Steven Benjamin (Middle School Reading Specialist / Dearborn STEM Academy), Danielle Hughes & Dorice Khoury (Teachers- Special Education/ Dearborn STEM Academy)
• Toolkit for Tier 1 and Tier 2 Instruction
• Presenter: Debbie O’Shea (Equitable Literacy Coach / Office of Teaching and Learning)

Breakout Room #4:

• Priming the Brain for Learning: Phonological Warm-ups
• Presenter: Jess Ahern (Transformation Coach /James J Chittick Elementary)
• Implementing Morphology
• Presenter: Bridget Stevens (Reading Specialist /Roosevelt K-8)
• Introducing Vocabulary: The Simple Routine
• Presenter: Chris Baumgarten (Reading Specialist/Edward M. Kennedy Academy for Health Careers)

Breakout Rooms

• Breakout rooms is an option in your attendee controls. Hover over a room for the join option to appear.

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• You can leave and enter any room using this feature. You can come back to the main room by selecting Leave Breakout Room. Be sure to choose the Leave Breakout Room option so that you do not leave the meeting.

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• If you do not have access to this feature or need help, please stay in the main room.

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Breakout Room Process

• Please introduce yourself in the chat as we begin.
• During the presentation, please use emojis to show appreciation.
• We have time for 1 or 2 burning or clarifying questions between each presentation, out loud or in the chat. Additional questions can wait until the end.
• The facilitator will be keeping time; each presentation will be 8-10 minutes with a firm stop at 10 minutes.
• After all three presentations, we will have time for more discussion and questions.

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Boston Public Schools

Sarah Jay, Executive Director of Equitable Multi-Tiered Systems of Support

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Tuesday Mornings, 7:30-8:20

Open meeting: all are welcome! Zoom link

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Dyslexia Working Group

Thank You and Closing!

Exit Ticket

• Let us know what you thought of today’s session. We’re always looking to improve upon our work.
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• The Exit Ticket is also used for attendance to provide PD hours on Vector.

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Thank you so much for attending today’s session.

We hope you enjoyed connecting with fellow BPS colleagues!

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For all of our materials today go to: Connect & Share Materials

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Facilitation Plan