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ELA Department Heads MeetingAugust 5, 2008

JPSO8:30am-3:30pm

Jennifer McCormickSandy Landry

Freddy Waguespack, Jr.

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Protocols

• Place all cell phones on VIBRATE.• Time is of the essence.• Comments should be supportive,

positive, and offer a resolution. • No side-bar conversations,

please.• Let’s move forward to increase

student achievement!

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Agenda• Housekeeping • Library Resources Meg Griffon, Library Media Consultant Bonnie Cambre, Library Media

Specialist Elaine Chauvin, Library Media

Specialist • Lunch courtesy of HOLT Thanks, Michael! • Textbook Overview –Holt Elements of

Language• Afternoon Delight- Wrap Up

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New ISGs (Instructional Sequence Guides)• Formatted to easily see correlations

between Reading and Writing instruction

• Nonfiction BEFORE Fiction change• Holt Elements of Literature and

Elements of Language page numbers added

• Interval Assessment dates, genres and GLEs are located at the bottom of each ISG

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Interval Assessments

• Schedule with genres added• Change in amount of time

allotted to upload constructed response/essay scores

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Read 180/System 44

• Read 180- Struggling Readers• System 44- Non-Readers• August Technology Inservice

Read 180 Session on the 12th @ 10:35

• Training Dates- August 10th - Read 180 & August 13 - System 44

• Middle School Location- Gretna Middle• High School Location- Ehret High

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Textbooks

• Holt Elements of Language texts• Our new workbook-

Think as a Writer:Interactive Writing WorkText/

Think as a Writer:Interactive Grammar WorkText

• High Schools- Elective texts

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Blackboard & GroupWise

• Our MAIN source of communication will continue to be Blackboard & GroupWise. Please check both regularly.

• Fill out Teacher Excel Sheet

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Disseminating Information

• Procedures• Ideas?

– Procedure for checking out department head meeting binder

– Meeting with departments during collaboration planning, etc.

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Afternoon Delight- Wrap Up

• Questions, Concerns, Comments??

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Honors Summer Reading

• Summer Reading will NO LONGER BE PUNITIVE

• Bonus points will be awarded to students that can be used to replace students’ lowest test grade at the end of the first grading period.

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GNOCTE(Greater New Orleans Council of Teachers of

English)

• Membership Forms• Annual Meeting

JRCJefferson Reading Council•Membership Forms

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Department Head Meeting Schedule

• Volunteers to host meetings?

• Dates TBA- will post to Blackboard this week

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Enjoy your first days of school!

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As Always, We’re Here To Help…

• Jennifer McCormick349-7824

Jennifer.McCormick@jppss.k12.la.us

• Sandy Landry349-7821 Sandy.Landry@jppss.k12.la.us

• Freddy Waguespack, Jr. 349-7822 Freddy.Waguespack@jppss.k12.la.us

• Melissa Dilworth 349-7884

Melissa.Dilworth@jppss.k12.la.us

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