Professional Learning Experiences
ELA Learning Walks
March 2019
Earlier this week, Dr. Kidwell, Dr. Grossman, and Language Art Consultants from each Canton school visited English classes from elementary through high school. It was a powerful day of learning, celebrating, and planning next steps in our vertical alignment process. Thanks to all the teachers who welcomed us all in!
Teacher's College Staff Development Days!
February 2019
It was another successful day with our TCRWP Staff developer, Kelley! This time teachers from Canton Middle School visited classrooms at our Canton Intermediate school to see grades 4, 5, and 6 workshop in action. The teachers from both schools had important conversations of alignment, instruction, and resources. Sarah Foster, Elana Chafetz, and Kim Turano all continued their work with Kelley focusing on small group conferences and individual conferring work. Looking forward to next time!
Teacher's College Staff Development Days!
December 2018
In December, the middle school English department had the chance to work with our new staff developer, Mrs. Kelley Lavery! We had a jam-packed day of reviewing the writing process, participating in study groups, and discussing our goals for the year! We look forward to more exciting work in February. Thank you to Ms. Foster, Ms. Chafetz, and Mrs. Turano for a great day of learning!
Early College Experience English: Engaging with the Work of Composition
October 26, 2018
Anna Moberly and Leigh Connole both attended an annual conference recently to work with other ECE English educators and professionals.
EdCamp 2018
August 10, 2018
Another fast-paced, exciting year at #EdCampCT. This is a great day for educators of all subject areas and grade levels to come together and share ideas of curriculum, instruction, and assessment. Three of our English teachers were able to attend this year: Dr. Kidwell, Ms. Moberly, and Mrs. Principe, as well as World Language teacher, Tara Smith. Looking forward to next year!
Reading and Writing Workshop with Kate Roberts
July 31 - Aug. 2, 2018
Dr. Kidwell had the opportunity to work with ELA consultant Kate Roberts over the summer. She learned a tremendous amount of information regarding reading and writing strategies, student assessment, and implementation of independent reading. The English department is excited to hold a year-long book study with Kate's newest title A Novel Approach. This will allow us to more effectively incorporate a workshop model approach to both independent and whole-class units.
Columbia Staff Development Professional Learning Day
January 29 and 30, 2018
Teacher College Reading and Writing Project Staff Developer Laurie Burke joined English, social studies, and special education teachers for two days of hands-on training and development. We worked closely to study techniques of student conferencing and aligning units of study.
Columbia Teaching College Professional Development Day
January 16, 2018
Mrs. Chafetz, Ms. Foster, Mrs. Turano, along with Social Studies teachers Mrs. Starr and Ms. DeMaio all traveled to New York recently to engage in a full day of professional learning hosted by Columbia staff developer Audra Robb. The teachers spent their time working with new tools for literary analysis, writing stronger claims, and weaving various tones into student writing.
Blended Learning with Catlin Tucker November 29th, 2017
Mr. Rader, Ms. Kurt, Mrs. Turano, and Dr. Kidwell all attended a workshop from English teacher and expert on blended learning strategies Catlin Tucker. There we practiced new ways to innovate our classrooms with station rotations, conference grading, on and off-screen centers, flipped classrooms, and more! We highly recommend following @Catlin_Tucker for more information!
Google Summit! October 14-15, 2017
Several English teachers spent the weekend at two full-day workshops learning about the latest and greatest in technology education!
Dr. Kidwell, Mrs. Principe, Ms. Moberly, Mr. Rader, and Ms. Foster all raised their game this weekend exploring the various workshops and presentations #EdTechTeam had to offer.
Continuing Education
Mrs. Chafetz, Ms. Moberly, Mrs. Principe, and Mrs. Connole are all involved in a Master's in Educational Technology program through the University of St. Joseph's.
Ms. Foster has also begun her Master's in Educational Technology through the University of Connecticut. Congratulations to all of these teachers!