2012-2013 TCRWP Professional Development Services

Expertise TopicsAs an alternative to a full package of all regular staff development days, a school may substitute up totwo days of Expertise Topics in lieu of regular staff development (limited availability). Theseexpertise substitutions may only be made after your school has been accepted to the Project. Thefollowing topics of expertise will be offered for the 2012-2013 school year:Expertise TopicName/Dates of Availability for This WorkPRIMARY GRADESUsing Guided Reading and Other Methods to Move KidsUp LevelsUsing the Listening and Speaking Standards to Lift theLevel of Work in Book ClubsMary Ann Colbert Week of Jan. 14, 2013Natalie Louis Week of Nov. 26, 2012Tiffany Davis-Nealy Week of Jan. 21, 2013Assessment-Based Phonics and Phonemic Awareness Barb Golub Week of Oct. 29, 2012Supporting ELL Students in Literacy Work Amanda Hartman Week of Dec. 10, 2012Small Group Work that Supports Struggling ReadersChristine Holley Week of Jan. 21, 2013Shanna Schwartz Week of Jan. 28, 2013Making Connections Between Reading and Writing Monique Knight Week of Jan. 14, 2013UPPER GRADESAddressing Speaking and Listening Standards to Raisethe Level of Literacy Across the CurriculumChristy Curran Week of Oct. 29, 2012Supporting Students with IEPs in Literacy Work Colleen Cruz Week of Oct. 15, 2012Supporting ELL Students in Literacy Work Emily DeLiddo Week of Nov. 26, 2012Quick, Efficient Work with Vocabulary Anne Taranto Week of Feb. 11, 2013Shana Frazin Week of Oct. 29, 2012Using Technology to Engage, Teach and Assess Cornelius Minor Week of Oct. 1, 2012Kate Roberts Week of Oct. 8, 2012Raising the Level of Reading-Writing Connections Emily Smith Week of Oct. 29, 2012Developing Close Reading Skills and Habits Across theCurriculum in Middle SchoolMary Ehrenworth Week of Oct. 9, 2012If you have any questions, please call Jessica @ 212-678-3579or email services@readingandwritingproject.com

Optional Add-OnsPack of 5 of additional workshop ticketsQuality Review Seminar Series (5 seminars plus on-site visit fromJanet Steinberg)Additional staff development dayAdditional staff development days with Scholar-in-Residence (CarlAnderson), in sessions of 3Additional data specialist staff development days, in sessions of 2Additional membership in Assistant Principal ConferencesAdditional membership in Coach CourseAdditional membership in Specialty GroupAdditional membership in Lead Teacher Group$150 per pack$1200 per seminar series$1200 per day$5400 per 3 days$2400 per 2 days$1200 per membership$1200 per membership$600 per membership$600 per membershipIf you have any questions, please call Jessica @ 212-678-3579or email services@readingandwritingproject.com

Online Application Information and InstructionsApplications for professional development packages are available online now. To apply, visithttp://members.readingandwritingproject.com and log in to your account.Project School Applications may be started immediately and ―saved‖ to be completed later.Applications are not submitted to TCRWP until all information is filled out and the “SubmitApplication” button is clicked. Only then can we begin to review your application.We will begin accepting applications immediately. Applications will be reviewed as they are submittedand received, and status updates will be sent via email. You can check your status by logging back intoyour account.When the entire process is complete, TCRWP will send a work order that needs to be signed andreturned before work can commence. Upon acceptance, we will provide each member of your staffwith log-in information for Atlas Rubicon. Each school will be given a different password. If youcirculate this password to other people, your school will be shut out of Atlas Rubicon. Maps will beavailable for distribution as soon as you are registered.After June 15, 2012, TCRWP will begin accepting schools from the wait list. (TCRWP cannotreserve staff development days without having an application on file, so please submit yourapplications early.) The earlier you apply, the more likely we will be able to accommodate yourwishes.Important Note About Group Membership NominationsIf your school is accepted for staff development services in 2012-2013 you will receive an emailconfirming acceptance. Click on the link in the email to nominate your staff members for each ofthe group memberships you have purchased, including Coach Course, Specialty Group, AssistantPrincipals as Curricular Leaders Conferences, and Lead Teacher Groups. The email will also containinstructions for allocating workshop tickets and enrolling in the Principal Alliances Project.If you have any questions, please call Jessica @ 212-678-3579or email services@readingandwritingproject.com

Detailed Descriptions of ServicesPrincipals as Curricular Leaders SeriesPrincipals of all schools receiving staff development services join together in a monthly conferenceseries, Principals as Curricular Leaders. This series of Wednesday conferences provides opportunitiesfor principals to attend a keynote by a recognized leader in literacy or leadership, and to work in smallstudy groups with Project leaders, hearing the newest thinking of the TCRWP and contributing to theorganization's knowledge base. Enrollment in this service is limited and requires your monthlyattendance.Principal AlliancesDuring the 2011-2012 school year, the Kornfeld Foundation partnered with TCRWP to provide theopportunity for mentorship to our NYC principals, at no cost to you. We, along with the KornfeldFoundation, are thrilled to announce the continuance of this program. Nowhere else in the country isthere such support for principals and at this time of constant new initiatives, ever-changingrequirements and intense change, never has there ever been a greater need for support for curricularleaders. We are grateful to the Kornfeld Foundation for their continued support of our principals.This alliance was developed based on the successful superintendent as mentors program where longtimeschool leaders, such as Carmen Farina, Leslie Zackman, Anna Marie Carillo, and Laura Kotch,would make half-day visits to many NYC schools in order to support, advise and aid principals ascurricular leaders. We took what was so well-regarded from this previous design and refined thestructures for Principal Alliances to ensure that the program offered support exactly aligned to yourneeds. We’ve kept the same fabulous team of superintendent mentors and added on more principalleaders, however we’ve made changes to the program which allow for more choice and matchedsupport.For the 2012-2013 school year, several principals have again agreed to be willing to align support tomatch current needs of principals. We also have several additional principals that have added in theirexpertise. We continue to have our team of superintendents who have been so successful working withus. We invite you to choose from any alliance on the list, keeping in mind that no one principal cantake on too many of these partnerships, so alliances will need to be made on a first come, first servedbasis. Your colleague will spend half a day at your school and after that you can arrange a follow upmeeting wherever is best suited for your needs--at your school, at your colleague’s school, at TC aftera Principals Conference Day, etc.After your school has been accepted as a TCRWP Project School, you will have the opportunity tosubmit your top three choices for alliances on a separate application.If you have any questions, please call Jessica @ 212-678-3579or email services@readingandwritingproject.com

TCRWP Principal Alliances Project 2012-2013How Can I Put Systems in Placefor Gathering and Using DataSo That All Instruction isAligned to Meet the Needs ofEvery Student?How Can I Ratchet Up theLevel of Literacy Practiceof Every Teacher In MyBuilding, Including MyStrongest Teachers?How Can I Develop InternalSystems for Building Capacityand Creating Leaders in MyBuilding So There is MoreAccountability?How Can I Maximize MyResources and School-WideStructures to AccomplishEverything I Need and Wantto Do?Amanda Blatter, 09X109 Bob Bender, 02M011 Elizabeth Culkin, 20K176 Darryl Alhadeff, 02M161Anna Marie Carrillo, TCRWP Anna Marie Carrillo,TCRWPBernadette Fitzgerald, 20K503 Adele Schroeter, 02M059Bernadette Fitzgerald, 20K503 Camen Fariña, TCRWP Danielle Giunta, 25Q154 Bernadette Fitzgerald, 20K503Christina Fuentes, 15K024 Laura Kotch, TCRWP Laura Kotch, TCRWP Liz Phillips, 15K321Ramon Gonzalez, 07X223 Danielle Giunta, 25Q154 Leslie Zackman, TCRWP Danielle Giunta, 25Q154Jill Hoder, 28Q161Stacy Goldstein, 02M413(content area; gr. 6-12)Sharon Terry, 30Q230(gr. 6-8)Ramon Gonzalez, 07X223(gr. 6-8)Anthony Inzerillo, 24Q199 Ramon Gonzalez, 07X223 Liz Phillips, 15K321 Anthony Inzerillo, 24Q199Laura Kotch, TCRWPHelene Jacob, 25Q499(Bottom Lines, gr. K-8)Deanna Sinito, 15K442 Laverne Nimmons, 16K335Everlidys Robles, 31R038 Adele Schroeter, 02M059 Roberto Padilla, 03M421 Giselle McGee, 15K058Sharon Terry, 30Q230 (middleschool; gr. 6-8)Cheryl Tyler, 07X277(inquiry in content areas)Erica Zigelman, 06M322Andrew Topol, 28Q182 Leslie Zackman, TCRWP Paula Marron, 25Q079Deanna Sinito, 15K442 Elizabeth Culkin, 20K176 Laverne Nimmons, 16K335Laverne Nimmons, 16K335 Liz Phillips, 15K321 Dana Gerendasi, 27Q317Erica Zigelman, 06M322 Giselle McGee, 15K058Paula Marron, 25Q079How Can I Make Sure ThatEvery Student In My BuildingIs Making Progress and That Iam Supporting Teachers WhoProvide Intervention andSpecial Education Services andThose Who Work With ELLs?Ramon Gonzalez, 07X223(middle school)How Can I Get My Parentsand Community MembersMore Engaged So ThatThey Are Partners inEducation?How Can I Implement TeacherEffectiveness Measures, AssessMy Teachers, Offer Feedback,and Create a Positive CultureAround This Work?How Can I Ensure That MyPrimary Classrooms AreEngaged In the MostRigorous Academic WorkPossible While Still Creatinga Joyful Learning Experiencefor My Youngest Students?Bob Bender, 02M011 Darryl Alhadeff, 02M158 Cheryl Tyler, 07X277Cheryl Tyler, 07X277 Liz Phillips, 15K321 Amanda Blatter, 09X109 Eileen Reiter, 04M112Jill Hoder, 28Q161Bernadette Fitzgerald,15K503Anna Marie Carrillo, TCRWP Elizabeth Culkin, 20K176Anthony Inzerillo, 24Q186 Leslie Zackman, TCRWP Elizabeth Culkin, 20K176 Liz Phillips, 15K321Christina Fuentes, 15K024 Carmen Fariña, TCRWP Jill Hoder , 28Q161 Dana Gerendasi, 27Q317Eileen Reiter, 04M112 Dana Gerendasi, 27Q317 Laura Kotch, TCRWPDolores Troy-Quinn, 26Q186 Giselle McGee, 15K058 Leslie Zackman, TCRWPAnna Marie Carrillo, TCRWPLiz Phillips, 15K321Carmen Fariña, TCRWPRoberto Padilla, 03M421Esther Salorio, 30Q149Debra Buszko, 25Q021Erica Zigelman, 06M322Laverne Nimmons, 16K335Dana Gerendasi, 27Q317If you have any questions, please call Jessica @ 212-678-3579or email services@readingandwritingproject.com

TCRWP Principal Alliances Project 2012-2013Mentor SuperintendentsDistrict School First LastTCRWP Anna Marie CarrilloTCRWP Carmen FariñaTCRWP Laura KotchTCRWP Leslie ZackmanMentor PrincipalsDistrict School First LastManhattan02 PS 158 Darryl Alhadeff02 PS 11 Bob Bender02 PS 413 Stacy Goldstein02 PS 59 Adele Schroeter03 PS 421 Roberto Padilla04 PS 112 Eileen Reiter06 PS 322 Erica ZigelmanBronx09 PS 109 Amanda Blatter07 MS 223 Ramon Gonzalez07 PS 277 Cheryl TylerBrooklyn15 PS 24 Christina Fuentes15 PS 58 Giselle McGee15 PS 321 Liz Phillips15 PS 442 Deanna Sinito16 PS 335 Laverne Nimmons20 PS 176 Elizabeth Culkin20 PS 503 Bernadette FitzgeraldQueens24 PS 199 Anthony Inzerillo25 PS 21 Debra Buszko25 PS 154 Danielle Giunta25 PS/IS 499 Helene Jacob26 PS 186 Dolores Troy-Quinn27 PS 317 Dana Gerendasi28 PS 182 Andrew Topol28 PS 161 Jill Hoder29 PS 79 Paula Marron30 IS 230 Sharon Terry30 PS 149 Esther SalorioStaten Island31 PS 38 Everlidys RoblesIf you have any questions, please call Jessica @ 212-678-3579or email services@readingandwritingproject.com

Assistant Principals Conference DaysFor almost a decade now, the TCRWP has led monthly Wednesday meetings for all the leaders ofTCRWP schools. TCRWP has created similar events for the many Assistant Principals who play acritical role in leading literacy work.Once again, schools are invited to send one Assistant Principal to a series of five AP Wednesdays,spaced at even intervals throughout the year, starting with Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012. Additionalmemberships are available at a cost of $1200.Many of these Wednesdays will include keynote addresses by nationally-renowned literacy leaders,including Tony Stead and Tim Rasinski. All of the days will include ongoing small group studygroups, as well as workshops on special topics.Workshop TicketsEach package comes with an allotment of tickets to workshops. You will be asked to select 30 seats.You may select any combination of tickets. Additional tickets are available for purchase prior toNovember 1, 2012. After this date, additional tickets can only be purchased online individuallywith a credit card ($50 per ticket). Parent and paraprofessional days are free of charge for schoolspurchasing packages that include workshop tickets. The parent and paraprofessional workshops areoften in high demand and based on availability. Please be sure to register for these workshops in atimely manner.After your school has been accepted as a TCRWP Project School, you will be able to allocateworkshop tickets on a separate application.If you have any questions, please call Jessica @ 212-678-3579or email services@readingandwritingproject.com

Coach CoursesCoach courses will meet 12 full days, usually Fridays, across the year in a designated school. Thecontent of each course will be the same, with a greater emphasis on either primary (K-2) or uppergrade (3-5) work. Participants will study how to create responsive, targeted instruction that is adaptedto the unique needs of particular classes.In order to answer the Common Core’s call for the acceleration of achievement, there is an all-handson-deckneed to study and develop methods and tools that can best help learners make progress.Coaches will be at the forefront of this effort, working with teachers to design ways to help all learnersreach the high expectations of the Common Core. Those who take these courses will have theopportunities to study, practice, and further develop the Project’s newest methods of coaching andinstruction as well as use newly developed tools such as performance assessments, rubrics, andlearning progressions to support teachers in creating exemplars and providing informative feedback tostudents. Above all, participants will learn how to support teachers in making data the center of theirpractice; studying ways to help teachers to gather and use data to tailor instruction and keep data-athandto work with students.Using the work of Charlotte Danielson and Norman Webb’s Depths of Knowledge as lenses, coacheswill also look at how to raise the level of cognitive demand placed on all students and ensure thetransference and application of learning across units, content areas, and grades. In addition, the courseswill offer opportunities to study how to support both teachers and students in setting and achievinggoals. Coaches will work to support teachers in involving students as invested partners in learning andwill emphasize students setting goals and creating action plans across the year. And, coaches will studyhow to keep Teacher Effectiveness criteria in mind as they coach and support teachers in raising thelevel of their literacy practice. Supporting teachers in accelerating the achievement of all learners hasnever been more challenging or more important and participants in these courses will engage in workthat will add to the thinking in this area. As always, the goal will be to learn how to help create andmaintain consistent progress across and within grades in a school.The Project's 2012-2013 Coach Courses are:Grade Emphasis Leader LocationK-5 with emphasis on K-2 Christine Holley Queens - PS 182K-5 with emphasis on 3-5 Christy Curran Manhattan - PS 59K-5 with emphasis on 3-5 Anne Taranto Manhattan - PS 158K-5 with emphasis on K-2 Shanna Schwartz Brooklyn - PS 29If you have any questions, please call Jessica @ 212-678-3579or email services@readingandwritingproject.com

Specialty GroupsIt is crucial that schools develop leadership capacity. As Michael Fullan has written, ―It takes capacityto develop capacity.‖ TCRWP’s Specialty Groups bring together potential teacher-leaders from acrossapproximately a dozen schools. These teacher-leaders study with the Project’s top experts on a specifictopic. Members of a specialty course generally convene in a school that has developed exemplarypractices so that the group can research students, implement classroom practices, and reflect togetheron teaching. These groups tackle focused topics that are generally new frontiers for New York Cityteachers. Groups meet for five full days across the year. These small, intensive groups meet during theschool day and allow experienced workshop teachers and Project leaders to work shoulder-to-shoulderas researchers pursuing serious classroom-based inquiries. The first meeting will be held at TeachersCollege; future meeting locations will be decided with group participants. These specialty groups meetthroughout the year.The Project's 2012-2013 Specialty Groups (Daytime) are:Grades Title Leader (s) Start DateK-1 Studying Foundational and Language Standards: WordStudy and Spelling in Primary GradesK-2 Using Performance Assessments to Revise Units andInform InstructionK-2 Becoming Experts in Small Group Work Methods Suchas Guided Reading, to Accelerate the Achievement ofOur Primary ReadersK-2 Closely Reading and Engaging in Accountable Talk inPrimary GradesK-2 Moving Primary Readers to Grade-Level TextComplexity: Read Aloud, Shared Reading, SmallGroup Work and Conferences to Help Kids Shift TheirReading Behaviors, Strategies, and Skills3-5 Creating Toolkits to Move Readers to Grade-LevelText Complexity Across the Curriculum3-5 Creating a Coherent, Braided Curriculum: ThinkingAcross Units of Study in Reading, Writing, and SocialStudies to Help Students Transfer Skills and StrategiesRachel RothmanRebecca Croninand CelenaLarkeyShannaSchwartzAmandaHartmanMary AnnColbert andNatalie LouisShana FrazinEmily SmithTuesday9/25/12Friday10/12/12Wednesday9/19/12Tuesday10/23/12Friday1/19/13Monday9/24/12Friday10/5/123-6 Using Research-Based Evidence to Inform Instruction: Colleen CruzThe Connections Between Brain Research andWorkshop TeachingIf you have any questions, please call Jessica @ 212-678-3579or email services@readingandwritingproject.comWednesday10/17/12

3-6 Writing About Informational Reading Across theCurriculum3-8 Closely Reading Across Genres, Across the Day, Acrossthe Curriculum3-8 Using Data-At-Hand, Goal Setting, SLOs, and APPrs toMaximize Student Growth Across A Year AndThroughout The Units3-8 Performance Assessments Can Drive Instruction inPowerful Ways: A Study Group in Implementing andLearning from Common Core Aligned PerformanceTasks in Informational Reading/Argument WritingMaggie BeattieKathleen TolanJanet SteinbergAudra RobbFridayOctober 12fFriday10/19/12aFriday10/19/12Wednesday10/24/12Specialty Groups (After School)Each of the groups meets from 4:30pm-7:30pm or equivalent, at Teachers College, for eight three-hourmeetings, in either the fall or spring term. It is recommended that schools that are working with theProject for the first time sign up for spring courses.The Project's 2012-2013 Specialty Groups (After School) are:Term Grades Title Leader (s) Start DateFall K-2 Exploring Webb’s Depth of Knowledge: WhatDoes and Could the DOK Look Like in PrimaryClassrooms?Fall 3-8 Using Digital Tools and Methods to Engage OurMale Readers and WritersMary Ann Colbert andNatalie LouisCornelius MinorWednesday9/19/12Tuesday9/25/12Spring K-2Depths of Knowledge and Charts: How Our RoomEnvironments Raise and Demonstrate theCognitive Level of Demand Placed on StudentsMarjorie Martinelliand Kristi MrazWednesday1/23/13Spring 3-8High Expectations and Accountability: HoldingLearners Accountable for Past Learning WithinAnd Across GradesKate RobertsTuesday1/15/13If you have any questions, please call Jessica @ 212-678-3579or email services@readingandwritingproject.com