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=Welcome to the Alabama Reading Initiative's PLU site for UA-Region 4=

Alabama Reading Initiative Professional Learning Unit (PLU) 2010-2011 Title: Literacy and Justice for ALL

Alabama Standard: #1-Planning for Continuous Improvement

Credit: One Professional Learning Unit

Eligible Participants: Educators who hold administrative certification

Time Frame: September 2010-February 2011

Hours: 60 (18 hours-workshops; 42 hours-job-embedded implementation)

Resource: Team to Teach: A Facilitator’s Guide to Professional Learning Teams

Applicants must: • Serve on the ARI School Team participating in Literacy and Justice for ALL professional development series. • Participate in three six-hour Literacy and Justice for ALL content study workshop sessions. • Fulfill all implementation requirements following each workshop session that include an analysis of current practices, reading selections, open-ended question responses, on-line Wiki forum posts and networking responses, a post-survey, and a plan of action.
 * Requirements:**

Registration: The PLU has been approved. STI registration information is below.
 * Specific assignments will be given at the end of each workshop session.

*The Literacy and Justice for All PLU has been added to STI. The PD Title is: PLUASIL 1 ACLD, SDE Alabama Reading Initiative (ARI), Literacy and Justice for All The PD Number is: PLUACLD098

=Session 1 Assignments:=

The following assignments are to be completed and posted on the Wiki prior to the second meeting. Session 1 from //Team to Teach// Tools 1.5, 1.6, 1.7, & 9.2 Open the document, rename it with YourName-SchoolName - Session 1, and save it to your documents. Then, upload it onto the page for your LEA.

These are more in-depth directions for uploading documents to your page.

** Directions for completing assignments for Session Two ** ==== Assignment One - With your ARI school team, discuss and complete Team to Teach Tools-6.2-6.5. If more than one team member is seeking this PLU, only one team member needs to post, but please list all PLU participants’ names on the assignment when you save the completed tools. ==== ==== Assignment Two –Read the two articles listed below. Complete a 3-2-1 for each article listing 3 important details from each reading about formative assessment, 2 connections that you made to your leadership role, and 1 question that remains as it relates to using formative assessments as an instructional strategy. Post your 3-2-1s on your LEA page. ====

Stiggins, Rick, “Assessment for Learning: A Key to Motivation and Achievement,” “Edge: The Latest Information for the Education Practitioner,” Vol. 2. No. 2, Phi Delta Kappa International.
[] ==== Assignment Three – Choose one question from your 3-2-1s and post it on the Wiki discussion page by clicking the discussion tab on the home page. Respond to two questions from other participants. The discussion feature will allow you to talk with participants from other LEAS and schools. ====

Team to Teach Tools and Graphic Organizer [[file:PLU Session 2 Tools 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 6.5 docx.doc]][[file:Session 2-Assignment #2 (3-2-1).doc]]
Please click on the directions document for in-depth directions for posting to your LEA's Wiki page.

**Session 3 – Assignments ** **__The PLU end date is March 18th. All assignments are to be posted by that date. __** ** 1. ** Select a grade level and identify by name the non-proficient and partially proficient students.

** 2. ** Choose 10 students, and gather at least two additional sources of data on those 10 students (see Tool 5.1).

** 3. ** Choose 2 students to shadow in classrooms. Observe the students for the entire class period in two different content areas. Take anecdotal notes on the observations.

** 4. ** Lead the grade level team through tools 5.3 and 5.4 using the actual student data you collected. Post the results on your LEA Wiki page using ONLY first names of students. 


 * Wrap Up of PLU **

After completion of all requirements above, each person receiving the PLU will need to print out, complete the verification form below, and mail it to the address listed at the bottom of it to the attention of Karen Rutledge-Bell. All team members in the same school can put their verification forms in the same envelope after being sure all information is filled in on each individual form. If you prefer to fax it, you may do so. Please fax the completed form to the attention of Karen Rutledge-Bell at 334.353.5455.

 ** To check to see if your STI account has been credited for the PLU  **   · Sign in to STI at [|https://pdweb.alsde.edu]  · Click on the “my history” tab at the top of the STI Home page  · Look for one of the dates you attended Literacy and Justice for ALL. (Usually the last date attended is the one used to credit your account for the PLU. We will only credit one of the dates in attendance even though you attended all three sessions. Crediting all three sessions would credit your STI account with 3 PLUs instead of 1 PLU. // The Literacy and Justice for ALL // professional development series was approved as 1 PLU.)  · On the far right side of the table the column titled Hours/PLUs/CEUs should indicate that you have 1.00 PLU  · On the far right side of the table the column titled Status should say “completed course” <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"> If this column says “currently enrolled”, your account has not been updated. Please call the ARI office if you have any questions. We will happy to help you.