COLLINS INSTITUTE
MEETING THE LITERACY
DEMANDS OF THE COMMON CORE IN CAREER AND TECHNOLOGY SCHOOLS
(grades,
content, & length may vary by location)
For teachers in all career,
technology, and academic areas, team leaders, curriculum
coordinators, principals, directors, and special educators.
This
workshop provides teachers in career and technology schools with
practical strategies and techniques to bring students to the level
of literacy demanded by the Common Core and improve understanding of any course content—academic or
technical. Based on the popular books,
The Collins Writing Program: Improving Student Performance
and
Improving Writing Skills in Career and Technology High Schools,
this institute gives quick, easy-to-grade,
topic-appropriate writing assignments that will motivate, challenge
and improve student reading and writing skills. Career and technology schools who have
implemented these techniques have achieved high test scores.
PARTICIPANTS WILL LEARN HOW TO . . .
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Improve student comprehension of informational text
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Draw out and build upon student background knowledge
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Use writing to enrich shop skills and content area knowledge
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Motivate students with authentic, real-world writing
opportunities based on Common Core Standards
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Empower students to self-correct and peer edit
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Establish clear, focused criteria for assessing all types of
writing, including those likely to be on the Common Core tests
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Adapt writing demands to address all students, including special
needs
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Utilize writing to save time during class or shop
instruction—without piles of additional papers to correct
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Receive 26 ready-to-use writing assignments designed
specifically for career and technology courses
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Use the Collins Writing Program school-wide, using common
language and strategies across all grade levels
NOTE: A one
graduate credit option is available for our
two
day institutes through Endicott College in Beverly, MA.
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