Fall Update Vol. 2 Issue 1

Then and Now

HHSD Writing Committee

 In Spring 2016, The Penn Literacy Network (PLN) Hatboro- Horsham SD teams completed their coursework through The University of Pennsylvania. The KV Team published a course in Canvas, our new LMS,“Collins Writing and PLN in the HHSD Classroom”.  Last year's team had hoped to make their course available to teachers near the end of last school year; however, in-services scheduling and pending Canvas implementation plan delayed the roll out to staff.  In addition to hitting pause on the release of the Canvas professional development course, the writing committee's final meeting of the year had to be postponed because of  district scheduling conflicts.  The new members joining the committee will be introduced at the committee's first meeting of the 2016-2017 year.  The fall has been packed with data digs, deeper learning initiatives, and a variety of building- based initiatives.  Much of the writing committee's work from last year is evident in our secondary classrooms, but there is still work to be done toward a vertical alignment in writing K-12. This year's PLN team from KV includes three ELA teachers and one Social Studies teacher; they look forward to continuing to build on the work from last year's team.  Since the Canvas roll out is complete for the district, the team is confident that the KV staff will appreciate the course created and updated by the PLN teams both previous and current as a professional learning tool to help guide their instructional practices, especially content area teachers.  

PLN: An Introduction 

Using a Co-constructive Model 

Over the last three years, four district teams have received graduate credit for their professional learning through PLN.  Watch this video to see for yourself what the buzz is all about.  Reach out to a PLN team member in your building to see how they can help support your literacy learning in your content area.  Interested in a coaching cycle?  Email us at +instructionalcoaches@hatboro-horsham.org.  

Published on Dec 22, 2014

The Penn Literacy Network (PLN) is a comprehensive professional development/curricular enhancement program based in the Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania. PLN has provided on-site credit-bearing seminars, workshops, and mentoring programs to more than 22,000 Pre K-12 educators across the United States and in Ireland in the areas of reading, writing, mathematics, science, and technology since 1981

http://www.gse.upenn.edu/pln