ERIC Number: EJ1452419
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2014
Pages: 7
Abstractor: ERIC
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ISSN: ISSN-0013-8274
EISSN: EISSN-2161-8895
From English Language Arts Teacher to Literacy Expert: Reimagining Our Roles
Amy Lannin; Angela Kohnen; Katie Kline; Nancy Singer; Valorie Stokes; Amy Knowles
English Journal, v104 n2 p54-60 2014
As districts continue to implement the Common Core State Standards (CCSS), English language arts (ELA) teachers and content-area teachers may find themselves collaborating in surprising and welcome new ways. The CCSS's emphasis on reading and writing across all content areas provides an opportunity for ELA teachers to emerge as literacy experts in their schools and beyond. Since 2011, teacher-leaders in the Missouri Writing Projects Network (MWPN) have embraced this challenge. Supported by the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, MWPN sites designed professional learning programs that focused on literacy learning in both the content-area and career and technical education (CTE) classrooms. This article chronicles work that is focused on content-area writing, as stressed in the CCSS, and that partnered language arts teachers with career/technical educators.
Descriptors: Common Core State Standards, Literacy Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Vocational Education, English Teachers, Language Arts, Specialists, State Departments of Education, School Districts, Teacher Leadership, Writing Instruction, Networks, English Instruction, Faculty Development, Teacher Collaboration
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Missouri
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