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Playwriting in Science
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Brooklyn Theatre High School
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High School
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Anchor Teacher:
Shannon Reed
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Innovator Teacher:
Kelli Buck
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Shannon and Kelli have created a highly innovative approach to embedding literacy across the curriculum areas. Their work together focuses on students using Scientific based themes within the playwriting process. Students research Scientific concepts and plays whose themes center on Science, with the ultimate aim of helping students write and perform their own plays. |
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Narrative Assessments
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Muscota New School
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Elementary School
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Anchor Teacher:
Louisa Cruz-Acosta
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Innovator Teachers:
Victoria Dallas & Erin Ormond
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This is the second year Muscota New School has participated in Goldie Anna, and Louisa and her team have continued to champion that notion that the measure of a child's success extends far beyond a test score. Teachers at Muscota complete regular, extensive student assessments that examines and conveys academic, social, and emotional development.
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Co-Team Teaching
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Brooklyn Preparatory School
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High School
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Anchor Teacher:
Erin Stark
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Innovator Teacher:
Karolyn Maurer
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Erin's experience as a Special Education teacher led her development of a co-teaching toolkit, which she is sharing with Karolyn, who is not only her Innovator teacher for the purposes of this grant but her co-teacher throughout this academic year. Erin's "deliberate procedures and techniques" have resulted in strengthened partnerships with her co-teachers and the impact on student learning at every level. |
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21st Century Book Clubs
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Tompkins Square MS
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Middle School
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Anchor Teachers:
Michael Steinberg & Lance Leener
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Innovator Teacher:
Mary Hauser
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Michael, Lance, and Mary have embarked on a journey of redefining the traditional book club model with the introduction of online resources such as social media to enhance the process of discussing and analyzing books and texts. This allows for the depth of discussion to continue beyond the classroom so that reading permeates students' lives at home. |
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Digital Portfolios
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Global
Technology Prep
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Middle School
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Anchor Teacher:
David Baiz
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Innovator Teacher:
Valerie Miller | David Baiz, the
Anchor teacher has created a system for students to document, archive, and
develop their work online. In conjunction with his Innovator Teacher,
Valerie, students are able to receive real-time feedback on their work,
observe exemplar work from across the school, and engage in peer review
sessions to augment the assessment process. |
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Spanning The Spectrum
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School of the Future
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High School
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Anchor Teacher:
Adam Kinory
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Innovator Teacher:
Melissa Moskowitz
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Adam and Melissa are working on a new scale of assessment for students of varying ability to gain multiple entry points to access the English curriculum. The "Spectrum" allows teachers to determine students' individual reading levels and, therefore, provide highly differentiated instruction to students based on their needs.
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Assessing with Technology
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East Side Community
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High School
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Anchor Teacher:
Kim Kelly
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Innovator Teachers:
Dipa Shah & Nathalie Elivert
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Kim's instructional model utilizes various elements of technology to provide a broad assessment of her students throughout their writing curriculum. Students are charged with creating a "pitch" to a panel as part of a screenwriting unit of study, that will develops into a filmed segment using digital video cameras and movies editing software. Students must justify their decisions, their writing, and their ideas to the panel. | Click HERE to visit their website
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How I Love to Read
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Tompkins Square MS
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Middle School
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Anchor Teacher:
Emily Lillywhite
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Innovator Teacher:
Mary Hauser & Cara Ciberna
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Emily and her Innovator teachers are collaborating on a highly innovative instructional practice designed to inspire students' passion for reading. They achieve this through the provision of tools such as student-requested texts, the creation of reading logs, and book tours whereby students instances of success and challenges when reading. | Click HERE to visit their website
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