Welcome! This site was created to assist teachers in implementing WAC, Writing Across the Curriculum, and to provide resources for both teachers and administrators to support writing in the Common Core State Standards.
Seminole County Public Schools—Mission Statement
The mission of the Seminole County Public Schools is to ensure that all Early Childhood Program and PreK-Grade 12 students acquire the knowledge, skills, and attitudes to be productive citizens in our great country and in the global economy.
Professional Development Opportunities for Writing—Grades 6-12
Description: This training is part of the BASIC (Building a Strong Instructional Core) Wednesday afternoon faculty trainings for all middle and high schools. Please contact us for follow-up trainings specific to your content/department.
(Length: 45 minutes) Contact: Kathryn Dixon, Secondary ELA/Writing Specialist [email protected] |
Description: This workshop is offered to new ELA and Social Studies teachers that would like to be trained on the 6 Traits of Writing. A 6 Traits refresher course is also available for those previously trained.
(Length: Full Day) Contact: Kathryn Dixon, Secondary ELA/Writing Specialist [email protected] Ilene Haney, K-12 Social Studies Specialist [email protected] Val Brown, Elementary Content Support Team [email protected] |
Description: The Show Me the Evidence workshop demonstrates ways that teachers can move from isolated prompt-style writing to writing arguments, information/expository, and narrative pieces that support the Common Core.
(Length: Half day and PLC versions available) Contact: Kathryn Dixon, Secondary ELA/Writing Specialist [email protected] Ilene Haney, K-12 Social Studies Specialist [email protected] |
Description: The FCAT 2.0 Writing-Expository (Grade 10) workshop assists teachers in scoring using the expository anchor set provided by FLDOE.
(Length: Half Day) Contact: Kathryn Dixon, Secondary ELA/Writing Specialist [email protected] |
Description: The FCAT 2.0 Writing-Expository (Grade 8) workshop assists teachers in scoring using the expository calibration set provided by FLDOE.
(Length: Half Day) Contact: Kathryn Dixon, Secondary ELA/Writing Specialist [email protected] |
Description: This workshop provides strategies for both ELA and Social Studies teachers to teach students how to write like a Historian. Writing across the curriculum is supported by the Common Core.
(Length: Half day and PLC versions available) Contact: Ilene Haney, K-12 Social Studies Specialist [email protected] |
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Description: The Right Combination workshop demonstrates effective strategies for teaching sentence combining and sentence fluency based on methods from Dr. Beverly Chin. Common Core: Writing, Language and Listening/Speaking standards are addressed. (Length: 1 hour/PLC training) Contact: Kathryn Dixon, Secondary ELA/Writing Specialist [email protected] |