Literacy in the Content Area Training

Paine Intermediate teachers, Kelly McGough,  Amy Kuhn, Allie Aldrich, DeeDee Brasher, and Carrie Almon attended a Literacy in the Content Area Conference at Columbia University in New York last February.  On July 14, these teachers shared their new learning with colleagues from Paine Elementary and Hewitt-Trussville Middle School.

This training will help K-8 teachers develop the curriculum and methods necessary to help students read the rigorous standards for content area literacy embedded in the Common Core.  The trainers shared new thinking about how to ramp up the level of rigor and engagement in the content areas. Participants learned about small group work, collaborative inquiry and multi-media centers.