1. Belinda Cole, Ed.D. Facilitator
West Sound Summer Institute Preparing CTE Teachers for Today’s Students
Belinda Cole, Ed.D.
Facilitator

2. Embedding Literacy in Everyday CTE Lessons
Objectives
Analyze the role CTE can play in improving student literacy.
Explain the importance of integrating literacy into CTE instruction.
Develop assignments that engage students in reading and writing in CTE.

3. Quick Write Why is literacy important to CTE?
You can base your response on
knowledge of your CTE field
your personal experience
your prediction of your students’ literacy needs
Try to write as much as possible in 4 minutes

4. Turn and Talk
Turn and talk to the person next to you about what you wrote.
Identify concepts from that influenced your response.
Jot down ideas they mention that add to your ideas.
Be prepared to report out.

5. Engaging Students in Literacy Assignments
Assignments that Promote Literacy
Read career-related articles
Write weekly
Prepare a written report
Activities That Use Content-Area Literacy Strategies
Examples:
Two-Column Notes
Frayer Model
Word Sort

6. Sample Assignments—Weekly Writing
Which of the sample assignments could you use to get your students writing weekly in your CTE course?
Lab Journal
Writing and Formatting a Memo
Project Activities That Involve Writing

7. Thinking about the Content of the Reading
When do professionals in your field read technical documents like this?
What is difficult about reading the passage?
Should students have to read documents like this?
What do professionals do after they read a document like this?

8. Web Search for Vocabulary Games
Possible Games
Next Steps
Add strategies to your Ideas You Can Use worksheet.
Choose two or three to incorporate into your teaching over the next few months.
Jeopardy
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
Wheel of Fortune
Bingo
Password

9. Word Walls
A word wall is an interactive collection of words or parts of words used to teach vocabulary, spelling, letter-sound correspondence, and more. Word walls are not simply décor; they are works in progress designed to promote group learning.
Words should be added to the wall as they are encountered in learning and should be removed (or moved to a review board) as they become part of the student’s knowledge bank.

10. Spin-Offs of the “Word Wall”
Graffiti Walls
Word Rings
Vocabulary Post-It Folders
Alpha Charts

11. Working with Other Teachers to Integrate Academics and CTE
Objectives
Explain the importance of teachers working together to integrate CTE and academic studies.
Identify the key conditions for successful integration of CTE and academic studies.
Analyze a variety of approaches for integration and determine the approach most ideal in a given school environment and culture.

12. Conditions for Successful Integration
Set high expectations
Teach challenging CTE, with academics embedded
Drop low-level academic courses
Require a challenging program of study
Give teachers time to collaborate
Create a structure for teacher collaboration
Provide blocks of instructional time
Emphasize challenging, student- centered learning
Broaden classroom assessment
Provide staff development
Involve parents
Be willing to learn as you go

13. Approaches to Integration
Single Discipline Approaches
Interdisciplinary Approaches
Single Course Integration
Joint Planning Across or Within Departments
Team Teaching
Short- or Long-Term Projects
Thematic Projects or Units
Academies

14. Approaches to Integration Discussion Questions
What are examples of the various integration approaches?
What are the challenges in implementing each approach? How do some schools appear to overcome those challenges?
How are the conditions for successful integration reflected in the school examples in the newsletter?

15. Steps for Working with Other Teachers to Integrate Academics in CTE
Identify eight to ten essential academic standards necessary for success in the career field and for postsecondary education.
Identify the academics embedded in the activities, problems and projects you have planned.
Select an integration approach.
Develop an integrated unit plan for addressing the embedded academics.
Review, revise and improve the integrated unit plan.

16. Share
Successful strategies to integrate literacy