1. SHINING THE LIGHT OF CHRIST FROM EVERY CLASSROOM!
WELCOME BACK
CATHOLIC SCHOOLS!
Archdiocesan E/LA Professional Development
June 5-6, 2017

2. Morning Prayer
Dear Lord, I bring each one of my colleagues to You this morning, thanking You for the life of each one and the part that they play in our work together. Thank You also for those who have made a commitment to You as their Saviour and I pray that together we may demonstrate the love of the Lord Jesus as we carry out daily tasks together.
We ask this in your Name.
Amen.

3. Group Norms Get to know others
Participate and encourage others to do so
Presume positive intentions
Speak for yourself, and don’t apologize
Limit side conversations
Let others finish speaking
Ask follow up questions
Share examples
Focus on issues, not individuals
Enjoy, laugh, and have fun!

4. Goals
Work collaboratively together to integrate our Catholic faith into our Writing curriculum.

5. Agenda -June 6th Explore Catholic and Gospel Values.
Use Gospel and Catholic Values to Teach Writing Standards.
Staggered Lunch and Break.
Analyze a Sample Lesson Plan.
Create a Catholic Lesson Plan.
Parking Lot, Exit Ticket, Closing Prayer.
Auditorium for the Closing Ceremony.

6. Attention Getter- Call Back
When I say “God is Good!”
You say “All the Time!”
When I say “All the Time!”
You say “God is Good!”

7. Gospel Values Take 2 minutes to review the list of Gospel values.
Answer the questions on the handout provided.
Take another 2 minutes to share your answers with a partner sitting near you.

8. Gospel Values Extension Activity
Which Gospel values have you explicitly taught to your students in your classroom? Why would explicitly teaching Gospel values help form our students into disciples of Jesus Christ?
If you incorporated Gospel values into your curriculum tomorrow, which ones would you explicitly focus on? Why?
How would you creatively teach these Gospel values to your students?

9. Catholic Values Each of you will be in a group of 3 to 4.
Each group will be assigned a Catholic value to read and understand from the handout provided.
Then, your group will come up with a creative way to teach this value to others in this room. This could be in the form of a skit, song, poem, prayer, meme, etc.

10. Catholic Values Extension Activity
Which Catholic values have you explicitly taught to your students in your classroom? Why would explicitly teaching Catholic values help form our students into disciples of Jesus Christ?
If you incorporate Catholic values into your curriculum tomorrow, which ones would you explicitly focus on? Why?
How would you creatively teach these Catholic values to your students?

11. Using Values and Writing Standards
In your small group, review an Un-wrapped Standard from yesterday.
Identify at least 1 Gospel value and 1 Catholic value and discuss how they could enhance the context, concept, instructional focus and/or assessment of that standard.
Write the Standard and Values on your poster paper. At the top of the paper, write down:
Your First and Last Names
Content Area and Grade Level(s)
Room Number

12. Using Values To Teach Extension Activity
How will I develop curriculum differently as a result of this activity?
How will my instruction change as a result of this activity?
What are some new ways I can assess my students as a result of this activity?

13. Analyze a Lesson You will divide up into pairs.
As a pair, take 10 minutes to review the lesson plan. Identify Catholic elements by circling them. Then, discuss with your partner the following questions:
How do these Catholic elements enhance the lesson plan?
How can we improve it? What other elements might we add to it to increase its Catholicity?
Also, the Catholic Integration Facilitator is available if you want to share your lesson plan improvements for his or her feedback.

14. Analyze a Lesson Extension Activity
 Name the Writing concepts and skills you see in this lesson.
As an English/ Language Arts teacher, how would you teach these concepts and skills in your English/ Language Arts curriculum?

15. Create a Catholic Lesson Plan It must include the following features:
A Writing Standard
An objective derived from the Writing standard
At least one Catholic element
Assessment(s)
Instructional Activities

16. Lesson Plan Feedback
A clear, measurable objective is derived from one of our Writing Standards
It contains at least one Catholic element that enhances the students’ understanding of the standard while developing a Catholic worldview
The assessment(s) allow(s) students to demonstrate their depth of understanding
Different instructional resources are used
A variety of activities promote student engagement

17. Content Area_School_Last Name_ First Name
Send Your Lesson Plan
To CSO!
Please save your DRAFT lesson plan using the following file name:
Content Area_School_Last Name_ First Name
Send your DRAFT lesson plan to the address:

18. Lagniappe
(LAN-yap)
A lagniappe goal is that ‘little something extra’ you planned on doing this past year.
Taking a small post-it, please write your goal and how you worked on it this school year.
Then, place it on the large post-it paper.

19. Thank You!

20. Closing Prayer
Dear Lord, You led me and guided me in all I said and did today- and by Your grace I brought glory to Your name throughout this day. Look down I pray, with grace and mercy on every one of my work colleagues as they travel back to their homes this afternoon. Thank you for blessing me with the opportunity to spend the day with them, working on our Catholic curriculum together.
We ask this in your Name.
Amen.