English Language Arts

The SCCOE offers English language arts workshops, institutes and conferences for K-12 educators. Our mission is to provide instructional and other support services in English language arts to raise the literacy skills of all students in hopes of closing the achievement gap in Santa Clara County. Our overarching goal is to ensure schools and districts have the capacity to provide universal access of grade-level standards and core and supplemental curriculum materials to all students. We seek dialogue with districts and schools so that we will be informed advocates for our schools at both county and state levels.

Services

Customized professional development services for schools upon demand for all areas of reading, writing, speaking, and listening, including:
- Gradual Release of Responsibility
- Universal Access
- Transferable and Transportable Strategies
- Striving Readers and Writers
- Formative and Summative Assessments
- Data-Teams/PLCs
Common Core State Standards
Curriculum Leadership Council
Explicit Instruction
Expository Reading and Writing Course
Professional development for choosing and implementing adopted textbooks
Verification Process for Special Settings

What We Are Reading

Explicit Direct Instruction: Effective and Efficient Teaching
By Anita L. Archer and Charles A. Hughes
Anita Archer has been a nationally recognized educator for many years. Her latest book, Explicit Instruction: Effective and Efficient Teaching, is an excellent guide to using a researched-based teaching strategy that raises student achievement. Along with giving a theoretical foundation, the book also offers direct transcripts of model lessons at all grade levels and in all subjects.
Be sure to visit her new website, www.explicitinstruction.org to view video clips of Ms. Archer in action. The videos represent all grade levels from Kinder to eighth grade.