The Real Deal - this is for educators who are unfamiliar with the Standards,the ELA Regents and developing parallel tasks. More time for curriculum and technology support. This includes a 2 day workshop in which participants become familiar with the ELA standards, the 4 Regents tasks and the assessments. Participants will look at sample tests and writing samples of high school students to understand the rubric. 1 additional day will be devoted to creating one parallel task to be published on the website.
Participants use the Internet and text resources to complete their task.
Schools can send up to 12 participants to these workshops. Additionally, participants will look at the Internet resources provided for them and create ONE parallel task using Internet and text resources. This will be displayed on the web page. Schools can send up to 12 participants to this workshop. Classroom strategies and management will be discussed and shared.