BEF EMPOWER grant at Runkle powerpoint presentation – Jan 2013

EmPOWER By: Michiko Hattori & Erica Landry

Overview of Grant 

Building upon previous grant including 15 educators across

several schools, including BHS 

8 participants across 3 Brookline schools

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EmPOWER certification 

1 week long workshop

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5 follow-up sessions

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Portfolio

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Online course work

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Implementation in schools

Benefits of Grant 

Improve collaboration with colleagues

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Continue to support our excellence in teaching

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Opportunity to implement Brookline’s core values

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Aligns with benchmarks in core curriculum

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Build on literacy initiative currently being established in Brookline

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Allow us to implement structured writing process in district

What is EMPOWER?  Research

based expository writing program

 Teaches

Important Components of the Writing Process:  

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Planning Drafting Sharing Revising Evaluating Publishing

Other Benefits of EmPOWER 

Provides common language and strategies

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Used across curriculum areas

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Helps students from K-adulthood learn to: 

Comprehend text and oral language

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Develop executive functioning: 

Planning

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Organizing

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Managing

EmPOWER looks like: 

Collaboration

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Brain frames

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Comprehension development: reading and listening

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Individual, small group and whole class lessons

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Differentiated instruction

Brainframes:

Work samples:

EmPOWER in Social Thinking…

Overall Experience  Positive!  Already

seeing progress in students’ comprehension and organization

 Teachers

are adopting the language and strategies in their classes

 Carryover

between grades and specialists

Next Steps:  Increase

grades

opportunities to teach across

 Continue

implementing across grades and curriculum each year

Acknowledgements 

Members of the Brookline Education Foundation 

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Dr. Vanessa Beauchaine & John Badger 

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Thank you for this invaluable opportunity

Thank you for your trust and support

EmPOWER Grant Participants (Past & Present): 

Thank you all for being invested colleagues       

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Hannah Kimball Allison Sokoloff Jill Arnold Gretchen Adams Kerrilyn McCarthy Erica Birnbaum Laura Vish Anna MacGiver Angela Galanopoulos Among others…