CDLN

Maine Department of Education Cross Discipline Literacy Network (CDLN)

The CDLN is a professional learning network for K-12 educators that provides professional development related to literacy instruction across content areas through both webinar technology and face-to-face networking sessions. You can obtain all of the details about 2013-14 CDLN at: http://www.maine.gov/doe/literacy-for-me/cdln.html. You will also find the archived 2012-13 webinars on the site. This year’s CDLN has been slightly modified to include Dine and Discuss sessions for the face-to-face component, as well as 8 different webinar strands. We strongly encourage you to check out this low-cost, high-quality opportunity. It is a great way to learn from and with other Maine educators across content areas and grade levels. The cost is just $30 per year, and the registration deadline is October 15.

We have three music and art educators collaborating to facilitate sessions this year:

Waterville Senior High School Visual Arts teacher, Suzanne Goulet will be working on a Dine and Discuss, face to face session. Lisbon High School Visual Arts teacher, Pam Ouellette, Songo Locks Elementary School K-5 Music teacher, Linda McVety, and Winthrop Middle School Visual Arts teacher Lisa Gilman will be facilitating three separate topics of online webinars (2 each).

Thank you to these Visual and Performing Arts teachers for stepping up and taking on leadership to collaborate and provide opportunities for Maine educators.

Archived Webinars: CDLN

Wrapped up with a bow!

A GREAT BIG THANK YOU TO:

Jen Nash, K-8 music educator, Etna-Dixmont, RSU 19

Lisa Gilman, 7-12 art educator, Winthrop Middle and High School, AOS 97

Suzanne Goulet, art educator, Waterville Senior High School

The three visual and performing arts educators hosted 4 webinars during the 2012-14 school year for the Cross Discipline Literacy Network. They did a fabulous job planning and facilitating the webinars that illustrated the connections between the arts and literacy from multiple angles and integration methods.

They invited guests to participate as well so there was a wealth of information shared on each webinar from people with tons of knowledge. Guests included: Catherine Ring, Jude Valentine, Katrina Billings, Pam Ouellette, Karen Montanaro, and Jake Sturtevant.

Fortunately the webinars are archived so you can access them alone or perhaps with your colleagues. It would be a great way to spend professional development time with colleagues in your building, district, or region. Each webinar provides a place to start a conversation and continue with work you might have underway with literacy, the Common Core ELA, integration, and much more.

The webinar are listed below along with the links where you can access them.

• #1 The ‘L’ Word – Arts Connection and the Common Core http://stateofmaine.adobeconnect.com/p55fccqkd6p/
• #2 How to Play Well with Others http://stateofmaine.adobeconnect.com/p47r2afcbbn/
• #3 The ‘L'(iteracy) Word – part 2 http://stateofmaine.adobeconnect.com/p3il1ppgq59/
• #4 21st Century Skills Map and Applications http://stateofmaine.adobeconnect.com/p459r8n3h73/

Lisa Gilman

Jen Nash

Suzanne Goulet

Cross Discipline Literacy Network

Questions to Ponder

• Are you looking for specific literacy activities and resources?
• Do you use school wide tools and wonder how to adapt them?
• Do you have a word wall?
• Do you wonder about visual literacy and how your students are visual learners?

If you are interested in learning more, now is your chance to act by joining the Cross Discipline Literacy Network (CDLN). Registration is open until October 5th! Literacy tools and strategies can provide opportunities for students to go deeper in to their learning.

Consider this image taken from the Waterville High School principles and elements of design reference sheet.

Imagine this with the entire list of elements and principles. The list used in conjunction with a graphic organizer, you could implement/modify for students use and make available when reflecting or describing visual artworks.

An excellent and elegant example of a graphic organizer from the Smithsonian.
The CDLN is an excellent opportunity in adapting and modifying existing resources for your use to improve learning.

Does your school have a literacy mission and is not sure how to “make this work” in the arts?

Insist that you are part of your school initiative………This professional development may help you to take advantage of a great opportunity to show how valuable the arts are – perhaps even to lead.

Looking for professional development and an opportunity to get together and share strategies in a collaborative environment? The network is led by facilitators understanding that there is much to share and learn. Three of your colleagues will be facilitating the webinars representing the elementary level is Etna-Dixmont music educator Jen Nash, Winthrop Middle School visual art educator Lisa Gilman, and Waterville High School visual art educator Suzanne Goulet.

The cost is $25 for the year and provides you with multiple opportunities for webinars and face to face gatherings for discussing your experiences and discoveries in improving student learning. The webinars will also be archived. Information describing the CDLN, the face to face locations, and the webinar strands,  as well as the link to register for this opportunity can be found at: http://www.maine.gov/doe/literacy-for-me/cdln.html.

You can register by clicking here. UNTIL OCTOBER 5! For more information on the CDLN and the Literacy for ME initiative please click here.