Welcome back! We are looking forward to the 2016-2017 school year. Yesterday, Riverside Unified School District hosted our second district-wide professional development day. 2,000 PreK-12 teachers were all on one site for an inspiring and collaborative day. Our 7-12 English Language Arts team of staff developers (and teachers) created and led a total of six sessions. We would like to share them with you. If you have any questions about what you see, please let us know.
Have a productive year,
The RUSD 7-12 ELA Team
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RUSD Teachers Collaborating |
Lisa Kells -- Instructional Services Specialist lkells@rusd.k12.ca.us
Anesha Camacho -- Staff Development Specialist arcamacho@rusd.k12.ca.us
Jaque Vaca -- Instructional Coach and ELA Teacher jvaca@rusd.k12.ca.us
- Linking Evidence to Close Reading: Connecting Purposeful Reading to Purposeful Writing
- Author's Purpose: Analyzing How Language Works in a Text
Maya Shields -- ELA Teacher mshieldsennis@rusd.k12.ca.us
Lorrie Cobain-Danelski -- Staff Development Specialist lcobain@rusd.k12.ca.us
Leisha Clendenan -- ELA Teacher lclendenen@rusd.k12.ca.us
Courtney Hanes -- Staff Development Specialist chanes@rusd.k12.ca.us