Date: March 20, 2019
Presenters: Pam Spycher, Nancy Brynelson
Event-related resources: wested.box.com/v/SLP-03-20-19

The California State University’s (CSU) Expository Reading and Writing Course (EWRC) is a college preparatory, rhetoric-based English language arts course for high school seniors designed to develop academic literacy (advanced proficiency in rhetorical and analytical reading, writing, and thinking).

CSU’s College Ready English Learners project has developed a new EWRC curriculum that is enhanced for English learners and designed to prepare students for postsecondary school.

In this webinar, Pamela Spycher, Senior Research Associate at WestEd, and Nancy Brynelson of CSU’s Office of the Chancellor, present an overview of the new curriculum, illustrate how the course materials enact the ELA/ELD Framework and ELA/ELD Standards, and share lessons learned. Both Spycher and Brynelson served as lead writers of the CDE’s English Language Arts/English Language Development (ELA/ELD) Framework for California Public Schools.

In addition, a panel of secondary school teachers and coaches, CSU teacher educators, and county office of education partners share insights gained from implementing the new curriculum in high school classrooms and describe the curriculum’s impact on student learning.