Special Events and new conference features

Administrators’ Institute

Administrators may choose to attend any of the ~100 workshops at the conference, but the following sessions are specifically geared toward this audience. (Full descriptions for these sessions are inside!)

Monday, November 17, 2008
How Effective is Your Literacy Program? (Grades K-8) (LCA-5)
A Comprehensive Literacy Model as a Response to Early Intervention (RRA-6)
Reading Your Faculty and Getting Them to Read You: Ten Habits of Literacy Leadership (LCB-9)
One School’s Journey to Higher Achievement: Cohesiveness, Collaboration, Communication, and Common Language (LCB-11)

Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Reading Recovery and Response to Intervention (RRC-6)
Guided Reading for Principals (Grades 3-6) (LCC-9)
Implementing a Comprehensive Assessment System K-8 and Connecting Results to Instruction (LCC-11)
From Control Without to Control Within: Developing a School Wide Plan to Teach Self Control (Grades K-8)
(LCD-6)

Middle School Strand

Middle School educators may attend any of the ~100 dynamic workshops offered at the conference, but the following sessions focus specifically on adolescent literacy. (Full descriptions of these sessions are inside!)

Sunday, November 16, 2008
Adolescent Literacy: From Life and For Life (Grades 6 and up) (PC-7)
Increase Student Engagement, Motivation, and Memory Using RAD Strategies (Grades 4-8) (PC-8)

Monday, November 17, 2008
Get Real! Instructional Strategies to Support Reading and Writing Nonfiction (Grades 4-8) (MSA-1)
Tools to Use for Successful Middle School Coaching (Grades 5-8) (MSA-2)
Guided Reading (Grades 5-8) (MSA-3)
Inside Words: Developing a Comprehensive Vocabulary Program (Grades 4-8) (MSB-1)
Independent Reading and the Middle School Reading Workshop (Grades 5-8) (MSB-2)

Advanced Sessions

We have added advanced sessions to meet the needs of more experienced educators who have been in the field for many years. The following presentations are designed for those needing professional development beyond the basics.

Monday, November 17, 2008
Surviving, But Not Yet Thriving: Tools for Experienced Literacy Coaches (LCB-6)
Looking at Print with Pre-K and Kindergarten (LCB-7)
Teaching Writing to Elementary Students: A Genre-based Approach (Grades K-6) (LCB-8)
Expanding the Power of Literacy Teams (Grades K-6) (LCB-15)

Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Using Research and Data to Drive Writing Instruction (Grades K-8) (LCC-5)
Reading Response Journals: Second Grade – Where It All Begins (LCC-13)
Reading Conferences: Influencing Instructional Decision Making (Grades 3-6) (LCC-16)
Learning about Expository Text Through Interactive Writing (Grades K-2) (LCC-18)
Discovery Boxes: An Approach for Fostering Nonfiction Research Readiness Skills (Grades K-2) (LCD-3)
Supporting English Language Learners: Exploring the Power of Persuasive Writing (Grades 3-6) (LCD-4)
Integrating Reading and Writing With Content Area Study (Grades 3-6)(LCD-9)
Weaving Reading Workshop Minilessons Throughout the Literacy Block (Grades K-2) (LCD-10)
Supporting Writing Workshop through Write Aloud, Interactive Writing, Language Experience and Guided Writing (Grades K-2) (LCD-11)

Sue Hundley Memorial Fund

Sue Hundley, a Reading Recovery Teacher Leader and a Literacy Collaborative Trainer at Lesley University, was completely dedicated to her teaching and to her students. She was also a person who cared deeply about her own professional growth. Following her death from cancer in May 2000, a memorial fund was established in her name at Lesley University. The fund was created to provide teacher scholarships, promote the development of literacy materials in primary classrooms, and initiate partnerships with schools to support young readers and writers. Please consider a donation in her name to support teachers and schools. Donations to the fund can be made through your registration form.

 

 

 

 

BethAnn Laramay Scholarship

"Teaching and learning from my students is the highlight of my day every day."

BethAnn Laramay, a Reading Recovery teacher leader in Northwest-Addison Vermont, died in March 2008 following a courageous battle with cancer. BethAnn participated in teacher leader training at Lesley University in 2004-2005. Following training she taught Reading Recovery at Lincoln Community School in Lincoln, VT and teamed up with teacher leader colleague Lisa Italiano in supporting teachers in the Northwest-Addison VT training site.

BethAnn had a passion for learning, was an avid reader and writer, and had a deep love and appreciation for visual arts and artistic expression. She will be remembered by her colleagues for her tireless dedication to her work with teachers and children.

To honor her memory the Northeast Conference is making available one scholarship to a Reading Recovery teacher from the Northwest-Addison Vermont training site.