November 15-17, 2009
Leading for Literacy: Administrators Institute
December 3-4, 2009
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Professional Development Events
Designed to enhance and extend your learning and career, the Lesley University Center for Reading Recovery and Literacy Collaborative offers seminars and institutes throughout the school year and summer for professional development points or graduate credit.
Fall 2009
20th Annual LITERACY FOR ALL - Northeast PreK-8 Literacy Conference and Reading Recovery Institute
- Sunday-Tuesday, Nov. 15-17, 2009
Learn more online or call 617.349.8402 or email literacy@lesley.edu for more information.
Winter/Spring 2010
The Continuum of Literacy Learning: A Foundation for Effective Instruction in Reading and Writing Grades K-6
- January 21-22, 2010 (Writing portion of institute)
- March 4-5, 2010 (Reading portion of institute)
Instructor: Lesley University Center for Reading Recovery Faculty led by Kerry Crosby
This professional development institute is designed for K-6 classroom teachers, reading teachers, literacy coaches, literacy specialists and Title I teachers. Join us for one or both sessions.
This institute will help participants understand how The Continuum of Literacy Learning provides schools with a common vision and language for thinking and talking about their teaching of reading and writing through grades K-6. Using a hands-on approach, participants will learn how to use the Continuum to link assessment to effective literacy instruction across several instructional contexts. The Continuum of Literacy Learning allows us to get deeper into the meaning of literacy standards, providing explicit understandings of the goals set forth by many states. Participants will learn how to observe students' reading and writing behaviors, analyze their work and figure out how we can meet them where they are and take them to where they need to go.
Institute Schedule
January 21-22, 2010- Writing
The focus of these two days will be on using the Writing About Reading and Writing continua to support instruction in reading and writing workshop. The following topics will be explored through the use of student work samples, interactive activities and video clips of teaching:- Examining and Analyzing Student Progress Over Time
- Analyzing Student Writing to Inform Instruction
- Exploring Genre and the Use of Mentor Texts in Writing Workshop
- Developing Writing Minilessons on Craft, Conventions and Process
- Using Writing about Reading to Extend Thinking throughout Reading and Writing Workshop
- Using the Writing About Reading Continuum to Support Reader's Notebook
March 4-5, 2010- Reading
The focus will be on using the Continuum as a foundation for effective teaching in Interactive Read Aloud, Guided Reading, and Shared/Performance Reading. The following topics will be explored though interactive activities using student work, a variety of texts and video clips of teaching:- Examining and Analyzing Student Progress Over Time
- Using Interactive Read Aloud to Support Thinking Within, Beyond and About Text
- Using Interactive Read Aloud as a Foundation for Literature Discussion
- Selecting and Analyzing Texts for a Variety of Instructional Contexts
- Planning for Effective Guided Reading Lessons based on the Continuum of Progress
- Using Performed and Shared Reading to Support Comprehension and Fluency
- Teaching, Prompting, and Reinforcing Effective Reading Behaviors During Guided and Independent Reading
Location: Lesley University, University Hall, Cambridge, Mass.
Cost for non-credit registration: either set of 2 days: $300; all 4 days: $550. Download a copy of the institute brochure here.
Please call 617.349.8165 to request a brochure for the institute or if you would like to take this institute (EEDUC 6048 section 31) for either 2 or 3 credits.