Canceled- Literacy Leadership Network
Registration Closed.
Last Date to Register: 10/15/2013 12:01 AM
Last Date to Cancel: 10/9/2013 12:01 AM
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Audience: Literacy Leaders, including Reading Specialists, Title I Teachers, Literacy Coaches, Classroom Teachers & Principals
Dates & Time: 12:30-3:30
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
Format: On-line Collaboration, using Google Hangout (You will need a gmail account to participate.)
Cost: $50.00 per participant, Includes a copy of the book, Best Practice for each participant
Pursuits: Professional book study-Best Practice, Fourth Edition Bringing Standards to Life in America's Classrooms by Steven Zemelman, Harvey Daniels and Arthur Hyde
Watching the Seven Structures That Create Exemplary Classrooms: Best Practice Video Companion
THE SEVEN BEST PRACTICE STRUCTURES
1. Gradual Release of Responsibility
2. Classroom Workshop
3. Strategic Thinking
4. Collaborative Small-Group Activities
5. Integrative Units
6. Representing to Learn
7. Formative-Reflective Assessments
Benefits of the Literacy Leadership Network
Positive impact on student learning.
Catalyst for school-wide literacy change.
Provide opportunities for collegial dialogue.
Empower and support group members to work toward common goals in their districts.
Develop a literacy mandate for the school/district, with teams of teachers and administrators engaged in building competent readers and writers.
Time will be allotted during each meeting to establish a framework for professional development roll out to be conducted by district literacy leaders.