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Upcoming Presentation and Workshops
Leading Literacy Change for Coaches - August 1-4, 2006
A 3.5 day workshop focused on leading literacy improvement through the use of data to empower change in classroom practice, teacher development and student reading improvement. This course is designed for the literacy coach responsible for working with classroom teachers.Participants will learn best practices used by coaches in high performing schools. They will create a plan to use data to empower and improve literacy in the classroom and at the level. They will take away tools and techniques to apply immediately in your classrooms and school that will make a real difference for students’ reading improvement.
Are you a district-based or school-based coach working to enhance teachers' ability to improve students' literacy skills? These are questions this training will address:
- Are you interested in the following questions as a coach?
- How does a coach optimize the use of data to bring about sustainable improvement in reading to the classroom?
- How does a coach analyze the data to understand how to effectively work with teachers to design and implement appropriate interventions?
- How does a coach deal with resistent teachers or teachers struggling to learn new classroom practices?
- How does a coach create and manage successful grade level and literacy teams?
- How does a coach articulate the coach’s role be with the school leadership?
WORKSHOP TOPICS
- Vision, Role and Goals for the Coach
- Becoming an Agent of Change
- Creating High Performing Teams (Literacy, Leadership, Grade Level)
- Consulting and Interpersonal Skills for Effective Coaching
- Literacy Management Tools: Tracking, Monitoring, Scheduling
- Creating a Roadmap for Success
Leadership for Literacy - May 18 & 19, 2006
Two-Day Workshop for: Principals, District Coordinators, and Superintendents who wish to create and sustain reading improvement in their school and school districts.The workshop being sponsored by The Reading Institute has been designed and will be presented by Sandra D. Jones and Catherine Pirri of the Hanson Initiative for Language & Literacy (HILL).
You will learn best pratices for leaders in high performing schools. You will create a plan to use data to empower and improve literacy in the classroom and at the school or district level. You will take away tools and techniques to apply immediately in your school or district that will make a real difference for students' reading improvement.
Location: The Reading Institute; 430 Main Street, Williamstown, MA.
Cost: $295.00 ($250.00 if you register on or before March 31, 2005), which includes 14 Professional Development Points, lunch and refreshments. Payment is made to The Reading Institute.
For more information on the workshop and to down load a registration form from The Reading Institute's website, click here. Registration deadline: April 18, 2006.
Learn How the Hill Has Grown
- how schools are being transformed
- how teachers are embraching our model
- how children are learning to read.....
March 22, 2006
6-8 pm (cocktail reception)
The University of Massachusetts Club
225 Franklin Street, 33rd Floor
Boston, MA 02110
For more information, please contact Amy McMahon.
July 26-28, 2005
2nd Annual Reading First National Conference Leadership for Literacy: District coordinators, principals, and coaches in Reading First Schools will learn ways to enhance school leaders' ability to implement literacy programs and data-driven instruction that follow the federal Reading First guidelines. The session will touch upon research-based tips for literacy leaders, role clarification, stakeholder analysis, the power of beliefs, how to use data to overcome resistance, and how to plan and implement professional development and coaching that gets results. Project management tools for literacy leaders will be shared.
Presenters: HILL - Sandra D. Jones, Darci Burns, & Catherine Pirri
Location: New Orleans, LA
Location: New Orleans, LA
Would you like to use an assesment tool to quickly measure your student's phonics, phonetic awareness and fluency skills? Would you like an assessment for progress monitoring, screening and diagnosis?
The use of this instrument, Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills, is sweeping the country. DIBELS are a set of brief assessments that measure the "vital signs" of early literacy and reading development. DIBELS are designed to be used on an ongoing basis to chart student's early literacy and reading progress. After completing the workshop participants will be able to reliably administer and score DIBELS measures. This one day workshop is designed to provide:
- an overivew of DIBELS
- an introduction to the big ideas of early literacy
- Practice in administration and scoring of DIBELS measures
After completing the workshop participants will be able to reliably administer and score DIBELS measures.
Presenter: Darci Burns, HILL Teacher Trainer Supervisor
Location: Rutgers University, New Jersey
To Register: Sign up for for the one-day workshop through the New Jersey Center for Effective School Practices
Dynamic Indicators of Basic Literacy Skills (DIBELS) are a set of measures designed to identify students who are not progressing from one step to the next as expected. The DIBELS data provide teachers, administrators and parents with reliable information to provide intervention in a timely manner to keep students on the path to reading and school success. The Advanced DIBELS Workshop is designed to provide:
- Tools for analyzing and grouping students for instruction
- Plans for designing interventions for addressing student needs
- An introduction to progress monitoring
Presenter: Darci Burns, HILL Teacher Trainer Supervisor
Location: Rutgers University, New Jersey
To Register: Sign up for for the one-day workshop through the New Jersey Center for Effective School Practices.