RCGW MTS PD Day - Integrating Reading and Writing for Engaged Learning
Event is FULL - Currently not accepting registrations
Conference Title: Integrating Reading and Writing for Engaged Learning with Ellin Oliver Keene
Location: Centro Caboto Centre, 1055 Wilkes Avenue, Winnipeg, MB
Date: October 25, 2024
- Program -
08:15 am - 08:55 am - Registration
09:00 am - 10:15 am - Session 1
10:15 am - 10:30 am - Break
10:30 am - 12:00 pm - Session 2
12:00 pm - 01:00 pm - Lunch
01:00 pm - 02:00 pm - Session 3
02:00 pm - 02:15 pm - Break
02:15 pm - 02:45 pm - Session 4
02:45 pm - 03:15 pm - Closing Remarks and Book Draws (winners must be in attendance to claim their prize)
Teachers are all too familiar with the complex issues in teaching reading and writing; how do we teach content effectively; how do we differentiate meaningfully; how do we engender deeper thinking in students? Perhaps our greatest challenge in literacy instruction, though, is the tyranny of time. If you struggle to find time for students to read and write independently, time to confer with individuals, meet with small groups, and time to provide meaningful, in-depth instruction when there are so many curriculum objectives, this PD may well have solutions to offer.
Most of us learned to read and write as separate subjects making it difficult to craft instruction that integrates reading and writing but when we do make integration work, the impact on students is enormous. We find that students are far more engaged and their learning more permanent when they understand how the same objective impacts them as readers and writers. We can help students craft more potent written pieces and comprehend more deeply if we integrate instruction. Let’s talk about the nitty gritty of deepening students’ comprehension and improving their writing by launching a Literacy Studio in your classroom! Participants in this workshop will:
• Understand the rationale for integrating reading and writing in grades 3 - 9
• Become familiar with the components of the Literacy Studio as well as the logistics for creating an integrated reading and writing workshop in their classrooms
• Engage in planning for integrated instruction in an upcoming unit
• Gain insights on how to deepen students’ reading comprehension as well as the quality of their writing
Biography: Ellin Oliver Keene has been a classroom teacher, staff developer, non-profit director and adjunct professor of reading and writing. For sixteen years she directed staff development initiatives at the Denver-based Public Education & Business Coalition. She served as Deputy Director and Director of Literacy and Staff Development for the Cornerstone Project at the University of Pennsylvania for 4 years. Ellin works with schools and districts throughout the country and abroad. Her emphasis is long-term, school-based professional development and strategic planning for literacy learning. She serves as senior advisor at Heinemann, overseeing the Heinemann Fellows initiative and is the editor of the Heinemann Catalogue/Journal.
Ellin recently published The Literacy Studio: Redesigning the Workshop for Readers and Writers which is focused on an up-to-date conceptualization of Readers/Writers’ workshop. She is the author of Engaging Children: Igniting the Drive for Deeper Learning (2018), is co-editor and co-author of The Teacher You Want to Be: Essays about Children, Learning, and Teaching (Heinemann, 2015); co-editor of the Not This, but That series (Heinemann, 2013 - 2018); author of Talk About Understanding: Rethinking Classroom Talk to Enhance Understanding (Heinemann, 2012), To Understand: New Horizons in Reading Comprehension (Heinemann, 2008), co-author of Comprehension Going Forward (Heinemann, 2011), co-author of Mosaic of Thought: The Power of Comprehension Strategy Instruction, 2nd edition (Heinemann, 2007, 1st edition, 1997) and author of Assessing Comprehension Thinking Strategies (Shell Educational Books, 2006) as well as numerous chapters for professional books and journals on the teaching of reading as well as education policy journals.
- Conference and Membership Fees -
RCGW Conference Fee ............................................ $145
RCGW Conference & Membership Fee ................. $120
RCGW Student Conference & Membership Fee .. $75 - applicable to those enrolled in undergraduate B. Ed Program
RCGW Full Membership Fee ................................... $20*
RCGW Student Membership Fee ........................... $10*
* We are not accepting "membership-only" purchases during the registration period for MTS PD Day. If you would like to purchase or renew your membership without attending the conference, please visit us on or after November 1, 2024.
Cancellation Policy: No refunds will be issued after Thursday, October 17, 2024. After this date, refunds will not be issued unless it is due to illness or family emergency. Requests must be submitted no later than Monday, October 28 and include medical documentation. Conference fees, less a $20.00 cancellation fee, will be given for cancellations received in writing.
If you require any additional information about this conference, please contact Elizabeth Logan by email at rcgwsecretary@gmail.com or text (204) 226-2476.
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