School Leaders Seminar

Literacy Professional Development For School Administrators and Literacy Leaders
In our School Leaders Seminar, you will have the opportunity to learn how to use observational tools to examine the classroom environment and understand best teaching practices. Develop a sound foundation of literacy theory, assessment, and practices such as guided reading, literature study groups, readers' workshop, writers' workshop, guided writing, interactive writing, genre study, and word study. You will observe and analyze videotaped teaching, and learn how to use language that supports teacher development.

This professional development is offered in Summer 2013:
August 12–15, 2013 (Monday–Thursday)

Topics include: 

• The Professional Learning Community
• Key Factors in School Change
• The Role of the Literacy Coach
• Systematic Observation of Teaching
• The School Walk-Through
• The Role of Assessment in Informing and Documenting Student Change
• Documenting and Reporting Student Progress
• Effective Supervision: The Role of Language, Artifacts, Documentation
• Systematic Observation of the Writers' Workshop: Interactive Writing, Guided Writing, Independent Writing
• Key Elements of High-Quality Professional Development
• Building Capacity Within the School: Leadership and Coaching
• Using Language in Supervision to Promote Reflective Practice

Faculty

Irene Fountas is a professor in the Lesley University School of Education in Cambridge, MA where she directs research-based literacy projects. She has been a classroom teacher, language arts specialist, literacy coach and consultant in school districts across the nation and abroad and has received numerous awards for her contributions in literacy. She is the co-author with Gay Su Pinnell of several books, including The Continuum of Literacy Learning, PreK–8 and The Fountas and Pinnell Benchmark Assessment System, K–2 and 3–8.

Cindy Downend is a faculty member at the Center for Reading Recovery and Literacy Collaborative with over 20 years of educational experience as a classroom teacher and Reading Recovery teacher. She has also held many leadership roles in a variety of diverse settings including school districts in Florida and Minnesota.

Registration

• Register online for the Summer 2013 School Leaders Seminar

Cost

• $1,950 (includes professional materials and lunch)
• Learn about the 10% Literacy Collaborative Network Discount [pdf] for those working in active Literacy Collaborative schools and for Literacy Collaborative District Trainers