Summer 2008 Literacy Institute

A Year of Writing Workshop: Behaviors and Understandings to Notice, Teach, and Support (K-8)

Participate in the first professional development opportunity offered around the Continuum of Literacy Learning by Irene Fountas and Gay Su Pinnell.

Download a PDF of the Summer 2008 Literacy Institute Brochure here [pdf]

• Dates and Time
• Location
• Speakers
• Institute Description
• Registration Fees & Online Registration (save $25!)
• Registering for Graduate Credit
• Registration forms
• Course Credit Assignments
• Overnight Accommodations
• Contact Information

Dates and Time

Monday-Thursday, July 14-17, 2008; 8:00 am–3:30 pm

Location

Speakers

Gay Su Pinnell is a professor in the School of Teaching and Learning at The Ohio State University. Her professional work focuses on literacy education of children and on ways to support teachers of reading, writing, and language arts. Pinnell has written many articles and has received several prestigious awards for her work. Pinnell has co-authored numerous books and articles related to language and literacy teaching with Irene Fountas. Their latest publications are the Fountas and Pinnell Benchmark Assessment System, Grades K-8 and The Continuum of Literacy Learning, Grades K-8: Behaviors and Understandings to Notice, Teach, and Support.

Irene C. Fountas, Professor and Author, Lesley University
Irene Fountas is a professor in the School of Education at Lesley University in Cambridge, Massachusetts where she directs research-based literacy projects. She has been a classroom teacher, language arts specialist, and consultant in school districts across the nation and abroad. A recipient of several awards for her contributions to literacy, Fountas has co-authored numerous books and articles related to language and literacy teaching with Gay Su Pinnell. Their latest publications are the Fountas and Pinnell Benchmark Assessment System, Grades K-8 and The Continuum of Literacy Learning, Grades K-8: Behaviors and Understandings to Notice, Teach, and Support.

Brian Heinz, Award-Winning Children's Author
Brian Heinz has taught language arts to students ranging from elementary school through college level. Since childhood, he has been drawn to the natural world and while growing up, he read many nonfiction books about animals. As an adult, Heinz also taught science and instilled in students the excitement for the discovery and love of nature he has always felt. Heinz has authored over a dozen books, most of which are about wild animals and their unique ability to survive in harsh environments. Publications include Red Fox at McCloskey's Farm; Cheyenne Medicine Hat; Kayuktuk: An Arctic Quest; and The Wolves.

Institute Description

Learn how to analyze students' work and support their writing development from emergent to self-extending. Focus on a variety of writing for different purposes and audiences across the year through a study of grade level competencies. Discover how to help your students learn to write effectively by studying the ways writers use craft and conventions in the writing process.

Topics and activities include:

• Interactive breakout sessions, grouped by grade level
• Exploring how we think about writing
• Examining children's writing samples
• Concrete strategies, models, and skills for organizing ideas, writing, revising, and editing for fiction and nonfiction pieces
• Specific approaches tailored to primary, intermediate, and middle-school educators
• In-depth keynotes by literacy experts and authors

Registration Fees and Online Registration

REGISTER ONLINE AND SAVE $25! (NON-CREDIT STUDENTS ONLY)

Register for Institute Online

Non-credit fee (mailed paper registration) = $575 (24 PDPs)

Non-credit fee (online registration): $550 (24 PDPs)

Credit Options: 2 or 3 credits

Credit Fee: $765/credit plus $30 registration fee

• 2 Credits =$1,530 (45 PDPs) plus $30 registration fee
• 3 Credits = $2,295 (67.5 PDPs) plus $30 registration fee

Registering for Graduate Credit

Those registering for credit must do so via the Lesley University registrar. Students registering for credit may do so from March 17, 2008.

Primary educators (grades K-2) taking this Institute for credit should register for:

• Summer Primary Literacy Institute–Course # EEDUC 6020.31

Intermediate educators (grades 3-8) taking this Institute for credit should register for:

• Summer Intermediate/Middle Literacy Institute–Course # EEDUC 6030.30

Registration Forms

• Credit Registration Form [PDF]
• Non-Credit Registration Form [PDF]

More information on how to register for credit is available at the Office of the Registrar

Course Credit Assignments

• 2 Graduate Credits [PDF]
• 3 Graduate Credits [PDF]

Area Hotels

Information on Overnight Accommodations

Contact Information:

Please call (617) 349-8402 or email literacy@lesley.edu