“Again and again, research shows what most of us already know to be true: good teaching makes a world of difference. Karen Bembry found that students in classrooms that provided consistently high-quality instruction, achieved standardized test scores 40% higher than those earned by students receiving lower-quality instruction. That is a staggering statistic, and an important one. As Richard Allington writes, ‘It has become clear that investing in effective teaching—whether in hiring decisions or professional development planning—is the most ‘research–based’ strategy available.’”—Lucy Calkins
Whether your focus is writing instruction, reading instruction, or both, there's a spring Units of Study workshop for you. Heinemann and Teachers College Reading and Writing Project are bringing the learning to you with a full schedule of exciting events across the country.
These workshops are designed to help you learn how to use a workshop approach to reading/writing instruction in ways that accelerate your students’ progress towards meeting ambitious new global standards. Units of Study workshop participants will:
Click here to check out the complete spring schedule! [PDF]
Click here for details on Heinemann sponsored workshops
Click here for details on TCRWP sponsored workshops
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If you’re looking for other ways to deepen your practice, you’ll want to consider applying for the Reading and Writing Project’s professional development institutes.
April 21–23 at Teachers College, New York, NY
This institute focuses on the Project’s latest thinking around the integration of digital and media literacy with tried and true reading and writing workshop methods and curriculum. It will introduce participants to the latest and most successful methods for authentically tapping the power of digital tools and media within the workshop classroom. Instructors will show how new media can dramatically affect regularly taught concepts in writing, such as the role of audience and importance of supporting ideas with evidence.
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As always, the Reading and Writing Project will offer their renowned summer institutes on the teaching of reading and the teaching of writing. Applications will be accepted beginning at 9:00 a.m. on February 24, 2016.
June Writing Institute: June 20–24, 2016
June Reading Institute: June 27–July 1, 2016
August Writing Institute: August 1–5, 2016
August Reading Institute: August 8–12, 2016
Click here for complete details.