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Last updated July 19, 2024.

Free Event—Finding the Write Balance: AI's Role in English Education

Discover how artificial intelligence (AI) can revolutionize teaching English in grades 6-12. High school teachers Dennis Magliozzi and Kristina Peterson will guide you through innovative strategies to integrate ChatGPT and other AI tools into one of our most beloved writing forms: the personal narrative. Dive deep into the art of prompt engineering to tailor AI responses that enrich student learning. Learn to enhance students' metacognition and creative writing skills while navigating ethical considerations. This interactive workshop will showcase practical examples, inspire curriculum design, and address common concerns, empowering you to confidently incorporate AI into your lesson plans.

Presenters: Dr. Dennis Magliozzi and Kristina Peterson

Grade Levels: 6-12

Date and Time: Wednesday, August 7, 2024. 10:00-11:15am EST

The Reluctant Writer: Effective Strategies to Engage All Students

Many of us find ourselves surrounded by a few (or more than a few) students who shrug when asked about their writing. They slump in their chairs, groan or ask “How long does this have to be?”  

What can we do to address the reluctant writers in our classrooms? 

In this three-part series, we’ll learn a number of practical, ready-to-use strategies to get all kids writing with enthusiasm and energy.  

Listen to Kelly Boswell discuss authentic writing for real audiences on the Heinemann Read Aloud podcast.

Presenter: Kelly Boswell

Grade Level: K-5

Dates and Time: Three 75-minute sessions from 9:30-10:45am EST

• Tuesday, August 13, 2024
• Wednesday, August 14, 2024
• Thursday, August 15, 2024
  

Establishing a Student-Centered Learning Environment by Using Math Workshop with Jennifer Lempp

Math workshop helps to decrease anxiety, increase engagement, and provide students with differentiated instruction. Through whole group lessons, small group instruction, and learning stations, students explore mathematics, developing a conceptual understanding of the content. Through math workshop, teachers have a process to address student needsusing inquiry and cooperative activities. Math workshop provides teachers with a framework for how to best use every instructional minute and the pedagogy that supports student achievement. This session will reveal how the philosophy of math workshop is connected to research and how the model can be applied regardless of existing textbooks or curriculum.

Presenter: Jennifer Lempp

Grade Level: K-6

Date and Time: Wednesday, August 14, 2024. 10:00am-12:45pm EST

Kylene Beers Presents: Notice and Note 201—Deepening Your Understanding of Signposts

Join us for this dynamic three-part series as we delve deeper into the Notice and Note Signposts. Perfect for educators who have already introduced signposts to their students or who have already participated in the ‘Signposts 101’ professional development, these sessions are designed to enhance your teaching methods and elevate critical thinking in your classroom.

Presenter: Kylene Beers

Grade Levels: 4-12

Dates and Time: Three 75-minute sessions from 6:00-7:15pm EST.

• Tuesday, October 8, 2024
• Monday, October 14, 2024
• Tuesday, October 22, 2024

Writing and Teaching Memoir: Fact, Imagination and Craft presented by Penny Kittle, Linda Rief, and Tom Romano

Our stories matter, for both teachers and students alike: especially when they are told well. The focus of this series is two-pronged: the craft of writing memoir, and teachers as writers. In writing memoir, story is elevated through the development of characters, scenes, plot, and significant detail. Presenters will share how they have taught students to write memoirs and have written memoirs themselves, even in their academic publications. Participants will write their own memoirs out of indelible moments in their lives and collect strategies, mentor texts, and vision for bringing writing alive in their classrooms.

Presenters: Penny Kittle, Linda Rief, Tom Romano

Grade Levels: 5-12

Dates and Time: Four 75-minute sessions from 4:30-5:45pm  EST.

• Thursday, October 10, 2024
• Thursday, October 17, 2024
• Thursday, October 24, 2024
• Thursday, October 31, 2024
  

Heidi Anne Mesmer Presents: Ahead of the Curve—New Research Findings in K-2 Literacy and How to Apply Them

Effective teachers strive to stay ahead of the curve with research, yet keeping up can be overwhelming. Amidst the ongoing discourse on reading instruction methods, this workshop will translate reading science in ways that truly benefit the youngest (K-2) students. Led by Heidi Anne Mesmer, this workshop presents highly effective techniques for teaching phonics and reading multisyllabic words, as directly informed by the latest studies. Each session provides practical, classroom-ready tips to refine your teaching approach immediately. Join us to bridge the gap between research-based methodologies and classroom practice, enhance your impact as an educator, optimize student reading outcomes, and leave feeling undaunted!

Presenter: Heidi Anne Mesmer

Grade Levels: K-2

Dates and Time: Three 75-minute sessions from 4:00-5:15pm EST.

• Tuesday, October 22, 2024.
• Tuesday, October 29, 2024.
• Tuesday, November 5, 2024.

Math in Practice: Transformative Math Coaching for Deeper Student Understanding with Sue O'Connell

Most teachers memorized math facts and algorithms when they were students in math class, but as teachers, they are now challenged to help their students develop a deep understanding of math concepts. Sue O'Connell and Math in Practice can help to unlock the full potential of K-5 math education with this transformative six-session course. Designed for teacher-leaders, school administrators, math coaches, and instructional specialists, these sessions offer cutting-edge coaching strategies to transform instructional practice and fostered deep mathematical understanding among students.

Presenter: Sue O'Connell

Grade Levels: K-5

Dates and Times: Six 60-minute sessions from 4:00-5:00pm EST

• Tuesday, October 22, 2024
• Thursday, November 21, 2024
• Tuesday, December 10, 2024
• Thursday, January 16, 2025
• Tuesday, February 11, 2025
• Thursday, March 13, 2025

Growing Language and Literacy: Multilingual Learners' Path to Success with Andrea Honigsfeld

In her new, secondary version of the book Growing Language and Literacy, Andrea Honigsfeld shares how to help move multilingual learners through the five stages of language development: Starting, Emerging, Developing, Expanding, and Bridging.

How do we ensure an asset-based approach to the process? How do we recognize that language and literacy development is a fluid process that both evolves authentically for multilingual learners and needs to be purposefully and consistently scaffolded and supported? Andrea will show participants how to do that in this webinar series through a rich selection of authentic illustrations. Participants will leave this webinar series with plentiful strategies and resources and inspiration to fully embrace the talents and gifts multilingual learners bring to their classrooms. 

Listen to Andrea Honigsfeld and Alycia Owen on the Heinemann podcast.

Presenter: Andrea Honigsfeld

Grade Levels: 6-12

Dates and Time: Four 75-minute sessions from 6:00pm to 7:15pm EST

• Wednesday, October 23, 2024
• Wednesday, October 30, 2024
• Wednesday, November 6, 2024
• Wednesday, November 13, 2024

Carl Anderson and Ralph Fletcher Present—Enhance Your Writing Instruction with Mentor Texts

This workshop, dedicated to teaching K-8 students the qualities of writing using mentor texts, brings together Ralph Fletcher and Carl Anderson as an exciting and powerful duo. The presenters will guide you in learning how to leverage well-crafted mentor texts to teach young learners the craft of writing. Ralph and Carl will explore the concept of “reading like a writer,” which will help you identify craft techniques in mentor texts you can teach students to use in their own writing. Ralph will provide participants with an insider's perspective on composing, offering a glimpse into his personal process of crafting texts and equipping you with the skills to analyze mentor texts more deeply and effectively. Carl will outline practical approaches for integrating mentor texts into daily instruction, encompassing whole-class and small-group lessons, and one-on-one writing conferences.

Presenters: Carl Anderson and Ralph Fletcher

Grade Levels: K-8

Date and Time: October 24, 2024. 10:00am-4:00pm EST.

Essential Strategies for Thriving in Your First Year(s) of Teaching Presented by Berit Gordon

Berit Gordon, author of The Joyful Teacher, created this workshop for newer teachers and the coaches who support them. It offers actionable strategies to help teachers feel confident, excel throughout the year, and tackle challenges to achieve quick, energizing wins. These sessions will help newer teachers and their coaches get ahead of potential struggles before becoming overwhelmed. Sessions will address common challenges, including handling the workload, managing the class, establishing routines and relationships, and fostering student engagement and success.

Listen to Berit Gordon in discussion with Erin Bailey on the Heinemann podcast.

Presenter: Berit Gordon

Grade Levels: K-12

Dates and Time: Three 75-minute sessions from 4:30 pm to 5:45 pm Eastern Time (ET).

• Tuesday, October 29, 2024
• Tuesday, November 12, 2024
• Tuesday, November 19, 2024

Free Event—Helping Readers Build Prior Knowledge presented by Kelly Gallagher

Bestselling author Kelly Gallagher shares ideas from his new book, To Read Stuff You Have to Know Stuff: Helping Students Build and Use Prior Knowledge, in this live, one-on-one interview with Tom Newkirk. They’ll discuss the reading research that supports the vital role prior knowledge plays in comprehension, and specific things teachers can do to strengthen their students’ knowledge.

Presenters: Kelly Gallagher 

Grade Levels: 6-12

Date and Time: Wednesday, November 6, 2024. 7:00-7:45pm EST.

Free Event—Engaging Secondary Students with Math Workshop: Join Jennifer Lempp and Skip Tyler for a Book Launch Exploration!

Join authors Jennifer Lempp and Skip Tyler as we celebrate their new book and delve into the Math Workshop Model and its benefits for secondary classrooms! This session will guide participants through the framework and principles of the Math Workshop, illustrating why it's the preferred method of instruction regardless of the math textbook, curriculum, or grade level. Experience firsthand how the Math Workshop approach can decrease anxiety, increase engagement, and support meaningful and sustainable instruction differentiation.

Presenters: Jennifer Lempp and Skip Tyler

Grade Levels: 6-12

Date and Time: Tuesday, November 12, 2024. 4:00-5:00pm EST

Implementing Math Workshop Strategies for K-12 Success with Jennifer Lempp and Skip Tyler

Unlock the potential of your students with Math Workshop! This transformative approach to mathematics instruction reduces anxiety, boosts engagement, and provides students with differentiated instruction. Through the use of whole group lessons, targeted small group instruction, and interactive learning stations, students explore mathematics, thereby fostering deep conceptual understanding. Math Workshop equips teachers with a structured approach to address student needs through inquiry and cooperative activities and offers a framework to optimize instructional time and pedagogy, which fosters student achievement.

Presenters: Jennifer Lempp and Skip Tyler

Grade Level: K-12

Date and Time: Monday, December 9, 2024. 10:00am-2:15pm EST.

Jennifer Serravallo Presents: Reading Strategies—Essential Research-Based Instruction for Every Classroom

Drawing from the newly-released The Reading Strategies Book 2.0, a research-packed (700+ citations to the science of reading) revised and reimagined update to The New York Times’ bestselling resource, this workshop will help you use strategies effectively in your instruction—no matter what approach to literacy you use, or the grade level, developmental levels, or ages of the students you teach.

Presenter: Jennifer Serravallo

Grade Level: K-8

Date and Time: Wednesday, December 11, 2024. 10:00am-4:00pm EST

Jennifer Serravallo Presents: Writing Strategies and Structures—Research-Based Powerful Teaching for Every Classroom

Don’t let reading instruction get all the attention—research is clear that in classrooms with near-even amounts of writing and reading instruction, students not only write better but they also read better. Join Jennifer Serravallo, author of The Writing Strategies Book; Teaching Writing in Small Groups; and other popular titles—and her colleagues for a full-day deep dive into strategies and structures for teaching writing that will make the biggest difference in your classroom, no matter your curriculum or approach.

Presenter: Jennifer Serravallo and Colleagues

Grade Level: K-8

Date and Time: Wednesday, January 22, 2025. 10:00am-4:00pm EST.

Jennifer Serravallo Presents: Reading Strategies—Essential Research-Based Instruction for Every Classroom

Drawing from the newly-released The Reading Strategies Book 2.0, a research-packed (700+ citations to the science of reading) revised and reimagined update to The New York Times’ bestselling resource, this workshop will help you use strategies effectively in your instruction—no matter what approach to literacy you use, or the grade level, developmental levels, or ages of the students you teach.

Presenters: Jennifer Serravallo and Colleagues

Grade Level: K-8

Date and Time: Wednesday, March 5, 2025. 10:00am-4:00pm EST.