Audience: AWP Teacher Consultants

Dr. Darrell Bourque instructs teachers in writing strategies to be used in their own writing. In reader-response groups, teachers collaborate with each other on revisions and editing the writing they produce. Teachers present/publish their writing for the group anthology at the end of the workshop. (Friday: 3 hours; Saturday: 9 hours; Sunday: 3 hours; TOTAL: 15 hours)

Audience: Teachers of Writing, high school and college age writier.

Workshop presenters will guide participants through an exploration of the dynamic and fluid nature of human relationships as inspired by the digitally altered photo portraits of local artist Herman Mhire. Drawing inspiration from Mhire´s artwork, participants will write a series of episodic vignettes and will also switch generes to explore such questions as "How much of what we know about others is really a reflection of ourselves?"

Audience: K - 12 Teachers

Through various participatory activities, this workshop will help teachers to unpack the Kennedy Center’s definition of arts integration and give them the opportunity to uncover the characteristics of quality integration. Additionally, the session includes a hands-on, minds-on sampling of an arts-integrated lesson and examines how arts-integrated instruction aligns with current learning principles and best practices.

Audience: Elementary - Reading Facilitators

Training in the use of Earobics Software and generating reports for Response to Intervention (RtI).

Audience: Teachers of grades 5-12

This interactive workshop will guide teachers in helping students to recognize the variety of perspectives when analyzing events and literature. It will further participants’ ability to guide students in analyzing characters and situations. By enacting texts, sketching and journaling, participants will explore different points of view on the same event, expand their empathy for others, and improve literacy instruction. This workshop will use the book TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD.

Audience: Grade 7 ELA teachers and administrators

Participants will develop a professional lexicon for genre study, upack a unit on short stories and novels, participate in reading workshop and share and review resources for these genres.

Target Audience: Middle and High School ElA Department Chairs
This integration workshop wil explore the topics of examining district and school data by feeder schools, scoring Edusoft constructed response and analyzing data for decision making, establishing professional inquiry groups for action research and maximizing the use of student portfolios.

Audience: Elementary - Reading Facilitators

Training in the use of Lexia Software and generating reports for Response to Intervention (RtI).

Participants will develop their skills in the performing arts and work towards integrating the arts with other core curriculum. After completing the seminar, participants are eligible and encouraged to apply for a mentoring program, which will partner them with master artist/educators to work directly in their classroooms. A stipend is given to participants.

Audience: Middle and High School ELA Teachers

MUST REGISTER FOR ALL SESSIONS TO RECEIVE FULL CREDIT.

Teachers will read and discuss professional literature related to ELA Instruction of the spring semester. They will collegially discuss topics in their books in 4 face-to-face meetings and respond on-line to the readings, to their use of the strategies in their classrooms, and to their colleagues’ electronic postings. (8 hours in face-to-face meetings; 2 hours in reflection and response)

Audience: Middle and High School ELA Teachers

MUST REGISTER FOR ALL SESSIONS TO RECEIVE FULL CREDIT.

Teachers will read and discuss professional literature related to ELA Instruction of the spring semester. They will collegially discuss topics in their books in 4 face-to-face meetings and respond on-line to the readings, to their use of the strategies in their classrooms, and to their colleagues’ electronic postings. (8 hours in face-to-face meetings; 2 hours in reflection and response)

Audience: Middle and High School ELA Teachers

MUST REGISTER FOR ALL SESSIONS TO RECEIVE FULL CREDIT.

Teachers will read and discuss professional literature related to ELA Instruction of the spring semester. They will collegially discuss topics in their books in 4 face-to-face meetings and respond on-line to the readings, to their use of the strategies in their classrooms, and to their colleagues’ electronic postings. (8 hours in face-to-face meetings; 2 hours in reflection and response)

Audience: Teachers grades 3-12

There Once Was a Poem That Knew Facts: The Unlikely Love Affair Between Poetry and Nonfiction is an interactive session with poet, author, educator Allan Wolf that explores ways to connect poetry and non-fiction tests while addressing subjects across the curriculum.

Target Audience: Teachers in Grades K - 2
This series of trainings will consist of: Instructional Components of Comprehensive Literacy, Guided Reading, Literacy Work Stations, Writing Workshop & Assessment. The facilitator at your school will notify you regarding place and time of attendance.

Target Audience: Teachers in Grades 3 - 5
This series of trainings will consist of: Instructional Components of Comprehensive Literacy, Guided Reading, Literacy Work Stations, Writing Workshop & Assessment. The facilitator at your school will notify you regarding place and time of attendance.

Audience: Elementary Teachers

Participants will learn how to use Project Read Materials to implement the state mandated multi-sensory language arts program.

Audience: Middle and High SchoolTeachers

Participants will learn how to use Project Read Materials to implement the state mandated multi-sensory language arts program.

Audience: 6th Grade ELA Teachers

In this interactive professional development session, teachers will use protocols for collaborative unit examination and planning.