Great Habits, Great Readers Workshop (K-4 Reading)

January 29 & 30, 2015

Please join Juliana Worrell, Emily Hoefling, and Erin Michels for an open-invitation workshop designed to prepare instructional leaders, teachers, and school leadership teams to deliver transformational K-4 reading instruction. 

What does it take to make all of our students great readers—especially now that the Common Core State Standards define reading at a higher degree of rigor than ever before?  Based on the experiences of the highest-achieving early reading teachers, the Great Habits, Great Readers workshop answers this question and many more.  The Reading model presented in this workshop is structured around the habits that consistently produce outstanding reading results—actions that can be replicated in any school, by any teacher.  It’s not just about finding the right texts (though we’ll cover that); it’s not just about making discussions more text-dependent (though we’ll address that, too). At its heart, the Reading-by-Habit model is about transforming that moment when a child gets something wrong into an opportunity to teach the habits that will help him or her get it right.

We will be offering differentiated sessions based on grade levels. On day one, you will be able to choose between a K-2 track focused on reading instruction within the Lexile Range of 50L -500L and a 3-4 track focused on the Lexile Range of 500L-900L+.

By the workshop’s conclusion, all participants will be able to:

• ·         Teach Common Core standards via text-dependent guided reading lessons
• ·         Analyze reading data to make every lesson count by teaching exactly what each student needs
• ·         Select effective challenging narrative and informational texts and design lesson plans that allow students to succeed with these texts
• ·         Lead effective conversations around reading by leveraging writing tasks, charting and targeted questioning

Participants will be able to choose between differentiated workshops that address the following:

• ·         Coach teachers in making the Reading-by-Habit model happen in their classrooms
• ·         Teach strong read-aloud and reading comprehension skills lessons in grades K-2
• ·         Teach strong shared reading lessons that use close reading techniques in grades 3-4

In addition to expert training in all these areas, participants will receive:

• ·         A copy of the book Great Habits, Great Readers
• ·         A USB of 200+ video clips that capture the most effective reading teachers in action
• ·         Full-length guided reading prompting guides for both narrative and informational texts organized by lexile levels
• ·         All the professional development materials you’ll need to turnkey this training in your own schools

When:

• ·         January 29^th and 30^th, 2015 – 7:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. (times are subject to change)

Where:

• ·         Hamilton Park Hotel & Conference Center
• ·         175 Park Avenue, Florham Park, New Jersey
• ·         Conveniently located 30 minutes from Newark Airport

Cost:

• ·         Training:  $1,000 per person for 2 day workshop
• ·         In addition to the individual training fee, each school must be covered under a site license:

o   First Time Site License: $1,000.00 per school that has not yet attended this workshop

§  Includes use of all videos and training materials at your school site

o   Returners Site License: $300.00 per school that has previously attended Great Habits, Great Readers for new material upgrade fee

§  Includes use of all videos and training materials at your school site

§  **Note: If your school attended the November 2014 Great Habits, Great Readers workshop, you will not need to re-purchase a site license.

Registration:

• ·         Initial attendance is limited to up to 8 people per team.  It is possible that we will have more space available beyond 8 people per team.  If you would like more than 8 seats, please contact Caroline atk4workshop@uncommonschools.org.  In the event that we have available seating after registration closes, they will be offered in the order the requests were received.
• ·         Please RSVP by Friday, January 9^th, 2015 by registering on Eventbrite. Space is limited and may fill up prior to Friday, January 9^th. Spots will be allocated on a first come, first served basis. Once your RSVP is received, you will receive an email confirmation with hotel booking information.

o   http://greathabitsgreatreadersjan2015.eventbrite.com

o   When registering, make sure to provide the email address most frequently checked by each attendee. Important information regarding logistics and materials will be emailed to the registered email addresses.

• ·         Full payment per attendee must be received by Friday, January 16^th, 2015 and may be made in two ways via registration on Eventbrite:

o   by credit card, or

o   by check

§  payable to UNCOMMON SCHOOLS (Memo: Registration Number)

§  mail to:

North Star Academy

            ATTN: Caroline Kwon

                                                10 Washington Place

                                                Newark, NJ 07102                 

• ·         In the event your full payment or deposit is not received by January 16^th, 2015, your seat will be released to the waiting list.
• ·         If you have questions, please contact Caroline at k4workshop@uncommonschools.org

We very much look forward to sharing this workshop with you.  Thank you!

Juliana Worrell, co-author, Great Habits, Great Readers, & Principal, Alexander St. Elementary School

Emily Hoefling, Principal, Leadership Prep Canarsie

Erin Michels, Director of Literacy and Math, K-4, North Star Academy