Conferences

=Confirmed Conferences:= __NCTE__ Julie, Michele, Elizabeth

__Reading Recovery__ Kim - Sunday and Monday
 * **Sunday 1:30** || (Carol Worst) Guided Reading - Explicit Instruction for All ||
 * **Sunday 3:30** || (Terry Thompson) Using Comics to Teach Comprehension ||
 * **Monday 8:30** || (David Matteson) Reading in the Content Area ||
 * **Monday 1:00** || (Pat Johnson) Inferring - The Heartbeat of Comprehension ||
 * **Monday 3:00** || (Jackie Collier) One Writing Program with Two Purposes: Giving Students the Tools They Need ||
 * **Monday 1:00** || (Pat Johnson) Inferring - The Heartbeat of Comprehension ||
 * **Monday 3:00** || (Jackie Collier) One Writing Program with Two Purposes: Giving Students the Tools They Need ||
 * **Monday 3:00** || (Jackie Collier) One Writing Program with Two Purposes: Giving Students the Tools They Need ||
 * **Monday 3:00** || (Jackie Collier) One Writing Program with Two Purposes: Giving Students the Tools They Need ||

Angie - Sunday and Monday Julie - Sunday and Monday Kate - Monday & Tuesday Kathleen - Sunday and Monday
 * Mon @ 8:30: Literacy, Learning, Thinking, and Classroom Communities (Peter Johnston)
 * Mon @ 1:00: Reading and Math - A Perfect Marriage (Becky O'Connor)
 * Mon @ 3:00: Wonderful Words for K-2: What's New in 2009? (Patricia Scharer)
 * Tues @ 10:30: Develop Your Own Balanced Literacy Framework (John McCarrier)
 * Sun @ 3:30 Guided Writing - What it is and How to Do It (Gail Saunders-Smith)
 * Mon @ 8:30 Small Group Instruction for RTI (Karen Odegard)
 * Mon @ 1:00 The "X-celeration Factor" in Guided Reading (Jan Richardson)
 * Mon @ 3:00 Learning Decision Making in Community Writing (Andrea McCarrier)

__The Literacy Connection__ Shelley (building/UAEA) Angie (building/UAEA) Renee (building/UAEA) Kim (second choice) Elizabeth (building/UAEA) Julie (third choice)

= = = = =__**2010 National Reading Recovery & K-6 Classroom Literacy Conference**__ (Shelly (Sun, Mon), Kathleen, Julie (Sun, Mon, Tues), Kim (Sat, Sun, Mon), Angie (Sat, Sun, Mon), Kate (Sun, Mon, Tues)= =February 6-9 ● Columbus, Ohio= =Greater Columbus Convention Center and Hyatt Regency Hotel= =Cost: $370 before Dec. 1 ($270 for pre-conference sessions)= =Register Now and Receive a Free Webcast and 2009 Pricing!= = = =__Sat Sessions (Non-Reading Recovery)__= =Reading Roadblocks - Becky DuFour= =Planning Mini-lessons for Reading Workshop - Franki Sibberson=

= = =Keynote Speakers= =Carol Lyons, Candy Dawson Boyd, and Brod Bagert= =Classroom Literacy Featured Speakers= =Peter Johnson= =Janet Richardson= =Reading Recovery Featured Speakers= =Nancy Anderson= =Mary Fried= =Floretta Thornton-Reid= =Concurrent Sessions= =The Conference also includes approximately 120 concurrent sessions covering the categories of Classroom Literacy for Grades K-2, Grades K-6, and Grades 3-6; Children's Literature and Authors; Literacy Coaching; School Administrators and Implementation; and Reading Recovery.= =Who Should Attend= =Reading Recovery professionals, K-6 classroom teachers, Title I teachers and coordinators, school administrators, principals, superintendents, board members, reading specialists, literacy coaches and coordinators, curriculum specialists, school librarians, Reading First coordinators, university professors, and literacy advocates.= == =**__NCTE Annual Convention__ (possibly Elizabeth, Michele, Julie, Renee)**= =November 19-22, 2009 (optional sessions Nov. 23)= =Philadelphia, PA= =Cost: between $220-$450 plus travel, lodging and meals= =http://www.ncte.org/annual=

=Karen Smith= =Chris Tovanni= =Julie Andrews= =Joyce Carol Oates= =Kylene Beers=

=__**IRA**__= =May 3-7 in Minneapolis= =Cost: approximately $195 plus travel, lodging and meals= =*we need to take a look at this and the dates because there are a lot of regional conferences, plus an annual conference= =Oct 28 - 31, Grand Rapids, MI= =Nov Branson, Missouri= =end of Nov, New Orleans= =Feb - Oklahoma City= =Apr 25-28 in Chicago=

= = =**__The Literacy Connection__** (Julie, Elizabeth, Kim, Michele, Kathleen, Angie, Kate, Shelly)= =-Kylene Beers - session canceled; Kathleen will provide us with more information= =-New presenter will be Samantha Bennett (That Workshop Book)= =-Dates TBD, possibly in the evening=

=Cost: approximately $200= =http://www.theliteracyconnection.org/= = = =**__Choice Literacy__** (Julie, Angie, Kate)= =-winter workshops not available; sessions offered June 2010 and throughout the summer= =Cost: approximately $225 per session= =http://www.choiceliteracy.com/= = = =**__Dublin Literacy Conference__** (Kim, Kate, Angie, Shelly, Julie)= =Saturday, February 20, 2010= =Cost: approximately $125= =http://www.dublinschools.net/DublinLiteracyConference.aspx= = = =__**OCTELA**__= =March 26-27 (Friday and Saturday)= =Worthington, OH= =Cost: Approximately $60= =**http://www.octela.org/newoctela/newspconf.html**= = = =__**IB Training**__ **(Renee, Kim)**= =April= =-middle school teachers= = = =__Visiting Other Places**__= =Shelly, Elizabeth, Julie, Angie, Kate - Solon (Elizabeth will contact)= =Elizabeth, Shelly, Kate - Lakota (Renee and Shelly will contact)= =-discussion about structures and organizations, PD (coordinators, coaches, etc)= =-Classroom visit - how does their literacy come alive in the classroom?=