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CANCELLED - Professional Learning Institute: It's More Than Word Recognition: Teaching Language Comprehension
1/12/2023
8:30 AM - 3:00 PM Eastern

Event Description

It's More Than Word Recognition: Teaching Language Comprehension

While much of the Science of Reading conversation focuses on the urgent need for explicit and systematic instruction in word recognition, the science does not stop there. During this one-day, in-person professional learning experience, participants will explore how the research informs language comprehension instruction. Participants will examine the characteristics of high-quality instructional practices for background knowledge, vocabulary, language structure, verbal reasoning, and literacy knowledge. They will leave with practical instructional strategies that support students in applying these skills strategically to become skilled readers. 


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Event Details


Date: Thursday, January 12, 2023
Time: 8:30 AM–3:00 PM ET
Location: South Carolina ETV (SCETV), 1041 George Rogers Blvd., Columbia, SC 29201
Cost: $40 per person (includes continental breakfast, lunch, and workshop materials)

Keynote by John Antonetti



John Antonetti is a learner. He has had the great fortune to visit classrooms throughout North America in an effort to answer the question “What truly engages learners?” From thousands of students in pre-K through Graduate School, John has learned the three facets of powerful learning tasks—intellectual, academic, and emotional engagement.

John Antonetti is a teacher. He has taught A.P Chemistry and Kindergarten and most grades in between in his home state of Arkansas. Once described by Larry Lezotte as a “teacher’s teacher,” Mr. Antonetti works with schools across the country and Canada on student engagement, writing, rigor and relevance, and high-yield best practices. As the former Director of Curriculum in the Sheridan School District in Arkansas, he took what he learned in his home district and developed strategies and protocols that work across all school types. He has partnered with five school districts that were awarded the nationally-recognized Broad Prize for Urban Education. While hands-on work in schools is his passion, John is also a highly-sought keynote speaker. His humor and parables are recognized by teachers, administrators, and parents as relevant examples of the power of teachers.

Antonetti is the author of the book, Writing as a Measure and Model of Thinking which utilizes the engagement cube and practical tools to increase student thinking in all subject areas. With his late business partner and friend, Jim Garver, John co-authored the ASCD best-seller 17,000 Classroom Visits Can’t be Wrong: Strategies that Engage Students, Promote Active Learning, and Boost Achievement. His latest book, co-authored with Terri Stice, is the Corwin Teaching Essentials best-seller #PowerfulTaskDesign: Rigorous and Engaging Tasks to Level Up Instruction.

Whether he’s on the Kinder carpet or in front of 4000 teachers at an international conference, Antonetti continues to learn.

Meet the Facilitators

Katharine Bonasera is a Manager of Educational Partnerships for Collaborative Classroom. She has over 14 years of teaching and leadership experience in urban school environments, serving as a classroom teacher, assistant principal, and principal. In addition to her school-based experience, she has coached early-career Teach For America teachers and serves as an advisor with Relay Graduate School of Education's National Principal Academy Fellowship. She is passionate about cultivating school environments that foster connection, equitable practices, and the opportunity for all community members to thrive. 

Keri Bartholomew has been a lead educational consultant with Collaborative Classroom since 2009. She holds an MA in Teaching Early Childhood Education with a focus on Language and Literacy from National Louis University, Chicago, Illinois. With over 20 years of experience in public education, Keri has facilitated professional learning with preservice and inservice educators in the areas of reading and writing development, intervention, and social-emotional learning. She has presented at local, state, and national conferences and worked with schools across the country as an independent literacy consultant. She has also served as an adjunct instructor teaching literacy courses at Columbia College in Chicago, Illinois.

General Information

  • Registration Fee: $40 per person

  • ​Payment Options: Credit card, e-check (ACH), or purchase order

  • Registration Deadline: January 6, 2023

  • Refund/Transfer Policy: Deadline to submit requests for refund and transfers is January 6, 2023. Requests must be in writing. Email requests to events@collaborativeclassroom.org.

  • Meals/Drinks: Continental breakfast and lunch will be provided. 

  • Registration Method: Online registration only.

  • Attendance Certificates: Certificates will be provided by email within 30 business days after the event. 

  • Our staff and facilitators prefer this hotel: Hampton Inn Columbia–Downtown Historic District

Questions? Please contact events@collaborativeclassroom.org.

 

 


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