May 3, 2013: The Reading Turn-Around Workshop
Description: This one day workshop is designed for teachers in the elementary grades, instructional coaches, literacy coaches, administrators, after school specialists, tutors, administrators, and anyone else concerned with providing the highest quality reading instruction and literacy contexts for all children. In this terrific workshop participants will:
• Learn about the social class-sensitive, five-part framework for differentiated instruction in reading;
• Examine how social class and poverty play a role in reading and language in the classroom;
• Analyze social class and poverty in popular culture, media, and literature through critical reading practices;
• Design learning opportunities around working-class children’s literature;
• Create a concrete plan for individualizing reading instruction for “struggling” readers and enhancing literacy for all students.
Instructors:
Dr. Mark Vagle, Associate Professor, Elementary and Social Studies Education
Dr. Stephanie Jones, Associate Professor, Elementary and Social Studies Education
Cost: $150 (includes workshop materials and a copy of the book “The Reading Turn-Around: A Five-Part Framework for Differential Instruction”)
Location: UGA Gwinnett Campus, Lawrenceville, Georgia
Time: 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Come a day early and attend the Other Side of Poverty in Schools Workshop scheduled for May 2, 2013!
Registration Now Open! Click here to register! Registration Deadline: April 29, 2013
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