Workshops: Leading Social Class-Sensitive Schools/Turning Around Readers
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The University of Georgia College of Education is offering two workshops for local school administrators, counselors and teachers that focus on educational issues related to social class and poverty on Dec. 9 at the Georgia Center for Continuing Education.
“Leading Social Class-Sensitive Schools” is for district-level school administrators, principals, assistant principals, counselors and instructional coaches.
“Turning Around Readers and Reading with a Social Class-Sensitive Approach” is for school teachers, instructional coaches and individuals interested in helping all students become powerful readers.
The workshops are a part of the CLASSroom Project@UGA initiative developed by award-winning faculty members Stephanie Jones and Mark Vagle, both associate professors in elementary and social studies education.
Cost: $145 (includes a copy of the book The Reading Turn-Around, A Five Part Framework for Differentiated Instruction)