Small Group Sessions
conducted by K-12th grade teachers will include the following:
- Writing Across the Curriculum
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Content Literacy for Teachers of 7-12th Grades
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Content Literacy for Teachers of 4-6th Grades
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Vocabulary Development
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Literacy Strategies
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Big Ideas in Literacy
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Join us for a One-Day Summer Literacy Conference at Blue Mountain
College on June 11, 2010 led by Keynote Speaker Jo Prather, author,
storyteller, and trainer. Following this general session, teachers in
the field will conduct a total of 15 break-out workshops sessions.
The
opening session will be held in Modena Lowrey Berry Auditorium at 8:30
a.m. Save by pre-registering. The $30 registration fee is
non-refundable and covers workshop materials, lunch, refreshments, and
.5 CEU credits. The pre-registration deadline is March 26. If you wait and register the day of the workshop, it will cost $40. |
Featured Content Literacy Seminar
for Teachers in Grades 7-12 will include:
- Brief history of research in regard to content area literacy
- Data supporting the need for addressing literacy in content area
- Modeling examples
- Developing an action plan for integrating content area literacy into the courses taught
- Feed back from participants on what they need to help them to be successful
Keynote Speaker
Jo Prather
Jo
Prather is a teacher, an administrator, a reading specialist, an
author, a story teller, and a trainer. She has taught in eight states
and two foreign countries and uses her experiences to plan training
that works for teachers and administrators. Her training is curriculum
rich, packed with hands-on/ minds-on strategies, and designed to meet
the needs of the audience. Participants in her workshops will learn
through her expertise, life stories, and active participation.
Information will be current, brain-based, and relevant to today’s
students.
Mrs. Prather is an award winning educator who
has provided the keynote address for state reading and business
conferences in Mississippi, Texas, and Missouri. She is a three-time
recipient of the Mississippi Reading Association Literacy Award,
recipient of the Early Childhood Association Award, and recipient of
the Big Brothers/Big Sisters Outstanding Mentoring Award, the Europe
Teacher of the Year Candidate, and twice received the Outstanding
Teacher Award in Naples, Italy.
Jo retired from working
with public schools in June 2008. She continues to provide professional
development for teachers as a member of the speaker’s bureau with SDE
and Literacy Texas, as well as continuing to work with the
International Reading Association through the Mississippi Reading
Association and the Texas Reading Council.
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June 11, 2010
Sponsored by
Blue Mountain College
Department of Education
662-685-4771 (Ext. 238) |
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Featured Speaker
Dr. Bridgett Davis
The University of Southern Mississippi
Instructor: Secondary Education
Methods for Secondary Education
Content Literacy for Secondary Education
Classroom Management for Secondary Education
Dr. Bridgette Davis holds undergraduate degrees in biology and chemistry with a traditional route secondary education licensure. She taught secondary science classes for almost 10 years. In her first few years of teaching she realized that students actually love science but struggle with the language of science. Because secondary educators receive so little instruction in teaching “reading” and integrating literacy instruction into content areas, Davis sought the help of elementary teachers thinking that their training in content area reading methods would be beneficial. However, she discovered that elementary teachers also lacked an understanding of how to integrate literacy into the content areas. Frustrated, she began a research study that led her to pursue a doctorate degree in secondary literacy from the University of Southern Mississippi. ●
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