June 18-19, 2009 Fourth Annual University of Arkansas Literacy Symposium,
at the Fayetteville Town Center, featuring guest speakers Rafe Esquith, Debbie Miller, Chris Crutcher, and Kassie Misiewicz. Contact Linda Eilers (leilers@uark.edu) for more information.
PAST EVENTS:
Improving Literacy in the Content Areas:
A Summer Institute for Secondary School Teachers of English/Language Arts, Science, Social Studies, Mathematics, and Technology
June 20-23, 2006, Embassy Suites, Rogers, Arkansas
The University of Arkansas will offer a four-day Professional Development Institute for secondary school teachers of English/language arts, science, social studies, mathematics, and technology from June 20 through June 23, 2006, at the Embassy Suites Hotel and Conference Center in Rogers, Arkansas. The Institute will run from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily. David Jolliffe, the Brown Chair in English Literacy at the University of Arkansas, will direct the Institute.
Keynote speaker for the Institute will be Steven Zemelman, co-author with Harvey Daniels of Subjects Matter: Every Teacher’s Guide to Content-Area. Reading. A consultant on school improvement in Chicago, a facilitator of the Chicago Schools Alliance, and the Director of the Illinois Writing Project, Zemelman is the author of History Comes Home: Family Stories across the Curriculum and has guided the founding of a number of small secondary schools in Chicago.
The work of the Institute will be hands-on. Each of the four-days of the Institute will focus on a different topic: developing inquiry units to support literacy instruction, improving reading in the content areas, incorporating writing in the content areas, and connecting language awareness to reading and writing in the content areas. Participants will have the opportunity to work with other teachers in their content area, guided by specialists in the field, to develop materials, methods, strategies, and plans for use in secondary school classrooms.
The cost of the Institute is $150 per person. This fee includes all materials, including a copy of Subjects Matter, plus lunch daily and morning and afternoon breaks. Participants will be responsible for transportation to Rogers, lodging, and dinners. Breakfast is provided for participants staying at the Embassy Suites.
To register for the Institute, please copy the attached form and phone, fax, or mail to the Division of Continuing Education at the University of Arkansas as indicated. The maximum number of attendees must cap at 200. The deadline for registration is Tuesday, February 28, 2006. Please register early to ensure participation.
A block of rooms is being held at the Embassy Suites under the name of the University of Arkansas Literacy Program at the rate of $129 per night.To reserve lodging, please call the Embassy Suites in Rogers at (479) 254-8400 prior to May 20, 2006.
The Brown Chair in English Literacy Initiative will play a major role in the First Annual University of Arkansas Reading Symposium, "Differentiated Literacy for Diverse Learners," on June 8 and June 9, 2006, at the University of Arkansas Continuing Education Center, 2 East Center Street, on the Square in Fayetteville. The symposium will feature Dr. Carol Ann Tomlinson of the University of Virginia, who will speak on "Teaching in Noah's Ark: Academically Diverse Learners." Concurrent sessions will offer information on using reading/writing workshops, accommodating English language learners, incorporating multicultural literature, using readers' theater, developing differentiated novel units, using writing-to-learn activities in the content areas, accommodating struggling learners, and developing literacy coaching models. For more information, please write to Professor Tom Smith at tecsmith@uark.edu or call 479-575-4209.
The Brown Chair in English Literacy Initiative will sponsor a statewide "town hall" meeting on literacy for educators, literacy practitioners, and governmental officials on September 15 and September 16, 2006, at the University of Arkansas Continuing Education Center, 2 East Center Street, on the Square in Fayetteville. This two-day event will feature hands-on workshops by members of the Brown Chair Advisory Committee (see the "People" section of this web site) and give participants the opportunity to provide input about workshops, courses, and partnerships that the Brown Chair in English Literacy Initiative could sponsor. For additional information on this meeting, please write Professor David Jolliffe at 479-575-2289 or write him at djollif@uark.edu.
July 17-19, 2007--Improving Literacy in the Content Areas: A Workshop for Secondary School Teachers of English, Social Studies, Science, Mathematics, and Technology, focusing on the development of curricular and pedagogical strategies to improve reading, writing, and language abilities among students. This workshop will be held in West Helena, AR, at the Great River Educational Service Cooperative. Contact David Jolliffe at djollif@uark.edu for more information.
October 12, 2007 "A Hands-On, Early Start on Literacy: Getting Your Pre-School Child Ready to Read and Learn,"
a free workshop for parents, teachers, and caregivers presented by Judy Fox, Curriculum Specialist, Washington County (MD) Schools. 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., with continental breakfast and lunch provided. White River Rural Health Wellness Center, 905 N. 4th St., Augusta, AR 72006. Families are children's best first teachers. This workshop will offer ways for families to discover learning opportunities within the everyday routines of young children. From sorting laundry to singing the alphabet; from writing in the shower to reading in the grocery--this workshop presents a family-friendly way to help children be ready to learn to read and write. For more information, contact Joy Lynn Bowen at Joy.Bowen@wrrhc-ar.org or 870-347-1137.
November 16-17, 2007 "Raising ACT Scores in English, Reading, and Writing,"
a free workshop for teachers, counselors, and parents presented by Bernard Phelan, Homewood-Flossmoor (IL) High School. Friday afternoon and Saturday hours to be determined. Professional Development Credits awarded. Little Rock School District Instructional Resource Center, 30th and Martin Luther King Drive, Little Rock, AR. To help secure admission to higher education, Arkansas high school students need to score well on the ACT Examination. Bernie Phelan, a veteran high school English teacher, will share the details of his 20-year track record of helping to raise the scores of marginal and at-risk students. For more information, contact David Jolliffe at djollif@uark.edu or 479-575-2289.
