Reading is Thinking By Stephanie Harvey and Debbie Miller 17th - 18th March 2018, Luxembourg
	Overview: Kids thinking matters! When our students begin to understand that their thinking matters, learning changes. They develop a passion for literacy. The refrain of What time is recess? When's lunch? becomes an anthem of "Can we please go read now?" As educators, we take kids thoughts, ideas, questions, opinions and learning seriously. In this two day workshop, we advocate instruction that engages kids and guides them as they read, write and think their way through the day and across the curriculum. We teach the reader not merely the reading, by sharing and modeling strategies that support readers to merge their thinking with the information, ask questions, construct meaning, acquire knowledge and actively use it. Our staff development efforts support teachers to plan engaging instruction that places an emphasis on teaching for understanding. Based on the comprehension research of David Pearson and his colleagues, our focus is on teaching comprehension strategies that lead students to become thoughtful, active, independent readers and writers. We advocate active literacy classrooms where students do not spend the day filling in bubbles and blanks, but rather read, write, talk, listen and investigate their way into thinking, learning and understanding. Inquiry based learning and project based learning are central to understanding and acquiring knowledge in classrooms such as these. Principles that guide our work include: Teach for understanding and engagement. Foster passion and curiosity. Make thinking visible. Create an environment that values collaborative learning and thinking. Support kids to read extensively in text they can and want to read. Build instruction around authentic, relevant and significant topics. Provide explicit instruction with the Gradual Release of Responsibility framework. Create a common language for literacy. Differentiate instruction and text. Teach with the end in mind . Plan with learning targets in mind for all kids. Create deep, curious thinkers and lifelong learners. Objectives: Participants will Have a better understanding of how to explicitly teach comprehension strategies. Discover new ways to engage kids and support them to expand their thinking and acquire knowledge. Learn more about delivering instruction in a reading workshop model. Gain a more complete understanding of inquiry based teaching and learning. Plan for short term and long term learning targets. Interact with each other throughout the two days. Have fun! Agenda: Day 1 Morning Session Keynote with Stephanie Harvey for all participants REMAINDER OF DAY Grades K-2 Breakout with Debbie Miller. Grades 3-8 Breakout with Stephanie Harvey. MORNING SESSION 8:30-10:00 Morning Session Keynote for all participants by Stephanie Harvey - Comprehension Collaboration and Inquiry The Real 21st Century Skills 10:00-10:20 Break. 10:30-11:45 Morning Breakout Session with Stephanie Proficient reader strategies as tools for understanding. Make thinking visible: The inner conversation. The Gradual Release of Responsibility framework for instruction. Active Literacy: Read it, Write it, Talk it, Do it. 10:30-11:45 Morning Session with Debbie We'll engage in an interactive study of Readers' Workshop – a predictable structure that provides daily opportunities for in-depth and active teaching and learning, flexibility, differentiation, and independence. Video clips included! 11:45-1:00 Lunch AFTERNOON BREAKOUT SESSION 1:00–3:30pm with Stephanie Active Literacy Video: View and discuss. Read Write and Talk: The process from the inside out. Participants read and respond to nonfiction pieces. Text complexity and close reading and viewing for understanding with nonfiction text. 1:00–3:30pm with Debbie Read, write, and talk/response to reading. Defining beliefs, aligning practices. Primary inquiry video: View and discuss. 3:30-4:00 Reflection and Q&A with whole group (Debbie and Stephanie together). Day 2 8:30-10:00 Keynote for all participants by Debbie Miller. Let's Do This! instilling Agency, Ownership, and Agency within Children and Ourselves 10:15-10:30 Break. REMAINDER OF DAY Grades K-2 Breakout session with Debbie Miller. Grades 3-6 Breakout session with Stephanie Harvey. MORNING SESSION 10:20-11:45 with Debbie Miller Wordless Book Study / Implications for classroom use. Classroom environments that support agency, ownership, and independence. Book Clubs for our youngest readers. MORNING SESSION 10:20-11:45 with Stephanie Harvey . The Power of Collaboration : What social strategy use looks and sounds like (and doesn't!!) including video viewing . Content Literacy : Reading across the curriculum . 11:45-1:00 Lunch. AFTERNOON SESSION 1:00-3:30 with Stephanie Inquiry Circles in Action - Four types of Inquiry circles. Design thinking for educators. Assessment and Evaluation: What is the difference? 1:00-3:30 with Debbie Miller Long and short-term planning that helps ensure that no child falls through the cracks. Learning targets and Assessments for learning. Creating/planning a three-day cycle. Participants choice: What keeps you up at night? 3:30-4:00 Reflection and Q and A with whole group. Trainer’s Profile STEPHANIE HARVEY PROFILE Stephanie Harvey has spent the past forty two years teaching and learning about reading and writing. She received her BA from the University of Denver and her MA from the University of Colorado. After sixteen years of regular elementary and special education teaching in the Jefferson County Schools in Lakewood, Colorado, Stephanie became a staff developer forthe Denver based Public Education and Business Coalition (PEBC), a partnership of leaders from education and business who support innovation in public schools. In that role, she has worked with teachers, librarians, staff developers and principals throughout Colorado coordinating literacy projects, leading workshops and conducting classroom demonstrations. Insatiably curious about student thinking, she is a teacher first and foremost and continues to work in schools on a regular basis savoring any time spent with kids. Stephanie also serves as a private consultant to schools and districts throughout the country. She travels extensively and works with educators in inner city, suburban and rural districts around the world. A regular presenter and keynote speaker at conferences, she speaks on comprehension, active literacy, nonfiction reading, writing and research, content literacy, inquiry based learning, collaboration, reading and writing workshop, technology integration and the role of passion, wonder and engagement in teaching and learning. She loves to write and has published articles in Language Arts, Reading Teacher, Ed Leadership and other educational periodicals. Her books include Nonfiction Matters, Strategies That Work and Comprehension and Collaboration: Inquiry Circles in Action. With Anne Goudvis. she co-authored The Comprehension Toolkit series (www.comprehensiontoolkit.com). Additionally, she has released a number of videos on comprehension, active literacy, inquiry-based learning and enhancing literacy with technology. Stephanie serves on the National Geographic literacy council and is the program consultant for a series of books called Ladders which feature amazing content and come at a variety of levels for intermediate grades.Stephanie has been proud to offer her annual summer comprehension, Inquiry-based learning institute in a host of different cities across the United States including Denver, Chicago, Seattle, San Francisco and New York. She and Debbie Miller have presented their Comprehension institutes in a variety of cities including Budapest. Stephanie lives in Denver, Colorado with her husband and has two grown children who love the mountains as much as she does. DEBBIE MILLER PROFILE Debbie Miller is an experienced teacher, author, and literacy consultant who now works in schools across the United States and Canada. She is known for her work in the field of comprehension instruction, particularly in its application for children in the primary grades. Debbie began her professional career in the Denver Public Schools, where she taught and learned from children for thirty years. While in the classroom, Debbie worked with the Denver-based Public Education and Business Coalition, a non-profit organization committed to high- quality, ongoing professional evelopment. It was through her work with PEBC that she learned about the proficient reader research and discovered its amazing impact on teaching and learning. Though Debbie no longer has her own classroom, she continues to be involved in ongoing professional development in classrooms in the US. Much of her current work is working alongside teachers and children, demonstrating lessons, conferring with children and teachers, and refining her practice. In addition to her comprehension work, Debbie is fascinated with Angela Duckworth’s ongoing research on grit, and how we might help children develop it, as well as other non-cognitive skills such as resilience, stamina, and perseverance. Debbie is the author of Reading with Meaning: Teaching Comprehension in the Primary Grades, 2nd Beliefs and Aligning Practices, and co-authored No More Independent Reading Without Support (2013), and Comprehension Going Forward (2011). She lives in Littleton, CO with her husband Don, where they always have time to read and play with their four adorable grandchildren! Investment:   Investment includes Certificate of Participation, Lunch and 2 coffee breaks.   USD-740, Early Bird Offer till 1st November, 2017   USD-790, Closing Date 1st February 2018 Venue:   Luxembourg Timings:   Timings 8.30 am to 4.00 pm Registration at 8.00 am on the 17th March 2018. Contact:   Shonal Agarwal CEO Email: shonal@chaptersinternational.com workshops@chaptersinternational.com Website: www.chaptersinternational.com