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Events
Previous Events
4 September 2013
Time Matters in Becoming Proficient with Complex Text
In this presentation, Elfrieda (Freddy) Hiebert will talk about the need for students, beginning in kindergarten, to spend substantial amounts of time with text. Without such opportunities, students will not have the proficiencies to comprehend texts with complex content and structures as they move through school. In this presentation, Freddy will describe ways in which teachers can increase the time their students spend in reading to learn.
19 August 2013
Zinco Education's Literacy and The Common Core Conference
Norwalk, CA
Freddy presents at Zinco Education's Literacy and The Common Core Conference.
26 June 2013
Emma Eccles Jones 14th Annual Early Childhood Symposium
Ogden, UT
Freddy presents the keynote presentation on June 26, 2013 of Emma Eccles Jones 14th Annual Early Childhood Symposium.
27 April 2013
AERA 2013
San Francisco, CA
19 April 2013
IRA 2013 San Antonio
San Antonio, TX
This preconvention institute is designed to answer pressing questions of educational leaders in states, districts, and schools about the new assessments that will be administered in the 2014—2015 school year.
19 April 2013
Institute 19: Assessment in the Era of the Common Core State Standards
This session gives educators insight into assessments that support the goals of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). Speakers include leaders in the development of the CCSS and related assessments, researchers of assessment practices and issues, and leaders in state agencies and teacher education who are working on implementation of the CCSS. Articles and presentations of presenters and opportunities to ask questions of presenters will be available prior to the institute to support shared background for dialogue and presentations. Participants will also be able to ask questions of speakers digitally during the institute which will be addressed in summary sessions.
20 April 2013
Research into Practice: The Common Core's Three Sources for Text Complexity
The Common Core State Standards identified a three-part model for establishing the complexity of texts. This presentation will examine existing scholarship for each source-quantitative, qualitative, and reader-task-with the goal of identifying support for educators in selecting and teaching texts in ways that increase students' capacity with complex text (Standard 10). Ways in which practitioners and researchers can work together to bolster text assessment systems will be identified in the final section of the presentation.
20 April 2013
Literacy Implementation Guidance for the Common Core ELA Standards
As part of the IRA Common Core Standards Committee, Freddy and colleagues present the Literacy Implementation Guidance.
22 April 2013
When it Comes to Making a Difference, Nothing Beats a Good Theory
21 April 2013
Reading Plus at IRA 2013
22 April 2013
Pearson and QuickReads at IRA 2013
Freddy teams up with Pearson to discuss text complexity, assessment, and the Common Core State Standards.
15 April 2013
Wisconsin's Literacy (un)Conference 2013
Freddy is presenting an online presentation for Wisconsin's Literacy (un)Conference 2013.
20 March 2013
Pearson Webinar March 2013
Webinar
The second of two webinars Freddy presents for the Pearson Common Core Institute.
7 March 2013
VT READS Institute conference
S. Burlington, VT
Freddy presents at the Literacy Leadership Initiative sponsered conference.
28 February 2013
Pearson Webinar February 28, 2013
This event has been cancelled.
26 February 2013
NYC webinar, Part II
Webinar
Freddy presents part II of her webinar for NYC teachers.