Events

Upcoming Events

10 March 2012

The Saturday Speaker Series 2012

San Francisco, CA

9am - 12pm

Drs. P. David Pearson and Elfrieda H. Hiebert will be co-presenting at the California Reading & Literacy Project's 2012 The Saturday Speaker Series.

13 April 2012

Text Complexity: What is it, How is it Measured, and After all, Why is it Important?

2:15pm to 3:45pm

Sheraton Wall Centre / North Parksville

13 April 2012

Contrasting Views on Increasing Capacity for Complex Text: Common Core State Standards and Jeanne Chall

2:15pm to 3:45pm

Sheraton Wall Centre / North Parksville

13 April 2012

American Educational Research Association 2012

Vancouver, Canada

29 April 2012

Institute 18: Reading Research Institute 2012: Research that Makes a Difference in the Age of Common Core Standards

9am to 5pm

Hyatt Regency McCormick Place - Regency Ballroom B

IRA Preconvention Institute

Tentative schedule

9:00-9:15: Greetings and Overview of the Day

9:15: 9: 45: Common Core Jeopardy: The Challenge for Research

9:45-10:30: Breakout #1: What Does the Common Core Standards Mean for Reading Instruction?

Vocabulary and Comprehension for English Learners in the Era of Common Standards
Rhyming and Reading: A Brain Science Perspective
Informational Text Comprehension and the Common Core State Standards

10: 30-10:45 Break

10:45-11:15: Issues #1: How Do We Integrate Content With Skill-Based Learning?

Linking Early Literacy Research and the Common Core Standards Motivating Students to Learn Reading through Science and History

11:15-12:00: Breakout #2: What Common Core Means for the Reading Curriculum

Building Background Knowledge Using Technology
Challenging Texts for the Struggling Reader
Research on Text Complexity: The CCSS as Catalyst

12:00-1:30 Lunch

1:30-2:15 Issue #2: Special Populations and CCSS: How do we ensure that all children are successful (sort of like an RTL panel): Issues:

Common Core Standards and English Language Learners, RtI and the Common Core Standards - What is the Knowledge Base for Early Grade Teachers?

Common Core Standards: Perilous or Promising for the Literacy Development of Black Boys

2:15-2:30 Break

2:30-3:15: Breakout #3: Technology and CCSS

The Mighty Shift from Page to Screen: Research and Realities of the eBook in Early Literacy Education
The Power of E-books on Student's Learning
The New Literacies of Online Reading Comprehension: Assessing and Preparing Students for the 21st Century With Common Core State Standards

3:20- 4:00: Issue #3: CCSS and Assessment: Panel

Assessment in the Age of Common Core Standards

Common Core State Standards in Language Arts K-12: A Gap Analysis of What Will Publishers, Schools, and Teachers Will Need to Know and Do to Respond

Effects of a Multi-Faceted Professional Development Program on Teacher Change and the Use of the New Common Core Literacy Standards

What Does the Common Core Standards Mean for Early Literacy Development?

4:00-4:30: Research That Has Made a Difference

BREAKOUTS:

AM Session Descriptions:

Audience members will need to select one of three interactive sessions to attend in the morning. Each of these interactive sessions focuses on a different age level of student: early education; intermediate; secondary.

PM Session Descriptions:

These sessions are designed to tackle issues related to technology and assessment. As in the morning session, audience members will have the option of attending one of three sessions that focus issues related to Common Core Standards for students at different age levels.