Improving Adolescent Literacy: Effective Vocabulary and Comprehension Practices (Portland, OR)
This event will focus on the Institute of Education Sciences' practice guide Improving Adolescent Literacy: Effective Classroom and Intervention Practices, which includes five key recommendations for improving adolescent literacy:
- Provide explicit vocabulary instruction
- Provide direct and explicit comprehension strategy instruction
- Provide opportunities for extended discussion of text meaning and interpretation
- Increase student motivation and engagement in literacy learning
- Make available intensive and individualized interventions for struggling readers that can be provided by trained specialists
Participants will review the research-based recommendations for improving adolescent literacy classroom and intervention practices and focus on building their vocabulary and comprehension skills. Participants will also be exposed to hands-on techniques, learn, first-hand, how to translate theory into practice, have the opportunity to process the information as it pertains to their own work context, and leave with ideas to bring back to their school or district.
This free event will be conducted in collaboration with the International Reading Association (IRA)’s West Regional Conference to be held February 17–20, 2010, 8:30am – 3:30pm in Portland, Oregon.
This workshop is designed for teachers, instructional coaches, and district-level reading specialists who provide professional development. Other registrants are also welcome.
Registration
Registration is full, but you can still register to be placed on our waiting list. You will be notified by email if a seat becomes available. Registration deadline February 10, 2010
Logistics
Location: Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Red Lion Hotel, Portland Convention Center in Portland, OR
Contact: For additional information about this event, please contact Dawn Scruggs at 1-800-547-6339, ext. 499.
The following documents, from the Institute of Education Sciences and the What Works Clearinghouse (WWC), may be of interest to participants.
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| Improving Adolescent Literacy.pdf |
| WWC Frequently Asked Questions about Practice Guides.pdf |
| WWC Bringing Answers to Educators.pdf |
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