For one Saturday in both the Spring and the Fall, the TCRWP always opens its doors to thousands of educators from all over the country. Each Saturday Reunion offers more than 125 workshops, keynotes and closings on numerous topics, such as: using assessment to inform instruction, writing-to-learn across the curriculum, critical reading, writing persuasive speeches, tailoring book clubs to support diverse readers, drama in the K-1 classroom and more. Senior Project staff, including Lucy Calkins and all TCRWP staff developers, present on each of these Saturdays.

MARCH 24, 2012

KEYNOTE SPEAKER: PAM MUÑOZ RYAN

Pam Muñoz Ryan has written over thirty books for young people including the award-winning Esperanza Rising, as well as Riding Freedom, Paint the Wind and The Dreamer. She is the recipient of the Civil and Human Rights Award from the NEA, of the Virginia Hamilton Award for Multicultural Literature and of the Willa Cather Literacy Award for writing.

KEYNOTE SPEAKER: SARAH WEEKS

Sarah Weeks is famous throughout the TCRWP community for her extraordinary speeches. She is the author of more than fifty picture books and novels including the bestselling novel, So B. It. Two of her most recent contributions are MAC AND CHEESE and PIE. Sarah is an adjunct faculty member at the New School and a founding member of ART, a traveling troupe of authors who perform reader’s theatre across the country.

OCTOBER 27, 2012

KEYNOTE SPEAKER: TONY WAGNER

Tony Wagner is the author of the critically important book, The Global Achievement Gap: Why Even Our Best Schools Don’t Teach the New Survival Skills Our Children Need—and What We Can Do About It. His latest title, Creating Innovators: The Making of Young People Who Will Change The World will be published in April. His other titles include: Change Leadership: A Practical Guide to Transforming Our Schools, Making the Grade: Reinventing America’s Schools, and How Schools Change: Lessons from Three Communities Revisited. Tony has also recently collaborated with noted filmmaker Robert Compton to create a 60 minute documentary, “The Finnish Phenomenon: Inside The World’s Most Surprising School System.”

MARCH 23, 2013

KEYNOTE SPEAKER: KATHERINE PATERSON

Katherine Paterson is a celebrated author of classic children’s books such as Bridge to Terabithia, as well as Come Sing, Jimmy Jo, Blueberries for the Queen, The Field of the Dog and most recently, Bread and Roses, Too. Tackling deeply-compelling subjects and themes throughout her writing, Paterson has received numerous accolades including two National Book Awards, two Newbery Medals and the Astrid Lindgren Award for Lifetime Achievement. She serves as a Vice-President of the National Children’s Book and Literacy Alliance Board of Directors and was recently appointed as a National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature.