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Applications will be available online Monday, February 13th, 2012. Please be sure to complete your account registration before applying.
The Reading Institute is designed for educators, classroom teachers, school administrators, and curriculum specialists who are committed to turning classrooms into richly literate reading and writing workshops.
During this five-day institute, small and large group sections will tackle, headfirst, the following topics and much more: the central role of curriculum development and planning in the teaching of reading, units of study in reading workshop, comprehension strategy instruction, the importance of assessment-based instruction, the role of the read-aloud book, methods of holding our students accountable for doing their best work, helping students grow ideas about literature, and classroom structures that support inquiry and collaboration.
REGISTRATION AND PAYMENT
The noncredit registration fee for this institute is $675.00. NYC DOE personnel and teachers receive a reduced rate of $600.00. This cost does not include meals or housing. You will be notified by e-mail if your application is accepted. Your acceptance e-mail will provide a link for payment (credit card or PO only).
For more information about the institute, please visit our Frequently Asked Questions.
Lucy Calkins, Founding Director of the TCRWP, is the author or coauthor of more than a score of books including: The Art of Teaching Reading, The Art of Teaching Writing, and three series: Units of Study for Primary Writing, Units of Study for Teaching Writing, Grades 3-5 and Units of Study for Teaching Reading, Grades 3-5. Her upcoming book, co-authored with Mary Ehrenworth and Chris Lehman, is Pathways to the Common Core. Calkins is the Robinson Professor of Children’s Literature at Teachers College, Columbia University where she also co-directs the Literacy Specialist Program.
Kathy Collins,a former TCRWP staff member, is the author of Growing Readers: Units of Study in the Primary Classroom and Reading for Real: Teach Students to Read with Power, Intention and Joy in K-3 Classrooms.
Christopher Paul Curtis is the award-winning author of Bud, Not Buddy, the first book ever to receive both the Newbery Medal and the Coretta Scott King Award. His newest book, Elijah of Buxton is the winner of the Scott O’Dell Historical Fiction Award, the Coretta Scott King Award and a Newbery Honor. He has also written many other beloved books such as The Watsons Go to Birmingham:1963, and Bucking the Sarge.
Mary Ehrenworth, Deputy Director for Middle Schools at the TCRWP, is the author or co-author of many books including The Power of Grammar, two books in Units of Study for Teaching Reading, Grades 3-5 and the upcoming Pathways to the Common Core.
Lois Lowry is an author of many beloved children’s books, including Number the Stars, which won the Newbery Medal of Honor in 1990, as well as The Giver, which won her a second Newbery Medal of Honor in 1994. She is also well known for her young adult series including The Anastasia Series, The Sam Krupnik Series and The Gooney Bird Books, and standalone books such as The Silent Boy, Like the Willow Tree and Autumn Street.
Jennifer Serravallo, a senior staff developer, is author or co-author of Teaching Reading in Small Groups, Conferring with Readers and the upcoming Independent Reading Assessment: Fiction.
