October 29th Full Day Agenda

Good Friday Morning,I am sending this email to you as you expressed an interest in presenting a break out session for the October 29th full day cohort meeting in Plattsburgh. The day is looking great. Without your help it would not be possible - Thank you for agreeing to facilitate.

Below is a list of breakout sessions. We will also have three guest presenters who will facilitate sessions as well. Each session will run 1 1/2 hours giving time for practice during the session.

• Teaching the Critical Vocabulary of the CCLS - Sarah Hacket - SUNY Plattsburgh
• Literacy in Science - Maria Desotell - VT Teacher of the Year
• Integrating Literacy in Math, Science and Technology - Michele Snyder - CCC
• Close Reading - C. Butts, J. Guay, P. Cannamela
• Strategies for Textbook/technical Reading - C. Rydgren
• Conversation Charts for Algebra, Geometry, Algebra 2 Regents - A. Trombley, K. Penfield
• Le/AP Biology - Best Practices - H. Randall-Neville
• How to Make Homework Count - T. Lapoint
• Coaching/Mentoring - V. Pond
• Literacy for Biology/Bioethics - D. Rogers

I ask - if you could please send me a brief description - 1-2 sentences by October 7th. If the title above is not what you intended please let me know as well. I would like to send to all MT's by Wednesday, October 12th so they can sign up for a sessions. I would like to give you lead way to know how many in your session - You will only offer your session once during the day. This will allow you the opportunity to attend something you may be interested in.

Thank you again for your commitment to the NC Master Teacher Program. Please don''t hesitate to contact me if you have questions.

Tentative schedule below -

We will begin with registration and networking opportunities at 8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.

9:00 a.m. - 10;00 a.m. Welcome New MT's - Introductions of cohort members ...

10:15 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. Break out session I

12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. Lunch - Networking - Sharing of Best Practices

1:15 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. Break out session II

2:50 p.m. - 3:10 p.m. Evaluation/wrap up

Have a great weekend,

Kathy