Igniting Literacy: Strengthening Cross-Disciplinary Instruction in K-12 Classrooms

Weekend of September 2 & 3, 2023

Erin Kent Consulting @ Korea International School, Jeju Campus

Discover the power of cross-disciplinary literacy practices to help your students transfer their learning across different subjects. Join us for an immersive weekend institute where you will explore evidence-based strategies, resources, and ideas to support your students' nonfiction reading, writing, vocabulary building, grammar, and conventions. Whether you teach elementary homeroom, science, history, or English, this workshop is designed to equip you with practical tools that you can incorporate into your teaching practice immediately. Don't miss this opportunity to enhance your professional development and empower your students' academic success.

Target Audience:

Elementary homeroom teachers, from novice to experienced
Middle and High School content areas teachers, from novice to experienced
School leaders seeking to enhance their knowledge of cross-disciplinary literacy instruction

Learning Outcomes:

Explore the essential elements for growing students as readers and writers across disciplines
Discover strategies to maximize workshop time for cross-disciplinary literacy practices
Develop effective feedback approaches to raise the level of writing across content areas
Engage in dynamic learning focused on the most critical aspects of cross-disciplinary reading instruction

Cailin Minor

Cailin Minor is an internationally experienced educator, literacy coach, and curriculum specialist. She has worked extensively with the Teachers College Reading and Writing Project Units of Study curriculum as well as teaching reading and writing through the workshop model. Cailin is passionate about instructional coaching, and holds an advanced certificate in Cognitive Coaching. She currently serves as a senior strategist for Erin Kent Consulting where she specializes in supporting schools in launching and sustaining a Readers/Writers Workshop model in a way that supports a school’s unique needs.

Molly Ball

Molly Ball has worked as an IB classroom teacher, curriculum developer, and literacy coach in the United States, Korea, and Singapore. She has led teachers in curriculum development with a specific focus on unpacking standards and benchmarks to create tailored reading and writing units that align with and/or enhance units of inquiry. Molly is passionate about emergent literacy in the Early Years and the many ways that we can amplify student choice and agency through play, inquiry, and balanced literacy components. Currently, Molly is a Literacy Coach at Stamford American International School in Singapore.

Jenny Killion

Jenny Killion is an experienced teacher, K–12 instructional coach, and literacy consultant. She has worked at the American School of Barcelona for over a decade as an elementary, middle school, and most recently as an IB DP teacher and HS Instructional Coach. She has extensive experience working with teachers from a variety of international schools on implementing Readers’ and Writers’ Workshop, developing integrated curriculum, connecting instruction across languages, and literacy coaching, as well as the K–8 Teachers College Reading and Writing Units of Study. Jenny is passionate about creating space for student voice and choice in the curriculum and classroom as well as supporting teachers in their instruction.