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2025 Summer Institute Flyer.pdfREGISTRATION INFORMATION
$85.00 per person for two recorded sessions
Both sessions are designed for Reading Recovery and Descubriendo la Lectura-trained teachers and teacher leaders. Site coordinators are also welcomed.
Both sessions may be viewed 24 hours a day, Monday-Sunday from July 1-31st, 2025 using the links emailed to all registrants.
Questions may be emailed to the presenter. The email address will be provided at the end of the recorded session.
REFUNDS: Full refunds will be given to those who email before June 20th to lbynum@twu.edu.
Registration Deadline: June 20, 2025
Sessions Links will be emailed on July 1st and available for viewing until July 31, 2025. (Please check your Spam Folder)
PAYMENT AND REGISTRATION LINKS
Credit Card Payments and Registrations.
Please click on this Eventbrite link to register and pay for registrations with credit cards or PCards before June 20, 2025
Purchase Order/Check Payments & Registrations
Please fill out this PO Registration Form and email it with the purchase order to lbynum@twu.edu before June 20, 2025.
You will be emailed an invoice by the Reading Recovery Center.
Please mail payment with the check made out to:
Texas Woman's University
Attn: Lilia Bynum
1314 N. Bell Avenue, MCL 907
Denton, TX 76209
SUMMER INSTITUTE SPEAKERS
Annette Torres Elías, PhD | Professor, Reading Recovery and Descubriendo la Lectura Trainer
Dr. Torres is a Professor in the School of Education at Texas Woman’s University, where she also serves as a Descubriendo la Lectura and Reading Recovery Trainer. Her experience includes teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in the areas of reading, bilingual/ESL education, and multicultural education. Her research interests focus on early literacy, biliteracy, and the education of linguistically and culturally diverse students. Before her work as a university professor, Dr. Torres Elías served bilingual students, teachers, and administrators as a bilingual teacher, Reading Recovery/Descubriendo la Lectura teacher and teacher leader, and bilingual/ESL programs coordinator. Her work has been published in several peer-reviewed journals. Dr. Torres Elías enjoys opportunities to collaborate with her colleagues, support the work of educators, and present at professional conferences.
Elizabeth (Betsy) Kaye, PhD | Professor, Reading Recovery Director and Trainer, and Billie J. Askew Endowed Chair
Dr. Kaye is a professor in the School of Education, a Reading Recovery trainer, and the director of the Reading Recovery/Descubriendo la Lectura training center in the College of Professional Education at Texas Woman’s University. She is also the first, Billie J. Askew Endowed Chair. Her research interests include early reading and writing, assessment, literacy interventions, and improvement science methods and practices. Betsy has published articles in The Reading Teacher and is an Associate Editor of the Texas Journal of Literacy Education. She is a former Reading Recovery teacher, teacher leader, classroom teacher, and special education teacher. She enjoys visiting schools, presenting at professional conferences, and spending time supporting teachers and students.
SESSION DESCRIPTIONS
Helping Children Use What They Know to Problem Solve in Reading and Writing
SESSION 1 - 10:00 - 11:30 a.m.
Children have opportunities to accelerate their learning when they independently problem-solve new challenges in reading and writing. Teachers’ contingent teaching plays a key role in facilitating this strategic activity. In this webinar, learn how to support students’ effective and efficient processing through in-depth analysis and carefully crafted teaching and learning interactions.
Open Forum: Deepening Our Conversation
SESSION 2 - 11:45 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Participants have an opportunity to extend the conversation about supporting acceleration with trainers and colleagues about the topic. A “sift and sort” format allows participants to raise questions for discussion that connect to our practice and the theoretical foundations of early literacy.
For more information about Reading Recovery, please click this link.
For more information about graduate programs from the School of Education, please click this link.
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