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Join us as we kick-off the Annual TWU Pioneer Early Literacy Series. A new and timely topic is explored in each session through an interactive format providing lecture, video, and small group activities with the presenter and other attendees. Sessions will be held online via Zoom four times within an academic year. All sessions are held on Saturday mornings for 1 1/2-3 hours with a focus on early literacy. You won't want to miss a single session. The fourth session with Dr. Annette Torres Elías is February 25, 2021! REGISTER TODAY!
Continuing Professional Education (CPE) Credits from Texas Woman's University
Earn CPE credits from the TWU College of Professional Education by attending any one of the offered sessions below. Please have your TEA or a Public Educator Certification number from your state on hand when you register. Attendance will be taken. Certificates will be emailed to anyone providing their TEA number and who were in attendance for the entire scheduled session.
Registration with a PURCHASE ORDER
Cost: $50 per session/per person
Register now for the last session of the series. Session is in English and Spanish.
Must have Purchase Order # to register.
Deadline for 4th Session: Thursday, February 25, 2021
Refunds: Must request refund via email to lbynum@twu.edu at least 7 days prior to the start date of the event.
Sessions will not be recorded.
Zoom links will be emailed to the registered party on the day before the event.
Email completed Registration form/s with Purchase Order number to lbynum@twu.edu before January 14, 2021
Checks made out to: Texas Woman's University.
Checks mailed to Texas Woman's University, Attn: Lilia Bynum, P.O. Box 425769, Denton, TX 76204
Download REGISTRATION FORM HERE.
Registration with a CREDIT CARD
Cost: $50 per session/per person
Register now for the last session of the series. Session is in English and Spanish.
Credit Cards are welcome!
Sessions will not be recorded.
Zoom links will be emailed to the registered party on the day before the event.
Deadline for 4th Session: Thursday, February 25, 2021
Refunds: Must request at least 7 days prior to the start date of the event . All refunds will be made to the original payment method less processing fees.
REGISTER HERE!
2021 Session Descriptions
Saturday, February 27, 2021 | 9:00 to 11:00 a.m. CST - Presented by Dr. Annette Torres Elías
REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED
La conciencia fonética y el bialfabetismo: Exploring the Phonological Awareness of Biliterate 1st-grade Students
*Bilingual session to be conducted in Spanish and English
In this interactive online session, bilingual teachers will learn how their students use a wide range of phonological information from several levels of language in reading and writing. Similarities and differences between the English and the Spanish language phonology and orthography will be discussed. Participants will analyze writing samples of bilingual first grade students and discuss instructional implications.
Saturday January 16, 2021 | 10:00 to 11:30 a.m. CST - Presented by Dr. JaNiece Elzy
REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED
Engaging Readers Who Struggle: Leveraging the Science of Learning for Success
New technologies have given us much insight into how developing brains function and grow. The science of learning connects this research to practical implications for instruction. This session will help you bring the science of learning into your classroom. We will specifically discuss the theme of learner variation by examining the role of emotion as a mediator of learning, motivation, reading self-efficacy, and self-concept. Participants will learn how to purposefully and intentionally leverage these concepts to engage students who are striving to become proficient readers and writers.
Sessions will not be recorded. The interactive structure of the sessions would render a recording difficult, if not impossible, to follow.
2020 Session Descriptions
Saturday, October 17, 2020 | 10:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. CST - Presented by Dr. Nancy Anderson - Registration is now closed.
Observing and Analyzing Children’s Orthography
Whole class instruction around orthographic patterns is often too hard or too easy for young children. In order to design targeted instruction teachers need to understand developmentally appropriate orthographic expectations for young children as they problem solve text. A Literacy Processing perspective will guide the participant’s analysis of authentic reading and writing samples in order to design targeted instruction that is ‘just right’. The aim of this session is to help teachers analyze reading and writing during observations, formative and summative assessments, and Individualized conferences with children. Teachers will then be able to integrate these observations into their specific school or district curricular maps and design individual instruction.
Saturday, November 14, 2020 | 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 Noon CST - Presented by Dr. Betsy Kaye - Registration is now closed.
Observing and Analyzing Reading Behaviors for Focused Teaching
Running Records are one of teachers’ most powerful tools for carefully observing and analyzing children’s strengths and needs in reading. How can you get more useful information from your Running Records? Betsy Kaye will guide participants in a deeper analysis of patterns within records and show how to use that information to make powerful, focused teaching decisions-- whether you are working with children i small groups or in one-to-one settings.
Sessions will not be recorded. The interactive structure of the sessions would render a recording difficult, if not impossible, to follow.
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