A Framework for Planning Units of Study in the Writing Workshop focuses on how to facilitate close study of text that leads students to a better understanding of the traits of good writing, and motivates them to become more accomplished writers. ... more >

Assessment is the challenging work of getting to know students as writers and using what we learn about them to help us decide what they need us to teach them next. Assessing students well is essential if we're going to be excellent writing... more >

The Content-Area Writing School-Based Seminar guides teachers strategically through the two major types of writing that every student must know—Writing to Learn and Public Writing. Participants explore and practice various lessons for... more >

Children in preschool, kindergarten, and first grade are motivated to write in various ways. Some children are natural storytellers, ready to share their narrative in books. Others are more interested in telling people everything they know about a... more >

An effective writing workshop is carefully structured to support writers through the writing process, while enabling teachers to observe and assess common and individual needs in order to make instructional decisions about teaching writing.... more >

Effective teachers of writing model the craft in front of their students and make explicit the kinds of decisions made by proficient writers. Don Graves and Penny Kittle's Inside the Teaching of Writing seminar helps teachers discover new... more >

"How can I get my students to revise?" is one of the most frequently asked questions by teachers of writing. The key is to teach specific revision strategies that will enable students to re-see and re-shape their writing on multiple levels. Using... more >

In this new seminar, teachers will learn how to establish a writing workshop for adolescents where students develop voice and craft in all genres. Writing with a purpose, understanding the elements of craft, and carefully analyzing the intentions of... more >

This seminar shows how primary students can learn from professional writers, work with intension, and think about their own process in a writing workshop that is designed to support learning and respond sensitively to the developmental needs of... more >

Inferring, questioning, determining importance. It's not easy to teach these abstract thinking strategies, yet research tells us that by teaching kids to think, we are offering them access to the world. Fortunately, Tanny McGregor has developed... more >

The ultimate goal for teaching comprehension is to support children in fully experiencing the world of text. This seminar guides K–3 teachers through an exploration of the processes involved in comprehending, and through an exploration of... more >

Understand how readers differ and what actions teachers can take to reach different readers. Teachers are challenged to reach readers that often present widely different strengths and needs. What teachers bring to these readers in terms of... more >

Through Michael Opitz and Michael Ford's School-Based Seminar, FlexibleStrategies for Small Group Reading Instruction, your teachers will explore and expand their ideas about flexible grouping strategies. Considering roles and goals, assessment and... more >

Learn how to create an effective literacy program based on guided reading and supported by read-aloud, shared reading, interactive writing, and other approaches. In the Guided Reading seminar teachers explore the reading process and how it is... more >

Where other assessment and benchmark systems leave you wondering "Now what?" Fountas and Pinnell provide a link from assessment to instruction via classroom practices such as guided reading and read-aloud. Their professional book TheContinuum of... more >

Unlock the treasures of informational texts. Working through ideas and practices described in Linda Hoyt's popular Make It Real , teachers learn how to use a range of reading experiences to equip students with a tool belt of content-area reading... more >

A course for teaching professionals who work with young children, Nurturing Writers in Preschool and Kindergarten shows you how to support preschoolers and kindergarteners as writers in ways that help them develop powerful understandings about... more >

This School-Based Seminar, based on Around the Reading Workshop in 180 Days by Frank Serafini and Suzette Youngs, provides teachers with a month-by-month look at the structure, planning, and instructional approaches of the reading... more >

An overview of the key principles of reading instruction outlined in Fountas and Pinnell's bestselling Guiding Readers and Writers , this seminar provides teachers with an understanding of all of the elements of an effective literacy program, and... more >

Teachers will examine the critical elements of comprehension involving readers, texts, and teaching as they study Fountas and Pinnell's important resource, Teaching for Comprehending and Fluency . They will gain an understanding of the components... more >

This seminar will give teachers the opportunity to delve into some compelling text in order to reflect on their own skills as proficient readers. As teachers pay attention to their own metacognition, we will learn how to best equip our students... more >

Based on Linda Hoyt's Revisit, Reflect, Retell , Updated Edition, Time-Tested Strategies for Teaching Reading Comprehension introduces teachers anew to the most reliable and teacher-friendly resource for helping students experience deeper levels... more >

In this seminar, participants will have an opportunity to explore the outcomes of comprehension strategy instruction and the behavioral dimensions of understanding as described in To Understand . Teachers will learn how to help children explore... more >

Effective teaching begins with assessment and focuses on the strengths and needs of individual children. All teachers need to learn how to teach the lowest achieving children well, and to learn how to use behavioral evidence to document their... more >

A Guide to Content-Area Reading demonstrates how teachers of all students can engage and support students' reading, support comprehension, and match instruction to students' needs. In addition, participants explore techniques for selecting a... more >

Using the adult reading group model, literature circles promote habits of choice, independence, and resourcefulness while putting strategic reading to work. Working from Mini-Lessons for Literature Circles by Harvey Daniels and Nancy Steineke,... more >

Ensure that all students inherit a lifelong passion for reading. This School-Based Seminar reveals practical tools, tips, and techniques that develop students' capacity with different types of text in all subject areas. Participants discuss how to... more >

Support writers before, during, and after writing. Few skills contribute more to success than the ability to write clear, effective prose. To push your students in this direction, this School-Based Seminar explores ready-to-implement tools, tips,... more >

Discover practical ways to improve students' understanding and achievement in mathematics. Help students become more sophisticated math problem solvers and more insightful mathematical thinkers through a powerful new approach that adapts reading... more >

Explore the key ideas of algebraic thinking. Mark Driscoll's Fostering Algebraic Thinking School-Based Seminar expands on his popular book and professional-learning toolkits, leading participants to in-depth knowledge of the key ideas underpinning... more >

The Fostering Geometric Thinking book and the Fostering Geometric Thinking Toolkit professional development materials provide opportunities for teachers to explore productive Geometric Habits of Mind while reflecting on their own approaches to... more >

Use science notebooks to their full potential. More than just a tool to build literacy, science notebooks can play an important role in the development of scientific concepts and replicating the work of scientists. Science notebooks are tools for... more >

The millions of ELLs nationwide present a unique instructional challenge— ESL/EFL Teaching helps meet that challenge. Teachers will be introduced to current research as well as proven practices for teaching ELLs. Supported by the know-how of... more >

Understand and address the needs of nonnative speakers. Teachers are expected to teach reading and raise standardized-test scores. Add in meeting the needs of struggling, nonnative speakers, and teachers need proven, effective strategies to make it... more >