This comprehensive three-day conference provides a unique opportunity to learn and network with fellow educator and renowned authors from across the U.S.

You'll be able to attend insightful keynotes, participate in workshop sessions, and enjoy talking with colleagues
about key issues facing educators today:

● Formative assessment
● Coaching across the curriculum
● Data conferencing
● Adolescent reading and writing
● Comprehending and responding to text
● Pre-K and early literacy
● Job embedded staff development
● Continuous school improvement

Who Should attend and why:

Teachers - Learn practical ways to assess your students and then provide the instruction they need to succeed.

Coaches and Teacher Leaders - Increase your ability to provide effective support and feedback that improve teachers' performance.

Principals - Develop your capabilities as an instructional leader and an administrator of successful school improvement plans.

District Administrators - Gain new insights into the use
of data and the development of strategies that lead to district-wide achievement.
 

                         KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Isoke Titilayo Nia has been an educator for over twenty-five years.  The first nine of those years were spent in independent schools for children of African descent.  During this tenure she taught grades three through eleven.  For thirteen years, Isoke was the Director of Research and Development at The Reading/Writing Project, Teachers College, Columbia University.

In September of 2001, Isoke founded All Write Literacy Consultants, Inc.  Through this consulting organization Isoke and a select group of experienced educators travel throughout the United States and abroad, learning, and sharing that learning with others who are involved in Literacy Instruction.
 
Isoke Nia is also a writer of short stories and along with a collection of her stories is close to completing a book tentatively entitled, Digging Deep: The Study of Genre in the Process Classroom. 

Janet Wong (www.janetwong.com) is a graduate of Yale Law School who gave up the practice of law to become a children's author.  She has written 18 books including You Have To Write, Twist: Yoga Poems, and The Dumpster Diver.  Her career has been featured on several television programs including the Oprah Winfrey show, and is discussed in her Meet the Author biography, Before It Wriggles Away, in which she outlines her approach to writing--a quick, stress-free, "just-do-it" approach that emphasizes writing about family and personal experiences.
 
   Read the Transcript of the Online Discussion with Janet
   Wong held March 21-23 2007  

Ms. Wong has been honored with the IRA Celebrate Literacy award and her appointment to two terms on the NCTE Excellence in Poetry committee. She lives with her husband and son in Princeton, NJ.  

Mitch Weiss and Martha Hamilton have been telling tales together as 'Beauty & the Beast Storytellers' since 1980. This husband and wife team leaves it up to audiences to decide who is the Beauty and who the Beast. Renowned for their work in teaching the art of storytelling, they are also award-winning authors of numerous books.  Children Tell Stories: Teaching and Using Storytelling in the Classroom is considered a storytelling classic.  Mitch and Martha, who live in Ithaca, New York, have traveled as far as Taiwan and Hong Kong to perform and teach others to tell and have completed numerous tours of International Schools around the world.  For more information see their Web site: www.beautyandthebeaststorytellers.com 

                                     TENTATIVE SCHEDULE

 Saturday, June 23, 2007

 6:00-7:00 p.m.        conference check-in

 Sunday, June 24, 2007 Conference Day 1

 7:15-8:15 a.m.        conference check-in and
                             breakfast

 8:15-9:15 a.m.        keynote

 9:30 a.m.-4:15 p.m. concurrent sessions and lunch

 4:30-6:00 p.m.        reception

 Monday, June 25, 2007  Conference Day 2

 7:30-8:15 a.m.        breakfast

 8:15-8:30 a.m.        Aspiring Award presentation

 8:30-9:30 a.m.        keynote

 9:45 a.m.-3:00 p.m. concurrent sessions and lunch

 3:00-4:00 p.m.        keynote 

 Tuesday, June 26, 2007 Conference Day 3

 7:30-8:15 a.m.        breakfast

 8:15-9:15 a.m.        keynote

 9:30 a.m.-3:00 p.m. concurrent sessions and lunch

 Schedule subject to change.

 Sample session information available after
 April 30, 2007 at www.RCOwen.com/tlncprogram.htm

COMPLIMENTARY REGISTRATION PREREQUISITES

Registration fee was waived for one building administrator, one district administrator, and all teacher leaders who have just completed Year 1 or Year 2 of support from a Learning Network coordinator by the end of the 2006-2007 school year.

WHAT TO WEAR

Semi-casual attire is appropriate. As meeting room temperatures can vary, we recommend dressing in layers.

                We hope to see you Next Year!

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call us at 800/262-0787. We will send you a brochure.

If you have any questions, concerns, or comments please let us know. E-mail to Professional Development: PhyllisGreenspan@rcowen.com

Remember to register early!