ADDITIONAL REGIONAL WORKSHOPS ON “READING INFORMATIONAL TEXTS” FOR K-3 EDUCATORS

September 14, 2010

TO Superintendents
Directors of Instruction
K-3 Principals

FROM Rebecca B. Garland, Chief Academic Officer

Angela H. Quick, Deputy Chief Academic Officer

Cindy W. Bennett, Director of K-12 Curriculum and Instruction

ADDITIONAL REGIONAL WORKSHOPS ON “READING INFORMATIONAL TEXTS” FOR K-3 EDUCATORS

The Department of Public Instruction (DPI) and the regional education service providers (RESAs) are continuing the series of workshops on “Reading Informational Texts.” A copy of the overview of this session is attached. Please note that even though the sessions are being provided by the Cambium Learning Group/Voyager Learning Group, these workshops have been developed specifically for North Carolina. They will incorporate some of the existing materials from this company but have been modified or revised so that the sessions address the national Common Core Standards as well as the principles of literacy included in the Gates Literacy Initiative.

These sessions are for K-3 educators only. This includes principals, classroom teachers, literacy coaches, curriculum specialists, and central office staff. However, participants are expected and should be willing to provide this information to other K-3 faculty within the school.

The workshop will be provided twice in the Central Carolina RESA and twice in the Southwest RESA areas and are one full day in length. Breaks will be provided, but lunch is “on your own” for participants. Each session will be limited to 40 participants on a first-come, first-served basis. There is no registration fee for the session, as expenses are being paid from the remaining Reading First budget. All four of these workshops are available to K-3 educators from across the state with no additional registration fee. Your LEA does not have to be a member of either of these RESAs to attend, and no prior approval is required for attendance.

Each workshop participant should plan to bring

• their reading or language arts curriculum guides and/or Teachers Editions and
• their science, social studies, math curriculum guides and/or Teachers Editions.





The general daily schedule for sessions is as follows:

8:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. Registration
8:30 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. Workshop (break time at the discretion of the trainer)
11:45 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Lunch (on your own)
1:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Workshop/Evaluation (break time at the discretion of the trainer)
3:30 p.m. Workshop adjourn


Certificates of Attendance will be awarded for six (6) contact hours. No certificates will be available from DPI after the sessions.

Locations for the workshops and registration forms are included on the following pages.

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