PD schedule for Friday, June 19

9:00 – 9:15 – Introductions – Research design and consent forms  

9:15 – 10:15 – Whole Group:  Focus of the Day:  Read it or Weep! – Pam Petty

             PowerPoint Presentation for Opening Session

            Visual Thesaurus

• Username:  words@wku.edu

• password:  words

10:15 – 10:30 – Break

10:30 – 11:30 – Situation Surveys  

·         How did we get where we are?

·         What plans do we have to address our situations?

·         Transition to getting our instructional needs met

11:30 – 1:00 – Lunch on your own

1:00 – 1:50 – Focus Groups          (SMALL – limit 10 per)

·         High school teachers and WKU Faculty together

·         Use survey data

• Results from WKU faculty surveys:  http://www.pampetty.com/wkufacultysurvey.htm and surveys from Warren County High School teachers:  http://www.pampetty.com/pst.htm

·         Respond on index cards

1:50 – 2:00 – Break

2:00 – 3:15 – Breakout sessions

·         High School Teachers

o   3 concurrent sessions - 25 minutes each (repeated) with Reading Specialists: 

§  Room 127 – Rachel Hanger:  Comprehension Starts with Pre-Reading     ______

§  Room 248 -  Sally Tooley:  Active Engagement During Reading                  ______

§  Room 106 – Beth Piel and Rachel Hanger:  Vocabulary is Key to Comprehension   (PowerPoint 2007)       
 

·         WKU Faculty

o   Kandy Smith:  Post-Reading Strategies 

o   Pam Petty:  Read it or Weep!                                                      

3:20 – 4:00 – Book clubs (WHOLE group on June 19, SMALL thereafter – limit 10 per)

• Book Talks

  • Never Work Harder than your Students (Robyn R. Jackson):  http://www.pampetty.com/neverworkharder.htm

Doorprize:  Amazon Kindle 2.0

   08/01/2009 08:52:22 PM