Celebrate Literacy Learning

We are pleased to announce our first annual fall mini conference, Celebrate Literacy Learning. It is a FREE conference open to classroom, special education, and ELL teachers, reading specialists and coaches, instructional assistants, and administrators in the Piedmont Area Reading Council region as well as elementary education students attending Randolph College, Lynchburg College, Liberty University, and Longwood College on a first come, first serve basis. We do have a maximum capacity, so registration will be limited to 180 participants. Please register early to ensure attendance. 

WHEN: Saturday, September 24th
WHERE: Central Virginia Community College
Merritt Hall Multipurpose Room

SCHEDULE
8:00-9:00 Registration, Networking, and Welcome
9:00-9:45 Keynote Speaker-Cathy Collier
Best Practices in Literacy Instruction

10:00-10:45 Breakout Session One

• Branching out with Before/During/After Strategies-Heather Waild 

• Making Reading Meaningful in Middle School-Kara Byrne 

• Picture Books are for Big Kids Too-Andrea Crawford and Melissa Dalton 

• Strategies for the Primary Reader-Peggy Schimoeller 

• Vivacious Vocabulary-Gail Brown 

• Word Study Routines for Primary-Carla Fedeler

11:00-11:45 Breakout Session Two

• Branching out with Before/During/After Strategies-Heather Waild

• Making Reading Meaningful in Middle School-Kara Byrne

• Picture Books are for Big Kids Too-Andrea Crawford and Melissa Dalton 

• Strategies for the Primary Reader-Peggy Schimoeller

• Vivacious Vocabulary-Gail Brown 

• Primary Kids Write in the Content Areas-Cathy Collier

12:00-12:30 Celebrating Young Writers: Multipurpose Room

12:30-12:45 Closing Comments and Door Prizes

To register:
Complete the registration form below or print/mail [THIS FILE].

We look forward to meeting you. If you have questions about the conference, please email them to our council address, VSRAPiedmont@gmail.com