Academies & Institutes
For more information on our institutes and academies, click on the link below.Remedial Writing and Reading Instruction
Presenter: Vickie Gill
Workshop Time: 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Registration time: 8:30 am
Registration fee: $175 ($150 for Texas ASCD members)
Dates and Locations:
Please contact our office to schedule this institute at your location.Summary: In this workshop, teachers will learn how to break academic writing down to its basic components to help students who struggle with the written word. We will discuss strategies for showing students how to write an effective essay under time constraints, such as on an in-class test or the essay section of the SAT. We will also explore teaching units that are designed to generate interest in writing, not only as an academic tool, but as a useful skill for achieving success in the "real world." Teachers will learn how to set up a system to help students proofread their own writing and keep track of their individual strengths and weaknesses. Finally, we will discuss and practice a number of techniques for helping students improve their reading comprehension and retention.
Vickie Gill is
the author of The Eleven
Commandments of Good Teaching, The Ten Commandments of Professionalism
for Teachers, and The Ten Students You'll Meet in Your Classroom,
all published by Corwin Press. She has taught English, Remedial
Reading, and Journalism in high schools in Central California and rural
Tennessee for the past 29 years. Vickie has won numerous teaching
awards and was a finalist for Tennessee State Teacher of the Year in
2000. Over her career, Vickie has specialized in working with
junior high and high school students who struggle with reading and
writing, as well as with students who have been labeled as "behavior
problems" or "at risk."
Who Should Attend: Administrators, Principals
and Classroom teachers
Register
by credit card.
To register by purchase order or a check, download a registration form (PDF) or call 1-800-717-2723 ext. 10 for assistance.
