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Finding Our Way Forward NSLA will be looking for ways to Find Our Way Forward into 2023-2024 |
Book Studies and Virtual Speaker Series Combining Theory and Practice |
Virtual Speaker Genre-Based Strategy Instruction: Empowering Teachers and Students The purpose of the session is to share the principles of genre-based strategy instruction for participants to utilize them when teaching reading and writing across the curriculum. A Strategy for Teaching Strategies will be explained to support the implementation of the writing process for learners to analyze reading and writing tasks, plan, draft, evaluate to revise, and edit their work to share with their immediate and their intended audience. The pedagogical principles will be explained and dialogic practices that support learners’ oral engagement and written practice. By the end of the workshop, participants will be able to apply cognitive and metacognitive strategies in their classrooms that connect writing and reading. | Watch for Book Study Information Coming soon! Zoi is the author of: Developing Strategic Young Writers Through Genre Instruction (K-2) and Developing Strategic Writers Through Genre Instruction (3-5)
Click on the book links above to buy her books at a 15% discount. |
Virtual Session - Spring 2024 Tuesday, February 27 6:00 PM (Central) Watch a video from Cornelius about the Spring Session - feel free to leave him comments after watching his video.
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Cornelius will build on his Fall 2023 Virtual Session when he presents his Spring 2024 Virtual Session with the following theme for both sessions: Sharpening Instructional Practice in the Humanities Classroom (ELA and Social Studies) for Elementary and Early Middle School Teachers By exploring the essential question; “What are the specific classroom conditions necessary to optimize student growth in this context?”, the Fall 2023 and Spring 2024 sessions are designed to support educators as they build structures that allow for inquiry, curiosity, comprehension, decision making, critical thinking, problem solving, analysis, and JOY. The goal of these sessions is to measurably impact student work, discussion, and engagement. Educators will leave with skills to initiate and sustain this work and the tools to continue it. We cannot “PD” a solution to the social conditions that lead to inequity, but we can understand them and build systems to ensure that children learn powerfully when they are in our classrooms. Spring 2024 Virtual Session: The Recipe: Lesson Planning, Resource Acquisition, Lesson Preparation, Lesson Execution |
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A Message From Director of Professional Learning |
Dear Educators, NSLA is "Finding Our Way Forward" as we begin to plan for Professional Learning for 2023-2024. We will continue to build on the Summer Institute as we continue with Cornelius Minor as a Virtual Speaker for the Spring. We are also looking forward to Zoi Philippakos joining us to share about writing in grades K-5. We are hoping to run a book study on her books - Developing Strategic Young Writers Through Genre Instruction (K-2) and Developing Strategic Writers Through Genre Instruction (3-5). NSLA will continue to work hard to promote and advocate for equitable access to literacies for individuals of all ages and diverse communities as a basic human right. Please join us as we "Find Our Way Forward! Dr. Julie Kozisek professionallearning@neliteracy.org |