Reading Dialogue Day: Pretty Darn Good Practices in Reading: Affirming the Reading Teacher

Feb 9, 2007
Rio Salado College, Conference Center
11:30am - 4:00pm

featuring...
Laura Helminski, RSC Faculty
and
Tom Butler, PVCC Faculty

Members of the Reading Instructional Council invite you to the Reading Dialogue Day: Pretty Darn Good Practices in Reading: Affirming the Reading Teacher. Please join us for lunch and an afternoon dedicated to rejuvenation through conversations and reflection. We welcome your attendance as your expertise and contributions are extremely important to the success of this day.

This event will help full-time and adjunct faculty involved in teaching reading to students increase awareness and effectiveness in teaching the changing faces of community college students. Through conversations with colleagues, the Reading Instructional Council discussed the desire for reading instructors to come together from across the district. This dialogue day will give participants an opportunity to gain knowledge, share thoughts, generate ideas, and present effective practices in teaching reading.

Learning Objectives

The participants will:

Increase their understanding of how students have changed in academic environments.
Increase their awareness of socio-cultural obstacles to higher levels of literacy.
Discuss successful techniques for teaching students in these changed academic environments.
Share "Pretty Darn Good" practices in reading instruction.

Agenda

11:30am	Registration and lunch
12:00pm	Welcome and overview of the day
12:15-1:15	Keynote presentation by Laura Helminski So You Think Your Students Have Changed? Keynote presentation by Tom Butler What's a Book For? Reading Instruction in a Post-Literate Society Q&A
1:15-1:45	Small group discussions regarding presentations Report to large group
1:45-3:45	Break-out sessions: "Pretty Darn Good" Practices in Teaching Reading (Choose three. 40 minutes per session) Developmental Reading ESL Reading CRE 101 Hybrid Courses Online Courses
3:45-4:00	Closing and evaluation

Faculty Professional Growth

This Dialogue Day has been pre-approved for 3.75 clock hours Faculty Professional Growth non-academic advancement.