ERS Pro-Seminars

September 15th - University of Rhode Island,
Memorial Union Building, Room 308

    Guest Speaker: Susan Brady, Ph.D.
    Topic: Adapting Existing Assessment Tools for Instructional Purposes.
    Times:
  • 9:00-12:00: All demonstration site representatives (teachers, teacher specialists, fellows)
  • 1:00-3:30: Teacher specialists, fellows

October 13th - New Haven Hotel in New Haven

    Guest Speaker: Darlene Tangel, Ph.D., Syracuse University
    Topic: Speech into Writing
    Times:
  • 9:00-12:00: All demonstration site representatives (teachers, teacher specialists, fellows)
  • 1:00-3:30: Teacher specialists, fellows

October 20th - New Haven Hotel in New Haven

    Times: 9:30 - 3:00 Teacher specialists, fellows

November 3rd - New Haven Hotel in New Haven

    Guest Speaker: Kathleen Collins, Teachers College, Columbia University
    Topic:     Teaching Writing in K-2 Classrooms

November 17th - Rm 308, Chafee Hall, URI

    Times:
  • 9:30 - 3:30 RI Teacher Specialists & Fellows

November 17th - Laurel School, Bloomfield CT

    Times:
  • 9:00 - 3:00 CT Teacher Specialists & Fellows

December 8th - Omni Hotel New Haven

    Guest Speaker: E. Judith Cohen, Ph.D., Florida International University
    Topic:     Balancing the Reading Act

    Times:
    9:00-12:00:     All demonstration site representatives (teachers, teacher specialists, fellows)
    1:00-3:30: Teacher specialists, fellows

December 15, 2001- CT Follow-Up for Fellows and Teacher Specialists, ACES, Hamden, CT

Times:
9:00 Coffee, chat
9 30 Meeting Begins
3:00 Meeting Ends

January 5, 2001- RI Follow-Up for Fellows and Teacher Specialists, Memorial Union 202, URI

Topic: Follow-up to December Proseminar
Times: 8:00-1:00

January 5, 2001- CT Fellows Roundtable, ACES, Hamden, CT- *CANCELLED-rescheduled for January 8 @ Haskins 2:00-5:00 pm*

Topic: Oral Language Development
Times: 3:00-6:00


January 12th, 2001 - Proseminar, Omni Hotel in New Haven

    Guest Speaker:
    Marcia Invernizzi, Ph.D., University of Virginia

    Topic:     Making Informed Choices About Books

    Times:
    9:00-12:00: All demonstration site representatives (teachers, teacher specialists, fellows)
    1:00-3:30: Teacher specialists, fellows


January 19, 2001- RI Follow-Up for Fellows and Teacher Specialists, TBA

Topic: Follow-up to January 12th Proseminar
Times: TBA

January 19, 2001- CT Follow-Up for Fellows and Teacher Specialists, ACES, Hamden, CT

Topic: Follow-up to January 12th Proseminar
Times:
9:00 Coffee, chat
9:30 Meeting Begins
3:00 Meeting Ends

January 26, 2001- Fellows Roundtable, ACES, Hamden, CT

Topic: TBA
Times: 3:00-6:00


February 9, 2001- Proseminar, ACES, Hamden, CT

    Guest Speakers:
    Manola Schiavo, Grade 1 teacher, Sliney Elementary,
    Branford, CT
    and
    Rick Labadia, K teacher, Duffy Elementary, West Hartford, CT

    Topic:     Teachers' Perspectives on Managing Heterogeneity in the Classroom

    Times:
    8:30 Coffee
    9:00-12:00:     Literacy teams and interested teachers
    12:00-3:30: Teacher specialists, fellows     (lunch provided)


February 16, 2001- RI Follow-Up for Fellows and Teacher Specialists, TBA

Topic: Follow-up to February 9th Proseminar
Times: TBA

February 16, 2001- CT Follow-Up for Fellows and Teacher Specialists, ACES, Hamden, CT

Topic: Follow-up to February 9th Proseminar
Times:
9:00 Coffee, chat
9 30 Meeting Begins
3:00 Meeting Ends

**Important: Note Changes in March Schedule**
March 2, 2001- Fellows Roundtable, ACES, Hamden, CT --Cancelled for Rescheduled Proseminar
Topic: TBA
Times: 3:00-6:00


March 2, 2001- Proseminar, Omni Hotel New Haven
**Note date change--Previously scheduled for March 9**

Guest Speaker: Dorothy Gavalis, Townwide Reading Consultant, Farmington Public Schools and Maydie Bombart, New Britain Public Schools

Topic: Designing an Effective Summer School Program

Times:
9:00-12:00: All demonstration site representatives (teachers, teacher specialists, fellows)
1:00-3:30: Teacher specialists, fellows


March 9, 2001- Worthington Hooker School, New Haven, CT

10:00-11:00: Rosa DeLauro Press Conference
11:00-3:00: CT Follow-up to March 9th Proseminar

Teacher Specialists and Fellows Please attend

March 16, 2001- RI Follow-Up for Fellows and Teacher Specialists, TBA

Topic: Follow-up to March 9th Proseminar
Times: TBA

March 16, 2001- CT Fellows Meeting, Haskins Laboratories, New Haven, CT

Topic: Review of video taped lessons
Time: 12:00-4:00pm


March 23, 2001- CT Fellows Meeting, Haskins Laboratories, New Haven, CT

Topic: Review of video taped lessons
Time: Check with Anne Fowler


April 6, 2001- Proseminar, ACES, Hamden, CT

    Guest Speaker:
    Hollis Scarborough, Ph.D., Brooklyn College of the City University of New York and Haskins Laboratories

    Topic:     Early Intervention and Prevention of Reading Difficulties

    Times:
    9:00-12:00:     All demonstration site representatives (teachers, teacher specialists, fellows)
    1:00-3:30:     Teacher specialists, fellows


April 27, 2001- Follow-Up for Fellows & Teacher Specialists (and a Proseminar Bonus Session)
Open to all ERS team members
Held at Haskins Laboratories

Guest Speaker:
Brian Byrne, Ph.D., University of New England, Australia

Topic: More on Early Intervention and Prevention of Reading Difficulties
Times: 9:00-3:30


May 11, 2001- Proseminar, Galanti Lounge, URI Library, University of Rhode Island
    Guest Speaker: Darrell Morris, Ph.D., Appalachian State University

    Topic:     Transitions and Continuity Beyond Kindergarten & First Grade

    Times:
    9:00-12:00:     All demonstration site representatives (teachers, teacher specialists, fellows)
    1:00-3:30:     Teacher specialists, fellows


May 18, 2001- RI Follow-Up for Fellows and Teacher Specialists, TBA

Topic: Follow-up to May 11th Proseminar
Times: TBA



 May 18, 2001- CT Follow-Up for Fellows and Teacher Specialists, ACES, Hamden

Topic: Follow-up to May 11th Proseminar
Times:
9:00 Coffee, chat
9 30 Meeting Begins
3:00 Meeting Ends

June 8th - Planning for End of Year, School-wide Workshops, Fellows and Teacher Specialists, Location TBA

    Times:
    9:30-3:00

     

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