The Literacy Tool Kit

WORD Fall 2010 Conference
October 23, 2010
Redmond High School
Redmond, Washington
 

Fall Conference Featured Speakers Sessions Announced

• Turning Spilled Milk into Ice Cream: Making Revision Work for You
  Dr. Katherine Schlick-Noe is a professor at University of Seattle and co-author of Literature Circle in Middle School, Literature Circles and Response, Getting Started with Literature Circles.
   
• The Greatest Gift: Essential Considerations for Fostering Learner Independence
  Roxann Rose currently teaches 2nd and 3rd graders at an independent school she co-founded. “Rock” also works part-time as a professor to pre-service educators. In addition she is coauthor of An Introduction to Reflective Practice, The Creative Classroom Project and Fostering Learner Independence.
   
• Where Brain Research and Comprehension Strategies Intersect
  Barry Hoonan teaches at The Odyssey School in Bainbridge Island School District. He also is co-author of Beyond Reading and Writing and Literature Circles and Response.
   
• The Wild and the Weird!
  Kelly Milner Halls is a noted children's author who has published many books including Saving the Bagdad Zoo, Tales of the Cryptids: Creatures That May or May Not Exist, Wild Horses: Galloping Through Time, Mysteries of the Mummy Kids, and Albino Animals.

			Keynote by Dr. Tim Rasinski

Tim is an extremely knowledgeable, motivating, and dynamic speaker who will headline our fall conference. He will be speaking at an extended Keynote in the morning and again for a breakout Featured Speaker session in the afternoon.

Dr. Rasinski is currently a professor of literacy education at Kent State University. He has written over 150 articles and has authored, co-authored or edited over 15 books or curriculum programs on reading education. He is co-author of the award winning fluency program called Fluency First, published by the Wright Group. His scholarly interests include reading fluency and word study, reading in the elementary and middle grades, and readers who struggle. His research on reading has been cited by the National Reading Panel and has been published in journals such as Reading Research Quarterly, The Reading Teacher, Reading Psychology, and the Journal of Educational Research. As well as publishing numerous best selling books with Teacher Created Materials and Shell Education.

Tim recently served a three year term on the Board of Directors of the International Reading Association and from 1992 to 1999 he was co-editor of The Reading Teacher, the world's most widely read journal of literacy education. He currently serves as co-editor of the Journal of Literacy Research. He is also a past-president of the College Reading Association and he has won the A. B. Herr Award from the College Reading Association for his scholarly contributions to literacy education.

Prior to coming to Kent State Tim taught literacy education at the University of Georgia. He taught for several years as an elementary and middle school classroom and Title I teacher in rural Nebraska.

Here are comments from people who have attended his workshops:
Awesome! A wealth of knowledge! Insightful! Inspiring! Dr. Rasinski is a motivational force for literacy ”
 
“I laughed a lot and I learned a lot. Dr. Rasinski is a valuable resource for fluency. Practical, hands-on activities that are ready to use tomorrow. ”

“Dr. Rasinski was a great presenter. We’ve waited to hear him all year. Great knowledge shared! ”

WORD would like to thank McGraw-Hill/Wright Group for sponsoring Dr. Rasinski at our conference.