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Thank you for participating in the 2010 Reading Recovery Conference held on January 20-22, 2010. Please complete the evaluation form by February 5th to be included in the drawing for complimentary 2-day registration at the 2011 Reading Recovery Conference.

2010 Early Literacy & Illinois Reading Recovery Conference Evaluation

Congratulations!
The winner of the 2-day registration at the 2011 Reading Recovery Conference is Regina from the Crystal Lake School District 47.

The 2010 Early Literacy and Illinois Reading Recovery Conference is designed to provide excellent professional development opportunities for K-5 classroom teachers, literacy coaches, reading specialists, school and district administrators, school board members, special education and Reading Recovery professionals. Reading Recovery is a research-proven early intervention for the most tangled first grade learners. It is a professional development model designed to support intervention teachers with the expertise to design effective literacy lessons that allow children to accelerate their learning and become self-regulated learners. The Conference will continue to focus on comprehensive literacy designs dedicated to using literacy as a tool for life long learning and to emphasize the dynamic, continuous relationship between the school literacy curriculum and the educational agencies and policies that influence systematic renewal.

Opportunities for

• increasing professional knowledge about early literacy and response to intervention methods
• extending understanding of how young children learn to read and write
• exploring issues of effective implementation, maintenance, and growth of Reading Recovery
• expanding leadership and political advocacy at the school, district, state, and national levels
• examining and reviewing the latest instructional materials

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT CREDIT
The conference offers up to 9 hours to eligible Illinois-certified administrators and teachers who are working on their certificate renewal. The hours can be applied to either Administrators Continuing Professional Development Activity (for administrators) or Continuing Professional Development Units (CPDUs) for teachers. Please visit the CPDU table prior to the beginning of the conference for further information. There will be no granting of credit after the fact or without the submission of the appropriate forms.

GRADUATE CREDIT
Graduate elective course credit (one hour) is available through National-Louis University.
The course requirements include: two-day conference attendance plus a short summary of an article, completion of a final project and a reflective journal.
Detailed information is available online.
Questions: Contact Dr. Claudia Katz by email: ckatz17755@aol.com
or phone: 847-236-1164

SCHOOL LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE
The School Leadership Institute will be held on Thursday, January 21. There will be a series of sessions tailored for school leaders including Reading Recovery Site Coordinators, Principals, Literacy Coaches, and others related to leading school improvement process, developing and sustaining professional learning communities, and using student achievement data to plan professional development. Educational leaders will present the Institute sessions.