Professional Development

‌The Reading Center offers several yearly institutes for teachers, most of which also have the option for graduate credit. They include:

• The Summer Teacher Renewal Seminar: Offered in partnership with The Suburban Council of The International Reading Association (SCIRA) during the summer.  These annual seminars are designed to update in-service teachers on the latest issues and advances in literacy instruction. Coming Summer 2018: Cris Tovani - 2018 SCIRA Summer Conference Course‌

• ‌Summer Reading Elective: Offered in partnership with the Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center'sinstitutute, Teaching About the Holocaust Using Primary Sources & Young Adult Memoirs this summer. Participants interested in one hour of graduate course credit through NLU may attend the Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center Summer Institute held at the Museum in Evanston on July 16-19, 2018 and complete additional course requirements. Summer Reading Elective

• School Year Institutes: Offered in partnership with The Suburban Council of The International Reading Association during each quarter. Visit:  http://scira.weebly.com/ for more information and to register.  

• The Reading Leadership Institute: A networking and professional development meeting for staff and curriculum leaders. Members, who are curriculum directors, coaches, administrators and other literacy leaders, participate in networking and learning sessions led by major national speakers at least three times per year.  The setting for these presentations is intimate, providing opportunity for participants to interact with one another and the speaker. For more information about RLI, please contact Dr. Debbie Gurvitz at debra.gurvitz@nl.edu

For more information, please contact:

Dr. Mary Hoch
Director, The Reading Center
mary.hoch@nl.edu
630-874-4533