Secondary Teachers Cultivating Writing Schoolwide - Secondary (AVID Center Path)
$ 64 5
The Cultivating Writing Schoolwide Secondary Community of Practice is designed to engage and empower non-ELA secondary and postsecondary educators with knowledge and strategies to increase skills and confidence in writing as a powerful tool in a 21st century learning environment. Educators across all discipline areas will gain strategies for teaching the writing process and building an understanding of the academic modes of writing (argumentative, expository, narrative, and descriptive) as well as writing for a range of academic purposes. Participants will explore the power of metacognitive writing to cultivate both literacy and student agency. This collaborative experience allows educators, regardless of familiarity with the instruction of writing, to explore strategies to help students access rigorous content and write like content experts.
November 1-2, 2023 8:00 am - 3:00 pm San Bernardino
Transforming Literacy Through Content Area Reading - Secondary (AVID Center Path)
$ 64 5
The Transforming Literacy Through Content Area Reading: Secondary (6–12) Community of Practice is designed to engage educators from all non-ELA content areas in considering what happens when we leverage disciplinary literacy skills to transform gaps into gains. Participants will explore opportunities to provide students with diverse text types and activate background knowledge to support engagement with content and extend students’ depth of comprehension. Educators will experience AVID’s Critical Reading Process and engage in collaborative strategies that build students’ content-area literacy skills and allow them to access rigorous content. This Community of Practice will empower every educator with the knowledge, strategies, and resources necessary to foster a culture of literacy and gradually release responsibility to students.
November 1-2, 2023 8:00 am - 3:00 pm Rancho Cucamonga
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