IMPORTANT NOTICE: THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED
NYSACE ANNUAL CONFERENCE SCHEDULE - 2009
Sunday, December 6, 2009
3:00 – 5:00 PM Registration in Main Lobby
6:00 – 7:00 PM Dinner
7:00 – 8:00 PM Keynote Speaker – Jolene Malavasic, SUNY professor
“Looking at the big picture in adolescent literacy instruction: Where are we now, and what lies ahead?”
Monday, December 7, 2009
8:30 – 9:30 AM Vendors/Book sale/Silent auction
9:30 – 10:30 AM Keynote Speakers – Dr. Kylene Beers and Bob Probst
Combined Keynote and Workshop – “Literacy Demands of the 21st Century” /”Strategies that Build Comprehension Success”
10:45 – 11:45 AM Main Session Workshop
Dr. Jolene Malavasic, SUNY professor
“Teaching middle and upper grade students how to take responsibility for their own strategic learning: A framework for teaching and learning”
11:50 – 12:50 PM Lunch
1:00 – 2:00 PM Mini Sessions (1)
2:10 – 3:10 PM Mini Sessions (2)
1:00 - 2:20 PM Extended Mini Session (1)
2:30 – 4:00 PM Extended Mini Session (2)
4:10 – 5:00 PM Annual State of Business Meeting
(Open to all conference attendees)
1:00 – 2:00 PM Mini Session Presenters
Presenters: Kevin Walbridge & Team, Salmon River Elementary
Title: “Creating a Balanced Literacy Approach in the Elementary”
Intended Audience: Pre-K - 6
Overview: This presentation will focus on our academic program which features a strong emphasis on a balanced literacy approach that follows the America’s Choice Literacy program. Instruction at Salmon River Elementary includes a 2 ½ hour literacy block. This English Language Arts block consists of a balanced literacy program of Writer’s Workshop, Reader’s Workshop, and skills development. The panel will present some ideas on how to achieve this concept within your school community and provide time for discussion.
Presenters: Dr. Darnall & team, Geneva CSD
Title: “"Getting Off the List; Components of Recovery”
Intended Audience: K – 12
Overview: This presentation will describe and discuss the key ingredients, strategies, and specific instructional improvements used to move from Corrective Action Year 2 to School in Good Standing. Resources for school improvement will be shared at this session.
2:10 – 3:10 PM Mini Session Presenters
Presenter: Mary Milford, Middle School Literacy Coach, Schenectady CSD
Title: Literacy Strategies for a Middle School Classroom”
Intended Audience: 6 – 8
Overview: This presentation will focus on instructional strategies in reading and writing to help middle school students to become lifelong readers and writers across all core subjects. It will entail Balanced Literacy Framework and Differentiated Instruction theory, practice and practical applications.
Presenter: Jacqueline Dechiaro, Principal Cohoes Van Schaick Grade School,
Title: “Interpreting Data to Drive Instruction and Support the RTI process”
Intended Audience: K – 5
Overview: This presentation will focus on ways the staff at Van Schaick Grade School uses formal and informal assessment results to inform their instruction. It will describe how we implement the RTI process at our school from our beginning to the present.
1:00 – 2:20 PM Extended Mini Session Presenter
Presenter: Johanna Shogan, Literacy Coach, CELA, SUNY Albany
Title: “Using language and literacy to learn content”
Intended Audience: K – 12
Overview: This presentation will offer strategies that engage students in learning content; all strategies foster higher – level thinking and help develop literacy skills
2:10 – 3:45 PM
Presenter: Tom Komp, Principal Gloversville Elementary
Title: “Implementation of Rtl ”
Intended Audience: K – 12
Overview: This presentation will focus on the practical application within the classroom and building of Rtl. “Real life, hands-on approach will be used to demonstrate what RtI “looks like” for our children.
Tuesday, December 8, 2009 *
8:30 – 10:00 AM “The Role of an Administrator in Creating and Supporting a Literate Environment”
Opening Remarks - by our Facilitator: Nancy Andress, CASDA
Panel of Educators
• Dr. Paul Darnall, Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction, Geneva CSD
• Mark Fish, Principal, Oliver W. Winch MS, S. Glens Falls
• Karen Kemp, Director of Special Programs, Cohoes
• Giovanni Virgiglio, Principal, St. Mary’s Institute, Amsterdam
• Lynne Wells, Instructional Administrator for Reading, Language Arts, Social Studies, Farnsworth Middle School, Guilderland CSD
• Johanna Shogan, Literacy Coach,CELA Partnership for Literacy,SUNY Albany
• Peter DeWitt, Principal, Poestenkill Elementary, Averill Park CSD
10:00 – 10:10 Transition / Break
10:10 – 11:10 AM Speaker –” Dr. Katherine Verbeck, Associate Professor of Literacy, College of St. Rose
Title: Best Practices in Reading Comprehension
Intended Audience: 4 – 12
Overview: This session will explain and demonstrate research – based practices for the development of reading comprehension.
11:10 – 11:15 Break
11:15 – 12:15 PM Speaker – Tom Mele, Assistant Superintendent, Saratoga City Schools
Title: “RtI in Schools”
Intended Audience: K – 12
Overview: This presentation will allow participants to have an understanding of how to implement a K-2 RtI program within their school district. We will walk through all the necessary steps required for implementation.
* (Program developed in collaboration with SAANYS)
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