RR 2012 - 2012 Annual Illinois Comprehensive Literacy and Reading Recovery Conference

The 2012 Annual Illinois Comprehensive Literacy and Reading Recovery® Conference is designed to provide excellent professional development opportunities for K-8 classroom, Reading Recovery, intervention, Special Education teachers, literacy coaches, reading specialists, school and district administrators.rrReading Recovery is a research-proven early intervention designed to give the most tangled first grade learners early access to Tier I instruction. Reading Recovery operates within a comprehensive literacy system as an RTI approach designed to improve student achievement through continuously renewing teacher expertise and leadership.rrConference sessions emphasize the dynamic, continuous relationship between the school literacy curriculum and the educational agencies and policies that influence systemic renewal.rrincreasing professional knowledge about school improvement methods and RTIrextending understanding of how children learn to read and writerexploring issues of effective early intervention instruction and implementation of Reading Recoveryrexpanding leadership and political advocacy at the school, district, state, and national levelsrexamining and reviewing the latest instructional materials and evidence based instructional methods for reversing reading difficultiesrSCHOOL LEADERSHIP INSTITUTErThe School Leadership Institute will be held on Thursday, January 19, 2012. 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.rrAdministrator Annual Meeting & LuncheonrThursday, January 19, 2012, 12:15 - 1:30 pmrrThis luncheon will provide opportunity to network with other administrators and hear updates on the implementation of Reading Recovery and the Partnerships in Comprehensive Literacy.rrWho should attend: Reading Recovery Site Coordinators, PCL Network Leaders, IL Network of Literacy Administrators, District Administrators, School Principals, Literacy Leaders.