Montana State University - Billings
Graduate Credit
Fall 2011
Course Rubric and Title: Montana State Reading Conference Professional
Development for Teachers of Reading
Instructor (Facilitator): Connie Metcalfe
Office/Phone/Email: 423-5483(Hobson School) 423-5580(Home)
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Office Hours: Classroom teacher; contact at school between 3pm-4pm or at home from
5pm-9pm
Text(s): None. Course requires attendance at the Montana State Reading Conference
Number of Credits: One (1) Graduate credit
Course Dates: October 20 and 21, 2011
Course Times: 7:45a.m.-4:30p.m. two days
Course Description:
Teachers in Montana and Wyoming will take part in the Montana State Reading Conference in Billings, Montana on October 20 and October 21, 2011. Teachers will begin their training at 7:45 each day and end their day at 4:30. Teachers will attend three general sessions wherein keynote speakers are national presenters and authors. Following the general sessions, attendees will choose from approximately 25 breakout sessions or institutes during each day of the two-day conference. Additional opportunities to accumulate hours will be provided by attendance at the 4:45-5:45 Round Table Discussions and/or the two author luncheons.
Presenters include master educators from Montana and other states as well as professionals from the Office of Public Education, premier publishers, and nationally known authors and speakers. In addition to Pre-K, Primary, Intermediate/Middle School, Secondary, and Adult level strands, this conference offers sessions in Reading Strategies, Technology, Educational Research, Writing, and Diversity. For more information on authors and speakers go to www.montanareads.org and click on the conference.
Course Content Goals and Objectives:
Teachers will identify exemplary strategies and best practices used in the teaching of reading and language arts.
Teachers will create classroom applications based on these strategies.
Teachers will listen to authors and teachers of writing as they explain their techniques in the classroom or in the field of writing and publishing.
Teachers will plan their use of the author books and strategies in their classrooms across the curriculum.
Teachers will reflect upon their understanding by writing classroom applications in a fivepage paper.
Course Outline:
1942 N. Fisherman Rd.
Moccasin, MT 59462
Papers must be postmarked by November 20, 2011.
I will mail back your paper if you send it with a self-addressed and stamped envelope.
Grading:
Attendance: 40 pts.
Completion of Teacher Reflection and Classroom Application Form: 30 pts.
Paper: 30 points possible
70% Pass
69% and below No Pass
Graduate Credit
Fall 2011
Course Rubric and Title: Montana State Reading Conference Professional
Development for Teachers of Reading
Instructor (Facilitator): Connie Metcalfe
Office/Phone/Email: 423-5483(Hobson School) 423-5580(Home)
plugger[email protected]
Office Hours: Classroom teacher; contact at school between 3pm-4pm or at home from
5pm-9pm
Text(s): None. Course requires attendance at the Montana State Reading Conference
Number of Credits: One (1) Graduate credit
Course Dates: October 20 and 21, 2011
Course Times: 7:45a.m.-4:30p.m. two days
Course Description:
Teachers in Montana and Wyoming will take part in the Montana State Reading Conference in Billings, Montana on October 20 and October 21, 2011. Teachers will begin their training at 7:45 each day and end their day at 4:30. Teachers will attend three general sessions wherein keynote speakers are national presenters and authors. Following the general sessions, attendees will choose from approximately 25 breakout sessions or institutes during each day of the two-day conference. Additional opportunities to accumulate hours will be provided by attendance at the 4:45-5:45 Round Table Discussions and/or the two author luncheons.
Presenters include master educators from Montana and other states as well as professionals from the Office of Public Education, premier publishers, and nationally known authors and speakers. In addition to Pre-K, Primary, Intermediate/Middle School, Secondary, and Adult level strands, this conference offers sessions in Reading Strategies, Technology, Educational Research, Writing, and Diversity. For more information on authors and speakers go to www.montanareads.org and click on the conference.
Course Content Goals and Objectives:
Teachers will identify exemplary strategies and best practices used in the teaching of reading and language arts.
Teachers will create classroom applications based on these strategies.
Teachers will listen to authors and teachers of writing as they explain their techniques in the classroom or in the field of writing and publishing.
Teachers will plan their use of the author books and strategies in their classrooms across the curriculum.
Teachers will reflect upon their understanding by writing classroom applications in a fivepage paper.
Course Outline:
- Attendance at the full conference each day from 7:45 am to 4:30 pm on the dates of October 20 and 21, 2011. (14 contact hours are available) I am thinking you will need 11 to 12 hours and then 2 to 3 hours for writing the paper.
- Initials of the session/institute chairs, luncheon chairs, program chairs, or exhibitors will be required in order to verify attendance equal to those hours. Teachers will list the specific title of the session’s title on the Classroom Application sheet and are expected to take thorough notes throughout the presentation.
- Completion of the Classroom Application Sheet as stated in Goals and Objectives. Using the notes they have kept, students must write a 5-page paper (double-spaced; 12 pt. size; Times New Roman font) on the classroom applications learned at this conference, specifying each presenter’s name, the title of the session, workshop, or institute and at least one idea gleaned from the session as well as how it applies to the teacher’s classroom. Mail both documents to:
1942 N. Fisherman Rd.
Moccasin, MT 59462
Papers must be postmarked by November 20, 2011.
I will mail back your paper if you send it with a self-addressed and stamped envelope.
Grading:
Attendance: 40 pts.
Completion of Teacher Reflection and Classroom Application Form: 30 pts.
Paper: 30 points possible
70% Pass
69% and below No Pass