Category Archives: Professional Development

Opportunities for professional development including university and college programs and workshops.

April 23rd CR4YR Session

Faye Download Faye Brownlie’s Power Point Presentation HERE.

CR4YR is so blessed to have this renowned teacher supporting this initiative.

To visit Faye’s website, visit: http://fayebrownlie.ca

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Independent Reading: Commonalities in Programs and Effects on Student Achievement

What does the current research literature show about the effects of independent reading on school achievement?  What are the commonalities in these programs crafted to hone independent reading skills?  A BIG thank you to Associate Professor Dr. Brian Cambourne for sending this review our way to share with CR4YR folks.
Download PDF of the paper below:
Independent Reading and School Achievement
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Lesley University Center for Reading Recovery and Literacy Collaborative

Lesley University Center for Reading Recovery and Literacy Collaborative

“The Center for Reading Recovery and Literacy Collaborative at Lesley University is a literacy-focused professional development center for teachers and administrators grades PreK-8. Our Center Director is Dr. Irene Fountas. Her publications include Guided Reading: Good First Teaching for All Children, Guiding Readers and Writers: Teaching Comprehension, Genre, and Content Literacy, Matching Books to Readers, When Readers Struggle, Teaching for Comprehension and Fluency K-8, The Continuum of Literacy Learning PreK-8, PreK-2, and 3-8 and many other titles.” (About Us)

Check out the blog HERE.

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