Changing Results for Young Readers: Seeding Success
BC Provincial Early Reading Facilitators’ Session
October 29, 2012
Facilitator:  Maureen Dockendorf

Learning intentions

Continue to build a professional culture intensely focused on improving reading results for young readers through:

• strengthening and diversifying our facilitation team
• jointly exploring strengths and challenges
• generating powerful inquiry questions
• documenting wise practice in both whole class reading instruction and case studies

8:30:    Coffee

9:00     Introductions: Maureen

• Update:  Changing Results for Young Reader’s Initiative
• District Early Reading Learning Teams:  sharing successes, challenges
• November Framework for the Early Reading Learning Team session

10:15:  Provincial Information:  Maureen

• National Reading Campaign
• CR4YR Website:  Facilitators’ site information
• District permission forms
• Libraries and Literacy:  Jacqueline VanDyke

10:30:  break

11:00: Completing and submitting records:  Sharon

• Case studies/ whole class reading instructional practices

12:00: Lunch

12:45:  Generating Inquiry Questions and Developing Plans: Paige, Judy, Linda

Theme Groups

• Trish/Laura/Paige:  Indigenous principles of learning
• Nancy/Deb: self-regulated learning
• Faye/Randy: evidence-based practice in reading instruction
• Kim:  social-emotional learning
• Linda/Judy: other emerging themes

3:00:  Moving forward:  Maureen