Heads up! Online registration for the 2015 Conference

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C C I R A
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C O N F E R E N C E
Heads up!
Online registration
for the 2015 Conference
begins November 1!
February 4-7, 2015
Denver Marriott Tech Center
O N
L I T E R A C Y
REGISTER NOVEMBER 1 FOR THE
Collaboration
Fellow Collaborators,
For many of us, and for many years, teaching has
been considered collaborative, but in reality, a
solitary activity carried out in our classrooms. We
invite you to enjoy a weekend of collaboration with
colleagues from Colorado, and in many cases, from
around the world. Imagine a chance to collaborate
with others as you further your knowledge of
Common Core State Standards, and how our
profession responds to Senate Bill 10-191, the
Colorado Teacher Evaluation instrument. Now is a
great opportunity to further your professional
development by attending the CCIRA conference
February 5-9, 2015 at the Marriott Denver Tech
Center. This will be the 48th year that literacy
educators in Colorado have the chance to be
together for a collaborative experience.
Imagine the chance to be in a small group on
Wednesday evening before the conference begins
with Jeffrey Wilhelm.
Then the conference officially kicks off Thursday
morning with Georgia Heard, followed by many
great sessions, and luncheon speakers like Monica
Brown, Jan Richardson, Laura Robb, Lori Oczkus,
and Tanny McGregor. Thursday evening will be a
treat with small groups featuring Kylene Beers and
Bob Probst, with another featuring Kathryn Erskine.
Don’t forget to register for these if you’re interested.
Friday will begin with Kelly Gallagher giving the
General Session. Followed by presenters such as
Frank Serafini, Smokey Daniels, Monette McIver
and Janiel Wagstaff. Luncheons feature Chris
Soentpiet, and Richard Allington. Round table
lunches will also be available. Friday evening’s treat
will be Smokey Daniels.
If you’re unable to attend the conference either
Thursday or Friday, Saturday features many sessions
too. Including Nell Duke, Megan Sloan, Sharon
Zinke, and Michael Opitz. Roland Smith will be the
Saturday luncheon speaker.
Conference preparation has been a major
collaboration of numerous volunteers. They work
together to make the CCIRA conference one of the
premiere professional learning experiences for
Literacy Educators in Colorado.
The Public Education Business Coalition (PEBC)
will have a special strand at this year’s conference,
which will afford attendees a taste of the wealth of
knowledge PEBC brings to our state.
As in the past, the Exhibit Hall, located in the
Rocky Mountain Event Center of the Marriott, will
showcase materials which are of interest to
educators. Please put it on your list of activities
during the conference!
Please go online and register beginning
November 1, 2014 for the Collaboration Celebration
with CCIRA.
Barbara Kruse
Kim Sutherland
2015 Conference Co-chairs
CONFERENCE IN FEBRUARY
Celebration!
Collaboration Celebration: Scaffolding Literacy for One and All
was chosen as the theme for the 2015 CCIRA Conference on Literacy to highlight
the importance of professional collaboration as one of the tools to ensure all learners acquire
the literacy level needed to become productive adults. It is easy to collaborate with like thinkers
in regards to assessment and instruction, but it is far more difficult to collaborate with
those who have differing philosophies. This conference celebrates the hard work of
collaboration and hopefully, the conference will inspire educators to continue to work together
so that quality literacy instruction is available for every single student. The meerkat logo represents
this remarkable animal’s ability to work as a group to tenaciously protect and nurture their young.
The conference theme calls on all educators to work together to scaffold literacy instruction
for all our students and then act tenaciously to make sure all students
are supported in their literacy development.
Jan Killick
CCIRA President-Elect
Join Twitter to get conference updates as the conference nears
and also stay in touch with conversations in sessions. By searching
Twitter with the simple hashtag #ccira, you will receive messages
by people preparing for or experiencing CCIRA 2015.
Follow the Strands!
Use this list to guide your selection of sessions that will help personalize your professional learning experience.
Elementary
Kelly Bergman – Session 103, 222
(Effective Instruction)
Lori Oczkus – Session 109, 229
Jan Richardson – Session 111
Tanny McGregor – Session 116, 238
PEBC
Leslie Blauman – Session 223, 304
Frank Serafini – Session 307
Janiel Wagstaff – Session 309, 503
Suzette Youngs – Session 311
Nell Duke – Session 501
Michael Opitz – Session 505
Middle/High School
Middle School/High School
Laura Robb – Session 112, 231
Jeffrey Wilhelm – Session 114, 234
Tanny McGregor – Session 116, 238
Kylene Beers & Bob Probst – Session 102, 221
Frank Serafini – Session 307
Suzette Youngs – Session 311
Harvey “Smokey” Daniels – Session 312
Cris Tovani – Session 431
PEBC – Session 434
Writing
Common Core
Georgia Heard – Session 106
Monette McIver – Session 314
Mark Overmeyer – Session 230
Jeffrey Wilhelm – Session 114
Megan Sloan – Session 503
Kelly Gallagher – Session 303
Janiel Wagstaff – Session 309
Megan Sloan – Session 430, 502
Content Area
Amy Nicholl – Session 228
Engagement & Motivation
PEBC
Laurie Wretling – Session 227, 310
Ellen Oliver Keene – Session 315
PEBC
Wendy Hoffer – Session 375
PEBC
Moker Klaus-Quinlan – Session 101
Lori Oczkus – Session 109, 222
Sharon Zinke – Session 436, 504
OurInvited Presenters...
Thursday
INVITED SPEAKERS
INVITED AUTHORS
Kylene Beers
Kelly Bergman
Carole Bloch
Xolisa Guzula
Georgia Heard
Tanny McGregor
Amy Nicholl
Lori Oczkus
Mark Overmeyer
Bob Probst
Laura Robb
Jeffrey Wilhelm
Kathryn Erskine
Jarrett Krosoczka
Tom Lichtenheld
Linda Osmundson
Alan Sitomer
Georgia Heard
Jan Richardson
Monica Brown
General Session
Thursday Luncheon
Thursday Luncheon
Friday
Kelly
Gallagher
Richard
Allington
Chris
Soentpiet
General Session
Thursday
Luncheon
Thursday
Luncheon
Harvey
“Smokey”
Daniels
INVITED SPEAKERS
INVITED AUTHORS
Diane Barone
Ellin Oliver
Keene
Monette McIver
Frank Serafini
Megan Sloan
Cris Tovani
Janiel Wagstaff
Suzette Youngs
Sharon Zinke
Kathi Appelt
Will Hobbs
Laurie Keller
Zak Pullen
Wendi Silvano
Isobel Springett
Martin Springett
Rozanne Lanczak
Williams
General Session
SPECIAL EVENTS IN 2015!
An Evening with
Jeffrey Wilhelm
Saturday
Wednesday 6:00 - 7:30 p.m.
Appetizers served
INVITED SPEAKERS
Michael Opitz
Megan Sloan
Janiel Wagstaff
Sharon Zinke
Thursday Afternoon “Hang-outs”
WITH
Kylene Beers & Bob Probst
OR
Kathryn Erskine
Nell Duke
Roland Smith
General Session
Saturday Luncheon
Thursday 6:00 - 7:30 p.m.
Appetizers served
Attendance for these events is limited.
Check the appropriate box on your
registration form
CCIRA 2015: Collaboration Celebration
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Volunteers
make it happen!
Can you give an hour of your time
and help CCIRA during the conference?
Session Monitor: Greet attendees and collect tickets at a
session or luncheon
Session Monitor for Multiple Sessions
Session Chair: Support the speaker and give a brief
introduction (bio provided)
Exhibits: Help at the exhibit desk and support exhibitors
Registration: Help at the registration table by greeting
attendees, handing out their packets and answering questions
Principals
can attend
CCIRA
FREE!
Principals!
Did you
know that when four
teachers from your school
register for the full 3-day
conference, YOUR full registration is FREE?
Email the names of those teachers to Nicole Bonato
at [email protected] for verification. If you
qualify, Nicole will send you a complementary code
that provides the school principal with a full free
registration for the 2015 conference!
Students and Retired
Educators get special
conference rates!
Be a part of the experience!
Contact Barb at [email protected]
Please visit our website at www.ccira.org to download the
CCIRA Consolidated Membership Form pdf and checkmark
the box that reads: Full Time Undergraduate Student or
Retired Educator. If you have any questions regarding
process of obtaining a discounted CCIRA membership,
please contact our State Membership Coordinator,
Cathy Lynskey, via email at [email protected].
Did you know
you can get 1 credit hour
through CU Denver for attending CCIRA?
To earn 1 hour of college credit you need to:
• Attend 15 hours of only the following:
• Keynotes • Sessions • Luncheons
• Exhibits (can count one hour of exhibit visits)
• Keep a log of your attendance and write at least a paragraph of the key
learnings from all sessions, including exhibits
• Cost is $100 for 1 credit hour.
More details will be included in the conference program book!
Scaffolding Literacy for One and All!
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2015 Conference Committee
Author Hospitality
Pam Minard
These volunteers have dedicated weekends, evenings,
and summer days to the 2015 conference.
2015 Conference Co-Chair
and Program Assistant
Kim Sutherland
Colorado Children’s
Book Award
Marcie Haloin
Tammy Langeberg
Newspaper & Publicity
Dana Plewka
CCIRA Vice President
Jan Killick
Evaluations
Alison Mund
2016 Conference Chair
Amy Nicholl
2015 Conference Co-Chair
& Program Coordinator
Barb Kruse
Operations and Events
Manager
Nicole Bonato
ADA Requirements
Tiffany Arnett Regan
Art/Graphic Design
Scott Johnson
Author’s Festival
Cindi Bryant
Online Registration
Liz Santino
Exhibits
Eileen Heath
Beth Whaley
Photographer
Janele Husband
Site
Julie Sack
Sharon Miller
Presenters’ Packets
Cathy Shelby
Speakers’ Gift Bags
Kathy Evenson
Hospitality
David Stewart
Tammy Stewart
Registration
Jeannie Comcowich
Debbie Miller
Special Events
Debra Norby Colgate
Monitors/Session Chairs
Bonita Hubbard
Karen Tempero
Lauren Williams
Scholarships
Kristin Mann
Secondary Reading
Hollyanna Bates
Patty Hagan
2015 State Committee Chairs
Administrators and
Reading
Brenda Dyer
Audit
Crystal Miller
Budget
Kathy Livingston
Celebrate Literacy Award
Janele Husband
and Claudia Miller
College
Sharon Panik
Colorado Blue Spruce
Young Adult Book
Award
Tobye Ertelt
Signs
Danell DeRudder
Jasa Buck
Community Service Grant
Molly Rauh
Conference
Barb Kruse,
Kim Sutherland and
Amy Nicholl
Council Affiliate
Jessica Rickert and
Sue Goodenow
Equity and Diversity
Carla Garcia
Ethics
Peg Isakson and
Kim Sutherland
Evaluation
Shareen LalumCartwright
Colorado Children’s Book
Award
Marcie Haloin
and Tammy Langeberg
Exemplary Reading
Program Award
Alison Mund
Colorado Young Writers’
Award
Kristin Filce
Fannie Stabenow Award
James Erekson and
Roland Schendel
Communications /
Publications
Suzette Youngs
Foreign Affiliate /
Colorado Exchange
Project
Whitney Hiner
Technology
Candice Green
Treasurer
Kathy Livingston
Young Writers
Kristin Filce
What makes CCIRA a strong organization?
Volunteers who chair committees and help us
advance literacy in Colorado and beyond.
Historical Perspective
Colleen Rickert
Read Aloud
Liz Stafford
Issues and Research in
Education
Jen Maley
Rules and Bylaws
Becky Nelsen
Kay Mervar Outstanding
Reading Educator Award
Kim Mariotti
Legislative
Roland Schendel
and James Erekson
STAR Grant
Cyndi Branson
Strategic / Long Range
Planning
Mary Jo Ziegman and
Amy Nicholl
Supplemental Grant
Teri Romshek
Membership
Amy Ellerman and
Cathy Lynskey
Teacher as Reader
Pam Minard
Nominating
Mary Jo Ziegman
Teacher as Writer
Dee Searing
Parents and Reading
Eddie Ellington
Technology and New
Literacies
Cindi Bryant and
Rose Foster
Past Presidents’ Memorial
Award
Kathy Evenson
Publicity / Public
Awareness of Literacy
Dana Plewka
Thelma Pett Grant
Anne Cook
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2014-15
Executive Committee
2014-15
Local Council Presidents
President
Susan Hutchens
Adams County
Susan Gorrell
President-Elect
Jan Killick
Boulder
Ailish Johnson
Vice President
Amy Nicholl
Central Denver
Elizabeth Peel
Immediate Past President
Mary Jo Ziegman
Collegiate Peaks
Leanne Stover
and
Debra Norby
Colgate
Rocky Mountain
High
Katelyn Bodin
and Beth Basler
State Coordinator
Jessica Rickert
Douglas County
Shareen
Cartwright
Sagebrush
Kristin Allen and
Amy Jones
Associate State Coordinator
Sue Goodenow
Fort Collins
Christy Collum
San Luis Valley
Carla Garcia
Director of Membership Development
Amy Ellerman
Grand Mesa
Jennifer Lindbo
State Membership Coordinator
Cathy Lynskey
Jefferson County
Suanne Hawley
and Sue Queen
Southern Colorado
Shannon
Montalbano
Secretary
Michele Warner
Treasurer
Kathy Livingston
Pikes Peak
Claudia Miller and
Melanie Wilson
Platte Canyon
Cathy Lynskey
and
Jen Mattson
Tall Timbers
Shelly Schuckers
and
Mary Knutson
Ten Mile
Kendra Carpenter
Thompson
Jessica Endres
Weld County
Shanna Ranous
Windsor
Molly Rauh
Authors’ Festival
A Writing Mini-Conference
for Kids from Grades 3-8
Saturday morning, February 7
8:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Participants get to meet and work with real authors
in a friendly workshop environment.
Go to ccira.org to download
the Authors’ Festival brochure.
For more information, email [email protected]
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Important Registration Information
You may register online at www.ccira.org beginning November 1.
Online registration begins November 1 and ends January 19, 2015. Mail-in registrations must be postmarked by January 12.
You may also register on-site at the conference; however, pre-registration is strongly recommended because sessions quickly
reach capacity.
How to
Pre-Register
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REGISTER ONLINE at
www.ccira.org and receive
your confirmation number
immediately. If you are
doing mail-in registration,
complete both sides of the
pre-registration form (pages 11
and 12); a confirmation number
will be mailed to you in about
two weeks.
2
Please check the Americans
with Disabilities Act box on the
registration form if you have
special needs.
3
4
5
Visa, MasterCard, Discover and
American Express accepted.
A confirmation will be mailed
(allow two weeks) or e-mailed
to you immediately.
WHEN YOU ARRIVE AT THE
CONFERENCE, COME TO THE
CCIRA REGISTRATION TABLE,
LOCATED IN THE MARRIOTT,
TO PICK UP YOUR SESSION
TICKETS, MEAL TICKETS, AND
MATERIALS – EVEN IF YOU
PRE-REGISTERED!
Don’t Wait!
Register Early
On-Site Registration
1. On-site registration includes an additional $50 processing fee.
2. On-site registrants may attend any sessions with available
seating.
3. Tickets to open sessions can be selected from the ticket trading
table, located near the registration table.
4. There is no on-site processing fee on Saturday.
✓
Check with the CCIRA Registration Table (located in the
hotel lobby) for lost and found, messages, directions and
other questions.
Refund Policy
• A $25 non-refundable processing fee will be charged for each refund.
• Refund of registration fees and meals will be given for requests received
up to and including January 26, 2015.
• From January 26 – February 16, refunds for the CCIRA conference will be
for registration fees only, NOT meals, and shall be considered on an
individual basis by the conference chair and registration chairs. Contact
Debbie Miller at [email protected]
• Refund requests received after February 16 will not be considered.
• Refunds will not be issued for payments of $25 or less.
• No refunds will be made due to weather. In the event of a non-weather
related emergency, written documentation must accompany the request.
Why should I attend the 2015
Collaboration Celebration conference?
➢ Be in a room with top-notch, current literacy gurus, researchers, and
classroom practitioners who will energize your work and support your
practice.
➢ Be a part of the excitement that surrounds CCIRA… the largest
educational organization in the state of Colorado!
➢ Have an opportunity to collaborate, question, and exchange ideas with
colleagues in a comfortable venue that promotes face-to-face exchanges.
➢ Meet your Facebook and Twitter “friends.”
➢ Relax and be honored as an educator by dedicated volunteers who
celebrate you and the good work you do every day!
Register for the conference and book your hotel room online at www.ccira.org
Marriott Hotel Registration Form
Send directly to the hotel — Do NOT send in with your conference registration
Marriott Denver Tech Center
4900 S. Syracuse St. • Denver, CO 80237
303-779-1100 • 888-236-2427 (Outside Colorado) • FAX 303-770-6112
www.marriott.com
PLEASE PRINT:
ACCOMMODATION RESERVATION REQUEST
Name _________________________________________________________________
Address _______________________________________________________________
CCIRA
February 4 - February 7, 2015
City __________________________________________________________________
State/Country__________________________________ Zip Code ___________________
Guest Arrival Date _________________________________
Email _________________________________________________________________
Guest Departure Date _______________________________
Business Hours Telephone___________________________________________________
No. of Persons ________
Room type, location and rate subject to availability at time of request. Indicate preference and mail early.
■ 1 Bed
Concierge floor available
Guestroom:
1 person
$129.00
■ 2 Beds
upon request. Please contact hotel
2 persons $129.00
3 persons $129.00
directly for rates.
■
Handicapped
Accessible
4 persons $129.00
(1 Bed Only)
■ Non-Smoking Room (subject to limited availability)
Estimated time of arrival at hotel _________________________
To guarantee room for arrival after 6 p.m., please complete A or B:
(A)
Amount of enclosed check $_______________________
(B)
■ VISA ■ MASTERCARD ■ AMERICAN EXPRESS ■ DINER’S CLUB ■ DISCOVER
Credit Card Number ________________________________________________ Expiration Date _____________________
Signature _______________________________________________________
Confirmation is based on scheduled arrival date availability. All rates subject to tax.
Request and deposit must be received by 1/14/2015. Deposit refunded if cancellation is received 48 hours prior to arrival. Check-in time and
guestroom availability is 4:00 p.m. Check-out time is 1 p.m. Please arrange travel plans accordingly. Baggage storage available for earlier arrival.
Please note that your HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS are separate from your conference registration, and
must be made directly with your selected hotel. DO NOT mail the Marriott Hotel Registration Form to CCIRA!
DENVER TECH CENTER
7800 East Tufts Avenue
Denver, Colorado, USA 80237
303-779-1234 techcenter.hyatt.com
Although
The Marriott
is our conference
headquarters hotel,
there are other
hotels nearby.
7675 East Union Ave.
Denver, CO 80237
303-770-4200
http://hiltongardeninn3.hilton.com/
en/hotels/colorado/hilton-garden-inndenver-tech-center-DENTRGI/index.html
COLORADO COUNCIL INTERNATIONAL READING ASSOCIATION
2015 Conference on Literacy
PRE-REGISTRATION FORM
PLEASE PRINT LEGIBLY TO ASSURE YOUR REGISTRATION IS ACCURATELY ENTERED!
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Name_______________________________________________________________________________________________
First
Last
Middle
School District__________________________________________________________________Grade Level ____________
Paying By Credit Card?
Register quickly and easily at
CCIRA Membership I.D ________________________________________________________________________________
Can be found on your mailing label, membership card, or online
Home Address _______________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________
City
State/Province
www.ccira.org
ZIP/Postal Code
Home Phone _____________________________________ Work Phone _______________________________________
Fax _____________________________________________ Email_____________________________________________
■ If you would like to receive text message updates during the conference Cell __________________________________
■ If you would like to be contacted regarding needs for ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) accommodations
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■ Friday
■ Saturday
Select your CCIRA membership status
• Preregistration must be postmarked on
or before January 12, 2015
• You may also register online at
ccira.org by January 19, 2015
CHOOSE THE DAYS YOU’LL BE ATTENDING
■ Thursday
Important Registration Information
■ CCIRA ■ Non■ Fulltime
■ Retired
Member
Member
Undergrad*
Educator*
• Each participant must submit a
separate form
• Payment must accompany registration
* You MUST be a CCIRA member to take advantage of these special prices.
FULL CONFERENCE — Thursday, Friday and Saturday
$185
$240
SINGLE DAY
$150
$180
$50*
$80*
(There will be a $50 fee added to any on-site registration, except on Saturday)
YOUR APPLICABLE REGISTRATION FEE FROM ABOVE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ ______________________
LUNCHEONS AND SPECIAL EVENTS (Circle V for vegetarian, G for gluten-free)
■ Wednesday Evening – Jeffrey Wilhelm – 6:00 - 7:30 p.m. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $45 V G $ _______________________
• NO PURCHASE ORDERS will be
accepted
• COMPLETE BOTH SIDES of this form
for mail-in registration
• Registration confirmation will be sent in
approximately two weeks, or emailed if
you include your email address
■ Thursday Author Luncheon: Monica Brown – 1:00 - 2:30 p.m. . . . . . . . . . . . $30 V G $ _______________________
■ Thursday Educator Luncheon: Jan Richardson – 1:00 - 2:30 p.m. . . . . . . . . . . $30 V G $ _______________________
■ Thursday Evening – Kyleen Beers and Bob Probst – 6:00 - 7:30 p.m. . . . . $45 V G $ _______________________
■ Thursday Evening – Kathryn Erskine – 6:00 - 7:30 p.m. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $45 V G $ _______________________
■ Friday Author Luncheon: Chris Soentpiet – 1:00 - 2:30 p.m. . . . . . . . . . . . . . $30 V G $ _______________________
• Registration packets will be available
at the Registration Desk starting at
5:00 p.m. Wednesday
• See Refund Policy on page 9
■ Friday Educator Luncheon: Richard Allington – 1:00 - 2:30 p.m. . . . . . . . . . . $30 V G $ _______________________
■ Friday “Out of the Box Luncheon” – 11:30 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.. . . . . . . . . . . . . $22 V G $ _______________________
Frank Serafini, Kathi Appelt and Monette McIver
■ Saturday Author Luncheon: Roland Smith – 11:45 a.m. - 1:15 p.m. . . . . . . . . $22 V G $ _______________________
CCIRA MEMBERSHIP FEE
To qualify for member rates, join CCIRA today at www.ccira.org, OR download the form
and mail with this conference registration, adding the appropriate membership fee here . . .
$ _______________________
TOTAL CONFERENCE FEES
Add your options from above . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
■ Check payable to 2015 CCIRA Conference enclosed
$______________________
■ VISA ■ MasterCard ■ Discover ■ American Express
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_______________________________________________________________________________________
Expiration Date
Signature
CONTINUE TO THE NEXT PAGE TO MAKE YOUR CONFERENCE SESSION SELECTIONS.
Mail this form with payment to:
2015 CCIRA CONFERENCE
Liz Santino · 10050 W. 8th Ave. · Lakewood, CO 80215
Contact Liz with registration questions at 303-238-5436 or [email protected]
Volunteer Opportunities
Check here if you can give an hour of your
time and help out during the conference. Be a
CCIRA Hero!
■ Session Monitor: Greet attendees and
collect tickets at a session or luncheon
■ Session Monitor for Multiple Sessions
■ Session Chair: Support the speaker and
give a brief introduction (bio provided)
■ Exhibits: Help at the exhibit desk and
support exhibitors
■ Registration: Help at the registration
table by greeting attendees, handing out
their packets and answering questions
Complete Part 2 on Back Side ➧
COLORADO COUNCIL INTERNATIONAL READING ASSOCIATION
2015 Conference on Literacy
PRE-REGISTRATION FORM
PLEASE PRINT LEGIBLY TO ASSURE YOUR REGISTRATION IS ACCURATELY ENTERED!
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SELECT YOUR SESSIONS HERE
THURSDAY MORNING
Sessions can fill quickly, so indicate ALL FOUR CHOICES for each time period
You can choose one 2-Hour Workshop or two 1-Hour Sessions from 9:15 - 11:30; and one 1-Hour Session from 11:45 - 12:45.
2-Hour Workshop
9:15 - 11:15 a.m.
1st
OR
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1 Hour Session
9:15 - 10:15 a.m.
1st
2nd _______________
AND
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1 Hour Session
10:30 -11:30 a.m.
1st
2nd _______________
1 Hour Session
11:45 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.
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1st _______________
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4th _______________
THURSDAY AFTERNOON
You can choose one 1-Hour Session from 1:30 - 2:30; and one 2-Hour Workshop or two 1-Hour Sessions from 2:45 - 5:00.
Note that the Thursday Luncheons are scheduled from 1:00 - 2:30 p.m.
1-Hour Session
1:30 - 2:30 p.m.
1st
2-Hour Workshop
2:45 - 4:45 p.m.
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1st
OR
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1 Hour Session
2:45 -3:45 p.m.
1st
AND
1 Hour Session
4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
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FRIDAY MORNING
You can choose one 2-Hour Workshop or two 1-Hour Sessions from 9:15 - 11:30; and one 1-Hour Session from 11:45 - 12:45.
Note that the Friday Round Table Luncheon is scheduled from 11:30 - 12:45.
2-Hour Workshop
9:15 - 11:15 a.m.
1st
OR
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1 Hour Session
9:15 - 10:15 a.m.
1st
AND
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1 Hour Session
10:30 -11:30 a.m.
1st
1 Hour Session
11:45 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.
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1st _______________
2nd _______________
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4th _______________
4th _______________
FRIDAY AFTERNOON
You can choose one 1-Hour Session from 1:30 - 2:30; and one 2-Hour Workshop or two 1-Hour Sessions from 2:45 - 5:00.
Note that the Friday Luncheons are scheduled from 1:00 - 2:30 p.m.
1-Hour Session
1:30 - 2:30 p.m.
1st
2-Hour Workshop
2:45 - 4:45 p.m.
_______________
1st
OR
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1 Hour Session
2:45 -3:45 p.m.
1st
AND
1 Hour Session
4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
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1st _______________
2nd _______________
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PEBC sessions
at CCIRA2015!
Level
Thursday
K-12
Session 101
Moker Klaus-Quinlan
Making Learning Stick:
The Why and How of
Student Reflection
Grades 3-5
Middle School
Session 117
PEBC Staff
Argument Writing in
the Middle School
Level
Friday
Session 304
Leslie Blauman
Vocabulary and
Beautiful Language –
Is It “Herculean” to
Teach?
K-5
Session 310
Laurie Wretling
Mathematial Power:
Tools and Strategies
that Foster Success
Grades 3-5
Session 223
All Levels:
Laurie Blaumann
Coaches and
Weaving Together the Adminstrato
rs,
CCSS – Literature,
All Principals
Narrative, Persuasion and District/
Teachers
Leaders
Middle School Session 226
Knowledge
Laurie Wretling
K-5
Literacy in Science
Workshop: Building
Background
All Levels:
Session 227
Coaches and
PEBC Staff
Adminstrators, Leading a Literacy
All Principals
Focus
and District/
Teachers
Leaders
Session 316
PEBC Staff
Leading a Literacy
Focus
Session 375
Wendy Hoffer
Integrating Writing
into Math
Middle School
Session 434
PEBC Staff
Using the Workshop
Model to Facilitate
Science
Understanding
All Levels
Session 437
Patrick Allen
A Voice. An Ear.
A Conversation.
Celebrating Readers
Wednesday Evening
A SPECIAL FEATURE
An Evening with
Jeffrey Wilhelm
6:00 - 7:30 p.m.
Hospitality Suite A
Appetizers served
Attendance limited to first 25 registrants.
Check the appropriate box on your registration form
Thursday
T H U R S DAY
T
Thursday
Morning
General
Session
7:30 8:45 a.m.
Georgia
Heard
Writing from the Heart
The Common Core is bringing
writing back into the classroom but
what does it mean to teach writing
well? Georgia Heard will speak about
effective writing strategies that
fundamentally change writers.
Presentation of Celebrate Literacy
Award
Exhibit Hall
Trade and Professional Book
Sales and Vendor Exhibits
Marriott
8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Author Book Sales
& Autographing
BOOK STORE
near the Tower Elevators
9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Invited
Speaker
Invited
Author
Colorado
Presenter
Technology
103 Effective Organization and
Instruction for the K-5 Classroom
2-Hour Workshops
9:15-11:15
K-5
Kelly Bergman
101 Making Learning Stick: The Why
and How of Student Reflection
ALL LEVELS
Moker Klaus-Quinlan
Past
President
PEBC
Research shows multiple benefits
when students reflect on their
learning. Learn how to use student
self-reflection to support retention of
information, build a growth mindset,
encourage metacognition, and foster both
independence and collaboration.
Scholastic Consultant
Effective literacy instruction
occurs when classroom
organization and
instructional systems are carefully
designed. Participants will learn
practical, easy-to-implement tools for
organization, instruction, differentiation, and
parent communication. (Repeats as Session
222)
SPONSORED BY SCHOLASTIC
102 Creating Critical Readers: Part I
104 Making Student Conversations
Productive!
GRADES 4-12
Kylene Beers
Bob Probst
ALL LEVELS
Lori Dietrich-Sayler
Meg Lucero
Heinemann
Heinemann
In this first workshop, Kylene and Bob
will share before-reading strategies
that build engagement and encourage
close reading. We’ll look specifically at
how we help students develop textdependent questions for both fiction and
nonfiction. This workshop is most
appropriate for grades 4-12.
Always arrive to
sessions on time!
Cherry Creek School District
We ask students to talk with a partner, discuss
in small groups, share, and collaborate. But are
their conversations constructive? In this
session you will learn what makes a
conversation constructive and productive plus
ways to make them happen!
105 Magic Classroom Collective:
Building Classroom...
ALL LEVELS
Xolisa Guzula
This presentation tells the story of
how Nelson Mandela Institute,
launched in 2007 by Mr. Mandela,
works in close partnership with rural
teachers, children and communities to
build sustainable solutions to the problems
facing education in Africa. (Repeats as Session
236)
Thursday Sessions
15
106 Writing Poetry: Giving Students
the Vision and Tools to Reach for
Wider Possibilities as Writers
Georgia Heard
Georgia Heard will share many
practical and innovative ideas on how
to help students fall in love with
poetry. She’ll give very specific
exercises that are meant as invitations
for children to be more playful, innovative, and
courageous as writers. She will share ways to
introduce poetry in the classroom first
through immersion and then towards a deeper
understanding of poetry. She will speak about
poetry craft as a foundation from which other
writing genres can be learned, and provide
ready-to-use strategies that take the mystery
out of writing poetry.
SPONSORED BY STENHOUSE
107 Integrating the Workshop into a
Standards-based High School
HIGH SCHOOL
Rachel Jank
Lincoln Lutheran Middle
and High School
108 Literacy Through Science
K-5
Ana Marlatt
Brighton 27J School District
Participants will get started on the concept of
integrating reading, writing and science
standards. Participants will receive resources to
create interactive science journals with kids
that will promote literacy through the
engagement of science.
109 25 Best Ever Informational Text
Lessons
K-5
Lori Oczkus
Booksource Consultant
Boost the content area reading of all
of your students with practical proven
ideas for close reading, synthesizing
across texts, and teaching text features
and structures. Motivate your students
to read and comprehend info text all day long!
(Repeats as Session 229)
110 Using Literacy to Increase Rigor
in High School Classrooms
HIGH SCHOOL
Ann Richards
Pat Holloway
Monica Zucker
Participants in this interactive session will
experience activities created for our
professional development, which is designed to
increase reading and writing rigor in all
content areas. Tools, sample lessons, and
writing prompts will be shared.
Accelerating Struggling Readers
with Guided Reading, K-2
K-2
Jan Richardson
Consultant
This presentation addresses six factors
that interfere with efficient processing
in primary readers. Learn how to use
assessments to target specific needs so
you can plan effective guided reading
lessons that accelerate your struggling readers.
112 The Anchor Text:
A Powerful Teaching Tool
MIDDLE SCHOOL
Laura Robb
Consultant
Laura will think aloud to show how to
use anchor texts to teach and build
students mental model of the
Common Core’s anchor text standards
for informational texts. Teachers will
discuss text dependent questions and do
informal writing about reading.
113 Book Trailers and iMovie in the
Classroom
ALL LEVELS
Kyle Webster
Windsor Schools, Weld RE4
The creation of book trailers through the
integration of iMovie into the classroom. A
step by step guide to why book trailers are
important and how to use iMovie. There will
be time to create your own trailer. BYOD
loaded with iMovie (preferred).
114 Inquiring Minds Learn to Read,
Write, and Meet the CCSS
ALL LEVELS
Jeffrey Wilhelm
Boise State University
This interactive session will explore
how inquiry is THE model of
instruction for developing deep
conceptual and procedural
understanding that leads to transfer
and application of learning in the real world.
It will also explore how inquiry is uniquely
suited to assist students to meet the Common
Core State Standards and upcoming
assessments modeled on the NAEP and PISA
assessments of student knowledge and
expertise. The session will focus on practical
matters such as how to frame instruction with
essential questions, frontloading to prepare
students for success, sequencing and teaching
towards culminating writing assignments and
projects.
SPONSORED BY SCHOLASTIC, CORWIN PUBLISHERS
115 Reading Struggles? 20/20 Vision
Is NOT Enough
Jennifer Simonson
Boulder Valley Vision Therapy
Students need to develop eye tracking,
focusing, eye teaming, and visual processing
skills to learn and read comfortably, accurately,
and efficiently. Learn about vision and how to
help students who are struggling with reading.
116 Metacognition: The Transforming
Power of Reflective Thinking
K-6
Tanny McGregor
Consultant
Let's explore a multitude of ideas that
merge research and practice to foster
metacognition and reflection. We'll
use realia, images, video, sketching &
complex text to enable kids to share
their brilliant thinking with the world!
117 Argument Writing in the Middle
School
MIDDLE SCHOOL
PEBC Staff
•Participants will be able to
articulate how mentor texts
support students in developing an
argument in writing and how to deliver
instruction through the workshop model.
1-Hour Sessions
9:15-10:15
126 Collaboration Through
Technology
K-5
Cheryl Arnett
Amy Jones
Melany Neton
Moffat County School District
Learn ways to use technology for collaboration
in the classroom, throughout the school, and
around the world! Tools, techniques, and
project ideas will be presented for easy
replication in your class.
127 Writing for Children:
A Mini-Workshop
GRADES K-5
Monica Brown
Do you have a story begging to be
told? This is an opportunity for
teachers to learn more about the
craft of writing for children—so
many authors are former or current
teachers. Even if you aren’t interested in
writing for children, this workshop will give
you a unique perspective on what goes into the
creation (and selling) of a book, from the
perspective of craft to the publishing process.
128 Incorporate Art Into Your
Classroom
GRADES 3-8
Linda Osmundson
Participants discover how
observing, analyzing and
reacting to art can improve
writing, and critical thinking skills.
They’ll learn interactive, engaging exercises and
activities to help bring the visual arts into all
subject areas. (Repeats as Session 167)
SPONSORED BY PELICAN PUBLISHING
T H U R S DAY
This session is for those who are intrigued by
the idea of the Workshop Method but don't
see how it can fit in their standards-driven
curriculum. Bring a current unit and start to
design a unit that combines Common Core
standards and the Workshop!
111
Thursday Sessions
16
129 Known Unknowns: Composition
and Collaboration in the Cloud
ALL LEVELS
Brian Rozinsky
Victoria Hankey
Jennifer Jouzdani
Peak to Peak Charter School
Shared Google docs offer a powerful tool for
composition, revision and collaboration.
Newer technology also raises many questions.
At this session, hear what three colleagues are
asking as we flip writing instruction and move
our process to the cloud.
130 Make the Core CONNECT! Unlock
Complex Text with Humor and
Music
ALL LEVELS
Alan Sitomer
CA Teacher of the Year Foundation/
Disney Book Group
The adoption of the Common Core
Standards presents a host of
challenges for administrators,
teachers, and students. Discover how
to bringing rigorous Core literacy materials to
life in a manner that is exciting, engaging and
even cross-curricular.
T H U R S DAY
131 Scaffolding to Publish in the
Colorado Reading Journal
ALL LEVELS
Kimberli Bontempo
Christine DeSimone Kyser
Some of the best tips and teaching advice
comes from teachers in real classrooms. Want
to share your experiences and make a
difference for kids? Come walk through the
scaffolded steps for becoming a published
author in the Colorado Reading Journal.
1-Hour Sessions
10:30-11:30
141 Digital Tools for Learning:
iBooks in the Classroom
K-8
University of Northern Colorado
iBooks and iBooks Author are amazing and
easy to use tools for the classroom. Learn how
you and your students can create and design
these digital interactive containers of
information, merging the worlds of literacy
and technology.
143 Likes and Loves from the Literary
Lists 2015 Edition
K-2
Marcie Haloin
Adams 12, UCD
Spend this hour looking at new books,
primarily from 2014, for use with Elementary
students. Titles are selected from professional
resources, blogs, and reviews. Handouts
include a bibliography of titles, ideas for
sharing, and links to resources.
144 Reaching the Reluctant Reader
K-5
Jarrett Krosoczka
162 Integrating Grade 4-8 Novels
Across the Curriculum
MIDDLE SCHOOL
Jan Buley
Laurentian University
Not every book is for every child, but
there is certainly a right book for
every child. In this session, Jarrett
Krosoczka will discuss his own
journey as a reader and offer tips on how
educators can reach their most reluctant
readers. (repeats as Session 255)
We know that a love of reading is enhanced
when we connect to it creatively. Participants
will discover novel connections to drama, art,
music, history, social studies and more. Actual
student work will be shared and a fabulous
handout distributed.
145 Addressing the Qualitative
Dimensions of Text Complexity
163 Taking Time to Play in the Middle
School Classroom
K-5
Jenny Nordman
MIDDLE SCHOOL
Melissa Diebel
Regis University
Focuses on increased text complexity demands
of the Common Core, and how to attend to
the qualitative dimensions of text complexity
though effective and targeted classroom
instruction.
146 Inspiration, Execution and Luck –
The Making of Picture Books
K-3
Tom Lichtenheld
The inspiration and mechanics of
making picture books, including the
influences of kids Tom's met,
collaborating with authors, and
executing illustrations. Also books that
influenced him as a child and some of his
favorite recent picture books.
Concordia University
Are students unable to remember what it was
like to color outside the lines? Let’s climb
outside the box and add elements of fun to the
classroom. Let’s breathe new life into your
classroom that will lead to more creative and
innovative thinking!
164 Up to $1,000 to Travel Abroad
for Professional Development!
ALL LEVELS
Whitney Hiner
Reading Partners
The Foreign Affiliate/Colorado Exchange
Project Committee offers a grant for up to
$1,000 to CCIRA members to pursue
professional development abroad. Come hear
from previous recipients and learn how to
complete the easy application process yourself!
147 Writing with SASS
166 Best New Children’s Literature of
the Year - Grades K-3
GRADES 3-12
Kathryn Erskine
K-2
Jennifer McIntyre
SASS is attitude, your own
perspective, your own voice, which is
so important in your writing. SASS
is also an acronym for Snag your
reader, Act your characters, Show your story,
Shake things up! This presentation is for
elementary through adult. (Repeats as Session
251)
Explore the best of this year’s recently
published books. Discover books that support
learning in all areas of the curriculum and
stories you will be eager to share with your
students. Attendees will receive an annotated
list of books discussed.
1-Hour Sessions
11:45-12:45
161 Teaching Effective Speaking in
the Digital Age
MIDDLE SCHOOL
Jill Adams
Metropolitan State University
Kathy Deakin
Gloria Eastman
Amy Gutierrez Baker Jefferson County Public Schools
Michael Hoffman
Metropolitan State College
Lacey Jo Patterson
Dominic Rossi
The CCSS shift has forced us to examine our
integration and assessment of all ELA areas—
including speech. We will discuss the
framework for teaching oral communication
and suggest digital tools/websites that
encourage effective speaking.
Once Upon a Mind
167 Incorporate Art Into Your
Classroom
GRADES 3-8
Linda Osmundson
Participants discover how
observing, analyzing and
reacting to art can improve
writing, and critical thinking skills.
They’ll learn interactive, engaging exercises and
activities to help bring the visual arts into all
subject areas. (Repeats as Session 128)
SPONSORED BY PELICAN PUBLISHING
Check page 6 and see how
students, retired educators,
and principals can qualify
for special
conference
deals!
Thursday Sessions
17
168 Star Grant Carousel
11:45 - 12:45 a.m.
Author
Luncheon
Literacy Tubs: Reaching Our Most
At-Risk Students
Using Trade Books To Teach
Kindergarten Social Studies
K-2
Robin Madison
K-2
Rebecca Knoll
This session will discuss the use of just
right texts with special education students
who are well below their grade-aged peers
in reading. Non-fiction texts and handson materials will help students increase
their strategic reading skills.
Common Core State Standards
recommend that K-2 teachers use complex
read-alouds in the classroom to teach
content while also meeting informational
text reading standards. Our team used
STAR Grant funds to purchase trade
books to accomplish this goal.
1:00 - 2:30 p.m.
169 Beginning Literacy: Inquiring
Minds Want to Know
173 Integrating Technology into
Writer’s Workshop
K-2
Marilyn Robbins
Jennifer Marriott
Robin Woods
K-2
Emily Kielmeyer
Adams 12 Five Star Schools
170 How Authors Use Action, Humor
and Adventure to Hook Kids
ALL LEVELS
Alan Sitomer
When authors illuminate the
similarities between student and
professional writing it awakens a
host of insights for kids and helps
develop strong literacy skills. Go behind the
scenes with a celebrated YA author and return
with a host of tools for class.
171 Scaffolding Close Reading for
English Language Learners
K-8
Elizabeth Skelton
Participants in this interactive workshop will
experience effective scaffolding strategies to
help ELLs access complex text, create a list of
strategies that worked, write challenging textbased questions, and discuss the purpose of
close reading.
172 Writer’s Workshop: One Year
Later
K-8
Trish Wojurfin
Danie Souchek
Suzette Youngs
University Schools
University Schools
UNC
Last year, at the CCIRA conference, we went to
different sessions about Writing Workshop.
Hoping to improve our own teaching, we
modified and reconstructed our writer’s
toolbox. We share our before/afters, as well as
resources, handouts and tips.
Inspiration and Transformation:
Multicultural Children’s
Literature in the Classroom
Through the lens of her own work,
Monica Brown, will speak about the
promise and potential of
Multicultural Children's literature
in the elementary classroom and
beyond. She will share the way art
meets text in a way that inspires
justice-oriented citizenship and a
love of language and narrative.
Presentation of Blue Spruce Adult Book
Award
174 The Colorado Blue Spruce Young
Adult Book Award
Sharon Nehls
Tobye Ertelt
Learn about the Colorado Blue Spruce Young
Adult Book Award and be the first to hear
about the nominees for next year. These are
the books teens are reading! Ideas will be given
for encouraging student participation.
175 Enhancing Literacy Learning with
iPods
K-5
Chelsea Higgins
Denver Public Schools
By integrating iPod Nanos into our daily
literacy routine, my students were able to
utilize audio books and podcasts to further
develop their reading abilities and participate
in rich literary discussions with their peers.
176 Creative Response to Literature
and Ideas to Engage
K-2
Abby Timberlake Georgetown Community Schools
Cody Septon-Sanford
Student
Retells increase comprehension, conceptual
understanding, and enhance long-term
retention of information. We will show you
how movement and a little creativity goes a
long way in promoting literacy learning by
making the abstract more concrete.
177 Teaching Abroad: Are You Ready
for the Challenge
Sandra Bornstein
Consultant
An international teaching experience is a lifealtering experience. Sandra Bornstein shares
her experience at an international school in
Bangalore, India. She will include helpful hints
for anyone contemplating an international
teaching adventure.
Educator
Luncheon
1:00 - 2:30 p.m.
Jan
Richardson
Guiding Reading 5.0:
Upgrade Your Small Group
Instruction
Are you getting the most from
guided reading? Maximize small
group instruction by considering
these five decision points:
pinpointing a focus, selecting a text,
prompting for strategies, teaching
word studyskills, and guiding
struggling writers
Presentation of Outstanding
Administrative Leadership Award
Review luncheon
and session times ...
some
overlap
T H U R S DAY
How do we implement informative and
explanatory writing in an emergent classroom?
How do we connect reading and writing to
engage our youngest learners? How is inquiry
an essential literacy skill? Join us as we explore
this Common Core Standard.
Garfield RE2
Are you looking for ways to bring technology
into writer’s workshop? Looking for apps for
story telling, report writing, or collaboration?
This session will provide participants with tips,
tools, apps and ideas to integrate technology
into writing.
Monica
Brown
Thursday Sessions
18
1-Hour Sessions
1:30-2:30
201 It’s a Party Up in Here!
Partnering Boys with Books
K-8
Leslie Fitzgerald
CSU-Pueblo Teacher Education
Many male students saw the library as a place
to house books “smart kids” read. Come find
out how I used the stuff boys like (video
games, light sabers, soccer balls, and
superheroes) to draw them into the library and
hook them as readers.
202 Increasing Literacy Engagement
and Achievement through STEM
HIGH SCHOOL
Maria Clinton
Alice Smith
Sarah Steinbach-Ball
T H U R S DAY
In this interactive presentation, participants
will experience how Northglenn High School is
integrating STEM tenets, such as problembased learning, collaboration, inquiry, and
trans-disciplinary lenses to increase literacy
engagement and achievement.
203 Using Author Studies to Inspire
Young Writers
K-2
Emily Kielmeyer
Garfield RE-2
Author studies are one way to celebrate great
books in the classroom, energizing young
readers and writers. Presenters will share their
experiences having their students respond to
literature both in traditional print and digital
formats.
204 Supporting Language and
Literacy With Embedded
Literature
GRADES 3-5
Lisa Dryden
Texas Wesleyan University
This interactive session will highlight quality
children’s literature while sharing a variety of
sound pedagogical classroom practices.
Participants will have the opportunity to
participate in easy to implement activities.
205 Banned Books, First Amendment
and Primary Sources: Must Reads!
ALL LEVELS
Jessica Flock UNC - Teaching with Primary Sources
Banned books offer a unique lens into cultural
and political views throughout the decades.
Join me to explore the literature, examine the
first amendment and conduct a critical
analysis using primary sources for numerous
pieces of challenged works.
206 Discovering Language in Found
Poetry
212 Word Wonder — Vocabulary/
Literacy Elective for All Ages
GRADES 3-5
Deborah Horan
Metropolitan State University of Denver
ALL LEVELS
Anita Burchett-Claussen
Through found poetry, we’ll explore ways to
build on the oral/ written language and the
significant experiences that students learning
English bring into our elementary classrooms.
This includes found poetry that relates to
science/social studies.
It was Claussen’s first year at middle school.
How was she going to make vocabulary
appealing? She soon realized that teaching
vocabulary to mainstream students used the
same tools as an ESL teacher! Eventually, the
elective had a waiting list!
207 21st Century Literacy:
Integrating 21st Century Skills
213 Rev-Up your Center Time using
Rigor and Relevance, Complex Lit
MIDDLE SCHOOL
Tara Laughlin
K-8
April DeCesare Smart Schools Training and Research
Poudre School District
There is a push for 21st century skills to be
taught in the classroom, yet there is no
additional time to be found. In this session, I
will share my research on 21st century skillsliteracy integration, including a content-skills
integration model.
208 Culturally Responsive Literacy
Education: Check Our Biases
K-5
Sherry Taylor
Isabelle Smith
University of Colorado
Boulder Valley School District
Teachers who believe all learners deserve to
develop to their fullest potential regularly
check their biases. Participate in values-based
activities, gain respect for cultural perspectives,
gain proactive guidelines for anti-bias literacy
education.
209 The Choices Program: Explore
the Past, Shape the Future
HIGH SCHOOL
Germaine Wagner
Wyoming Geographic Alliance
Choices materials developed at Brown
University have 40 units that focus on current
and historical issues using primary resources.
Participants use role play to articulate
opinions and reflect on public policy decisions.
Free online current events.
210 What’s New in Children’s
Literature 2015 for Grades 4-8
4-8
Linda Warren
TopCopy Books
Each year thousands of new children’s books
are published. Come meet 35 of the best new
books to read aloud or enrich the curriculum
for a vibrant reading culture in your school or
4-8 classroom. Bibliography of the book talk
will be available.
Jefferson County Public
Schools
April DeCesare, Florida’s Teacher of the Year and
International Speaker will share Best Rigorous
Practices on how to immerse your students in
Complex Literacy and Powerful Instruction
using High Quality Smart Centers! Teach
smarter not harder! (Repeats as Session 372)
2-Hour Workshops
2:45-4:45
221 Creating Critical Readers: Part II
GRADES 4-12
Kylene Beers
Bob Probst
In this second workshop, Kylene and
Bob will share a different suite of
strategies that focus on during-, and
after-reading. Again, we’ll model
strategies using both fiction and
nonfiction. This workshop is most
appropriate for grades 4-12.
222 Effective Organization and
Instruction for the K-5 Classroom
K-5
Kelly Bergman
Effective literacy instruction
occurs when classroom
organization and
instructional systems are carefully
designed. Participants will learn
practical, easy-to-implement tools for
organization, instruction, differentiation, and
parent communication. (Repeats as Session
103)
223 Weaving Together the CCSS:
Literature, Narrative, Persuasion
211 Content + Literacy = Common
Core Success
GRADES 3-5
Leslie Blauman
K-8
Linda Linnen
How do I fit in Best Practice and
the CCSS while maintaining
choice, ownership, and joy in the
classroom? Drawing on her recent books,
mentor texts, and student work, Leslie shows
how to integrate across ELA standards creating
rich units of study.
Consultant
Appropriate-leveled excerpts from science and
social studies books will be used to
demonstrate how to teach the Common Core
State Standards. Participants will receive many
hands-on ideas for their classrooms.
Thursday Sessions
19
224 Using Colorado Children’s Book
Awards and Colorado Common
Core
ALL LEVELS
Sherrie Davidson
Aurora Public Schools
Learn to use the Colorado Children’s Book
Award nominations to teach Colorado
Common Core Standards for Reading and
Writing. Learn more about the CCBA and how
to apply picture books and junior novels to
support CCCS in literacy.
225 Teaching Biography Through
Shared Research
K-2
Keith Garvert
Kimberly Hartnett-Edwards Aurora Public Schools
This presentation will cover a unit of study coauthored by the presenters and due to be
published by IRA in July, 2014. We will take
participants through a study of how to engage
young writers in the writing workshop from
the first day of school.
226 Literacy in Science Workshop:
Building Background Knowledge
MIDDLE SCHOOL
Laurie Wretling
PEBC
227 Leading a LIteracy Focus
ALL LEVELS: COACHES AND ADMINISTRATORS,
ALL PRINCIPALS AND DISTRICT/TEACHERS LEADERS
PEBC Staff
235 Innovative Curriculum Design to
Maximize Engaged Learning
ELEMENTARY
Mark Overmeyer
K-5
Veronica Wolken
Woodland Park School District Re-2
Catherine Briggs-Hale
Julie Frater
Claudia Miller Woodland Park School District Re-2
Consultant
This presentation will focus
on how to support writers
through the use of
intentional talk during the workshop.
Topics covered include: the language
of instruction, language demands for different
kinds of writing, conferring, and peer
interactions.
231 Deep Reading, Deep Analytical
Writing
MIDDLE SCHOOL
Laura Robb
256 Why Nal’ibali?
An interactive session using strategies
that lead to deep, close reading of
multiple texts to find themes, infer,
and use the yes/no strategy to develop
claims. Then, participants set writing
criteria and plan to argue for a claim in an
essay.
232 Paperless Classroom Tips
MIDDLE SCHOOL
Cynthia Skinner
237 Guided Reading for Early
Literacy (K-2)
Weld RE4 Windsor Schools
Teaching Language Arts in the 21st Century
should involve relevant activities and skills.
Teaching Reading and Writing using Google
Drive is one way to do this. This class shares
tips and ideas we learned through experience
and practice. Share too!
233 Improving Reading Through
Annotation and Critical Thinking
MIDDLE SCHOOL
Melissa Toland
Littleton Public Schools
Join us for an interactive, multiple strategy
workshop focusing on scaffolded annotation
instruction for non-fiction reading across the
content areas through the Gradual Release
Model, Common Core State Standards, and
Google Apps for Education.
228 Curious Minds Want to Know
234 Fresh Takes on the Literary
Elements
K-8
Amy Nicholl
Jeffrey Wilhelm
Come have some fun while
learning how to create and
maintain a sense of wonder in
your classroom. Leave with practical
ideas using Common Core standards
that will enhance curiosity in your students
and create a desire in them to read and write
more.
229 25 Best Ever Informational Text
Lessons
K-5
Lori Oczkus
Boost the content area reading of all
of your students with practical proven
ideas for close reading, synthesizing
across texts, and teaching text features
and structures. Motivate your students
to read and comprehend info text all day long!
ALL LEVELS
Carole Bloch
Since it began in 2012, Nal’ibali, a
national literacy campaign has been
working to bring adults and children
in South Africa together around
storytelling and reading. The
understanding that children and adults need
to experience the power.
This session will support all levels
of leadership in the school/district
by helping to identify key
structures that support effective instructional
decision making, measure the impact of
change, and manage the effects to provide
clarity of expectations.
CCIRA Vice President
2014 Outstanding Administrative Leadership
Award recipient Veronica Wolken shares
innovative practices maximizing coveted
instructional time and engaged authentic
learning for ALL: Focus Groups, Retired
Masters, comprehensive collaboration and
more!
This interactive workshop will explore
how insights from cognitive science
and social psychology can help English
teachers to consider the contexts in
which teaching character, point of
view/perspective, setting and theme are most
useful, and how to teach them most powerfully
in such contexts. The workshop will involve a
variety of composing, think aloud, visual and
dramatic activity sequences, and will show how
rich instruction around the literary elements
will meet the Core standards and prepare
students for next generation assessments.
K-2
Brandi Graessle
Sara Moeller
The Academy
The Academy
In only 30 minutes a day, deepen students'
understanding in all aspects of reading
through explicit instruction of comprehension,
vocabulary, and fluency in a small group
setting. Take away step by step guidance to
implement immediately into class!
238 Without a Word: Using Images to
Prompt Higher Level Thinking
K-6
Tanny McGregor
In text, we want students to read
deliberately, making the reading
thinking-intensive. We can model &
practice the same behavior with
images, providing opportunities for
viewing & re-viewing, thinking deeply &
generating high level thinking.
1-Hour Sessions
2:45-3:45
251 Writing with SASS
GRADES 3-12
Kathryn Erskine
SASS is attitude, your own
perspective, your own voice, which is
so important in your writing. SASS
is also an acronym for Snag your
reader, Act your characters, Show your story,
Shake things up! This presentation is for
elementary through adult. (Repeats as Session
147)
T H U R S DAY
Come see how you can structure
collaborative learning
opportunities for student s in
science that promote reading comprehension
strategies in non-fiction text. Learn how to
plan content that addresses Next Generation
and ELA Common Core Standards.
230 Workshop Talk: How to Grow
Writers Through Meaningful Talk
Thursday Sessions
20
252 Increasing Reading Achievement
and Motivation Using 1-1 Devices
261 Inspiration, Execution and Luck –
The Making of Picture Books
K-5
Crystal Miller
Shelly Wasson
Trish Winter
K-3
Tom Lichtenheld
Summit School District
This session will address whether employing
1-1 devices increases achievement in literacy.
We will share how the devices are used,
assigned, and what the other factors are that
have created high achievement.
253 Weighted Running Records:
Assessing Reading of Complex
Texts
K-5
Vicki Collet
University of Arkansas
A leveled book, a piece of paper,
and a few simple calculations are all
you need to use this assessment
method to monitor students’
reading improvement as they move across
different levels of text. You’ll be an expert by
the end of this session!
254 Digging Deeper Into the Mini Lesson
T H U R S DAY
K-8
Crystal Hyman
Kim McLachlan
Adams12 Five Star Schools
Mini Lessons have POWER! Once we learn
how to lead strong, efficient mini lessons, we
find that we have a power chip that never
quits. Join us to study the architecture of a
mini lesson, and see how this powerful
teaching tool can change a classroom.
255 Reaching the Reluctant Reader
K-5
Jarrett Krosoczka
Not every book is for every child, but
there is certainly a right book for
every child. In this assembly, Jarrett
Krosoczka will discuss his own
journey as a reader and offer tips on how
educators can reach their most reluctant
readers. (Repeats as Session 144)
1-Hour Session
4:00-5:00
260 Helping Students Identify and
Use Their Own TouchStone Texts
MIDDLE SCHOOL
Christine Graham Jefferson County School District
Touchstone texts help readers of all ages and
abilities connect texts in meaningful ways. We
will focus on helping students identify their
own personal touchstone texts beyond the
classics, for more personal and long-lasting
learning and buy-in.
Exhibit Hall Reception
5:00 - 6:00 p.m.
Complimentary Appetizers
Cash Bar
The inspiration and mechanics of
making picture books, including the
influences of kids Tom's met,
collaborating with authors, and
executing illustrations. Also books that
influenced him as a child and some of his
favorite recent picture books.
Hang out with
Kylene Beers &
Bob Probst
6:00 - 7:30 p.m.
Hospitality Suite A
Appetizers served
Attendance limited to first 20
registrants. Check the appropriate
box on your registration form
262 Socratic Discussion and the
Common Core
ALL LEVELS
Bert Aguirre
Weld County School Distriect RE-1
Designed for beginners and veterans, learn
how academic discussions can empower
students to achieve the Common Core.
Practical tools will be provided for getting
started, leveraging higher-level thinking,
standards-based grading, and much much
more!
263 Integrating 4 Cs, Lego
StoryStarter, and Reluctant
Writers
GRADES 3-5
Peggy St. Clair
Claire Shadow
Dawn Young
Douglas County Libraries
Iron Horse Elementary
Iron Horse Elementary
Engage reluctant writers with exciting tools.
Learn how a school and public library
collaborated to create a Lego StoryStarter
program. Students engage in storyboarding,
set building, technology and creative writing.
Incorporates all 4C's.
Be in the know
throughout the
conference!
Hang out with
Kathryn Erskine
6:00 - 7:30 p.m.
Hospitality Suite B
Appetizers served
Attendance limited to first 20
registrants. Check the appropriate
box on your registration form
Board of Directors’
Dinner and Meeting
5:30 - 7:00 p.m.
General Assembly
7:30 - 8:00 p.m.
Join us on
Facebook and
Twitter.
(#ccira15)
Friday
Morning
General
Session
7:30 8:45 a.m.
Kelly
Gallagher
Building Reading Lives That
Last
Standards movements come and go,
but the core values behind the
effective teaching of reading remain
unchanged. In this keynote, Kelly
will discuss how staying true to
these core values helps to build
reading lives that last.
SPONSORED BY STENHOUSE
Presentation of Fannie Stabenow
and Kay Mervar Awards
Exhibit Hall
Marriott
8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Author Book Sales
& Autographing
Check in at
the Registration
Table in the
Marriott Lobby
2-Hour Workshops
9:15-11:15
301 Preschool Language and Literacy
and the ELDGs
PREK-K
Michelle Boyer Colorado Department of Education
Using the Colorado Early Learning and
Developmental Guidelines as a foundation,
this presentation highlights how early
language and literacy development should be
implemented in a high-quality preschool
setting using TS GOLD assessment.
302 Teaching the Argument Paper
HIGH SCHOOL
Kelly Gallagher
Of the writing genres favored by the
CCSS, argument is clearly the favored
child. This session will examine
reading and writing strategies proven
to lead our students into writing
deeper argumentation.
SPONSORED BY STENHOUSE BOOKSOURCE
303 Fostering Authentic Classroom
Conversation
HIGH SCHOOL
Patricia Hagan
Kellie Clark
St. Vrain Valley School District
St. Vrain Valley School District
Are your students truly engaging in deep
conversation that encourages thinking and
learning? We will examine features of
constructive conversation and how providing
effective prompts, models, scaffolds and
feedback can result in rich discussion.
304 Vocabulary and Beautiful
Language: Is It "Herculean" to
Teach?
GRADES 3-5
Leslie Blauman
Not when students love words!
Add in word play and students
gain power. Let Leslie show you
how students can have ownership of their
reading and writing across all genres-including
mythology, fables, & folktales and meet the
demands of the standards.
305 The Case for Rigor: Why All
Students Need to Read Critically
HIGH SCHOOL
Kelly Jackson
Pueblo District 70
The case for relevant, interesting texts—
especially for struggling readers—has been
widely accepted. This presentation will look at
why rigor is also necessary, then provide
strategies and collaboration.
306 Shared Reading Using Cross
Content and Technology
MIDDLE SCHOOL
Michele Rodriguez Jefferson County Public Schools
Jefferson County Public Schools
Tobye Ertelt
This session is for secondary science, social
studies and ELA teachers who want to explore
shared reading in a cross content classroom
with the use of technology. Nonfiction text,
critical thinking skills and collaboration will
be incorporated.
307 Reading Workshop 2.0: Teaching
Reading in the Digital Age
K-8
Frank Serafini
This session will feature changes in the
Reading Workshop afforded by new
technologies and the resources
available for reading, sharing,
discussing and analyzing texts.
Numerous digital resources and literacy
lessons will be shared.
SPONSORED BY HEINEMANN PUBLISHERS
308 Using Mentor Texts to Teach
Grammar and Writing
GRADES 3-5
Anita Kim Venegas
Fountain Fort Carson School District
Sharing with teachers how to us non fiction
and literature texts to support required
curriculum to teach grammar and writing.
Double dipping the time used for read aloud
and content reading to support grammar and
writing.
309 Powerful Lessons for Writing
Success Right Now! Grades 1-6
GRADES 1-6
Janiel Wagstaff
Consultant
Simple strategies for proven success:
increase motivation, get students
generating their own topics across
genres, see real results with revision
and editing, improve spelling in
everyday writing and more! Implement
immediately! Tied to the CCSS.
310 Mathematical Power! Tools and
Strategies that Foster Success
K-5
Laurie Wretling
PEBC
Come experience specific tools and
strategies that can empower
students as mathematicians to use
and apply Common Core Standards for
Mathematical Practices. This presentation will
address the role and power of literacy in
elementary math classrooms.
F R I DAY
BOOK STORE
9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Friday
Friday Sessions
22
311 Transforming Comprehension
Through Digital Response
Projects
ALL LEVELS
Suzette Youngs
Read, Interpret, Design and
Share! Participants in this
session will learn how to
create and share digital responses to
literature that will enhance literacy
learning and instruction. Student and teacher
projects and other resources will be shared.
SPONSORED BY UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN
COLORADO
312 Teaching the Social Skills of
Academic Collaboration
Harvey “Smokey” Daniels
Teachers want collaboration training
built right into their curriculum. In
this hands-on session, Smokey will
demonstrate key collaboration
strategies embedded within classic
comprehension lessons, using typical science
and social studies texts.
313 Summer and Some Are Reading
But Many Are Not
F R I DAY
Richard Allington
Summer reading loss accounts for 80%
of the reading gap between rich and
poor children. Every summer poor
kids lose 2 or 3 months of reading
growth and middle class kids add a
month of reading growth. This mean that poor
kids fall further behind rich kids every year
even while their instruction produces growth
comparable to that shown by the rich kids.
Solving the problem of summer reading loss is
easy and inexpensive. Our free summer books
project eliminated summer reading loss in 17
high-poverty urban schools! I'll discuss the
problem and our project in the hopes of
convincing audience members that we can
solve the national problem of struggling lowincome readers.
314 Common Core Standards:
Where to Start and What to Do
Monette McIver
The Common Core State
Standards were created to
ensure students are prepared
for college and careers. The standards
ask us to think differently about
literacy instruction. This session focuses on
preparing students to meet these expectations.
Too many
books?
315 ALL IN: The Role of Engagement
in Comprehension
Ellin Oliver Keene
Consultant
323 Get It! Got it! Google!
PREK-K
Bretta Loeffler
Adams Dist. 12
What is the difference
between motivation and
engagement? Can
engagement be “learned”? Does
engagement lead to understanding?
We will explore new thinking about the
relationship between engagement and
understanding.
In this session you will learn how to use a few
Google tools to help in your classroom. These
tools include: customized search, interactive
word wall, using forms as quizzes and making
homework assignments easier.
316 Leading a LIteracy Focus
Learn about exchange teaching opportunities
in Australia and Canada. Learn a way you can
collaborate with students and teachers in these
other countries. Exchange teaching is an
excellent staff development option.
ALL LEVELS: COACHES AND ADMINISTRATORS,
ALL PRINCIPALS AND DISTRICT/TEACHERS LEADERS
PEBC Staff
This session will support all levels
of leadership in the school/district
by helping to identify key
structures that support effective instructional
decision making, measure the impact of
change, and manage the effects to provide
clarity of expectations.
1-Hour Sessions
9:15-10:15
321 Only a Click Away: Using Online
Resources to Teach Literacy
K-8
Tammy Anderson
Bette Burkey
Jennifer Venturo
Have you been searching for complex texts that
address the reading standards? Come learn
about some great online resources you can use
tomorrow to teach the literacy standards. We
will save you time by sharing free texts that are
only a click away.
322 Concept of Word: A Critical
Component for Emergent
Readers
PREK-K
Charles Dana Hall
CaseNEX, LLC
Concept of Word (COW) marks the transition
from emergent to beginning reading, and
requires application of multiple literacy skills.
Learn why COW is critical for emergent
readers, the developmental process for
attaining COW, and instructional ideas.
Okay, one can never really have too many books! However,
if you’ve got some titles you’d like to trade and share with
your colleagues, bring them along to the conference.
Drop some old books off, and pick up some new ones.
You could leave the conference with some real treasures!
Professional and Children’s Book Swap
325 Collaborate Internationally
ALL LEVELS
Marilyn Turner Colorado Teachers’ Exchange League
326 Never Say Die
GRADES 6-12
Will Hobbs
Author of Bearstone,
Downriver, and Crossing the
Wire, Will Hobbs is back
with a wilderness survival adventure
even your most reluctant readers won’t be able
to put down. Meet the dreaded grolar bear,
born of climate change in the Arctic. (Repeats
as Session 453)
SPONSORED BY HARPER COLLINS CHILDRENS BOOKS
327 Dakotas, Dentists and Doughnuts
(and a little Doo-Dee-Doo!)
GRADES K-3
Laurie Keller
Michigan native Laurie Keller will
discuss her road to publication, her
writing and art processes, and
making the jump from picture books
to chapter books. (Repeats as Session 376)
328 The Change Is Here – Are You
Ready for a Revolution?
ALL LEVELS
Zak Pullen
Independent publishing is not going
away. With ebooks, p.o.d, and small
press titles now is the time to support
such projects. Independent
booksellers have a niche opportunity and so do
you. How can you nurture and create an
atmosphere of change? (Repeats as Session 457)
1-Hour Sessions
10:30-11:30
341 How Could We Let That Beautiful
Bird Go?
GRADES 3-12
Kathi Appelt
Kathi Appelt invites you to ramble
along with her, through the swamps
of her native Texas and beyond, and
back and forth through the critical
moments of her life, and in the process to
consider some of the issues of children’s
literature today. (Repeats as Session 472)
SPONSORED BY ATHENEUM BOOKS FOR YOUNG
READERS
Friday Sessions
23
342 The Power of Oral Histories:
Literacy and Links to the Past
346 A Celebration of Reading and
Writing in the K-1 Classroom
374 Boys and Reading Motivation:
One Size Does NOT Fit All
ALL LEVELS
Anne Bell
K-1
Rozanne Lanczak Williams
ALL LEVELS
Krista Fiedler Griffin
Rozanne, a former teacher and
author of over 200 books for
beginning readers, will share her
“Top 10 List” of ways to help
students increase fluency, master sight words
in meaningful contexts, become great writers,
and learn to love reading! (Repeats as Session
454)
I will show teachers how to view boys as
primary sources on their motivation to read
and how to gather this information/use the
results. There isn’t one magic tip that will work
for all boys so I offer suggestions on how to
meet their diverse needs.
Read and listen to narratives by former slaves
collected in the 1930s and discover how oral
histories can sharpen literacy skills while
providing a powerful personal connection with
the past. Use analysis tools to support
Common Core standards.
343 “Hacking the Brain” for EasyAccess to the Hardest Skills!
ELEMENTARY
Katie Garner
Research Consultant
Hack into the brain's hardwired system and
increase learner-momentum in reading &
writing far beyond simple decoding! Discover
the brain's best-kept secrets and transform
critical literacy skill instruction into a
playground for critical-thinking!Carol Bloch –
this was changed to another time, so not here.
344 Relevance of Literacy:
Addressing the Question – Why?
ALL LEVELS
Kimberly Hartnett-Edwards University of DenverMorgridge College of Education
As literacy teachers we love the written word,
and all that it implies. But this is not the case
for many of our students. This session will
look at the issues of motivation through the
lens of relevancy.
345 Concept of Word: A Bridge to
Reading in English and Spanish
PREK-K
Karen Ford
University of Virginia
This presentation will describe research
demonstrating the importance of concept of
word in text as a precursor to reading in
English and Spanish. The discussion will
include a recommended framework for
concept of word instruction and assessment.
ALL LEVELS
Randy Stall
Dana Levesque
Learn how Littleton Public Schools leverages
the TPACK (instructional technology) model
in instructional planning. Learn how it can
impact classroom instruction focused on
literacy for the 21st century and 21st century
skills for transformation.
1-Hour Sessions
11:45-12:45
371 Developing a School Wide
Culture of Literacy
K-8
Hollyanna Bates
Cathy Beck
Learn how a literacy coach and
principal teamed up to create a
school-wide culture to support
literacy development. Participants
will leave with ideas, resources and an
understanding of how to keep the love of
reading alive while implementing CCSS.
372 Rev-Up your Center Time using
Rigor and Relevance, Complex Lit
K-8
April DeCesare Smart Schools Training and Research
April DeCesare, Florida’s Teacher of the Year and
International Speaker will share Best Rigorous
Practices on how to immerse your students in
Complex Literacy and Powerful Instruction
using High Quality Smart Centers! Teach
smarter not harder! (Repeats as Session 213)
373 Personalize Student Learning:
Let Tech Take Your There!
K-5
Cindy Emmons
Kristin Bernstein
Douglas County School District
Douglas County School District
Personalized learning through digital writing
design will be focused on through these key
points: student reflection and feedback,
student generated writing using web 2.0 tools
and ipad apps, and application of content and
transferable skills.
375 Integrating Writing into Math
K-5
Wendy Hoffer
PEBC
In this session, we will explore the
authentic links between literacy
and mathematics instruction, then
focus in on strategies for integrating writing
into math learning.
376 Dakotas, Dentists and Doughnuts
(and a little Doo-Dee-Doo!)
GRADES K-3
Laurie Keller
Michigan native Laurie Keller will
discuss her road to publication, her
writing and art processes, and
making the jump from picture
books to chapter books. (Repeats as Session
327)
377 The Power of Parody: Using Song
Writing Across Curriculum
GRADES 3-5
Doug Lardes
Parodies in the classroom? You bet! Through
reading, writing, and communicating across
content areas, students can use parodies in
class to learn, develop their higher-order
critical thinking skills, and of course, have fun!
378 Writing Essential Questions
ALL LEVELS
Sara Linsacum
How do we “uncover” the key ideas of a topic,
not just skim the surface? A good essential
question serves as a doorway for engaging
student inquiry in “uncovering” the
curriculum.
379 Best New Children’s Literature of
the Year - Grades 4-8
GRADES 3-5
Jennifer McIntyre
Once Upon a Mind
Explore the best of this year’s recently
published books. Discover books that support
learning in all areas of the curriculum and
novels that you’ll be eager to share with your
students. Attendees will receive an annotated
list of books discussed.
380 Tapping Into Our Tales
K-5
Wendi Silvano
We are all full of stories. We just don’t always
know it. Hear how Turkey Trouble author,
Wendi Silvano taps into hers (and how your
students can too), and see how to use her
books as mentor texts to model ideas,
structure and writing craft elements.
F R I DAY
Visit the conference
page at ccira.org
to plan your
parking!
347 Instructional Planning Using the
TPACK Model
MSU Denver
Friday Sessions
24
387 Star Grant Carousel
Purchasing Science Trade Books
for Kindergarten
K-2
Mary Arends
Common Core State Standards
recommend that K-2 teachers use complex
read-alouds in the classroom to teach
content subjects while also meeting
informational text standards. Our team
used STAR Grant funds to purchase
quality science trade books.
Educator
Luncheon
Welcome to the Club
PRIMARY
Kristen Fuller
1:00 - 2:30 p.m.
This session will focus on preparing for,
launching, and running genre-based book
clubs throughout the year in a primary
classroom.
385 Friend or Foe? It All Depends
on... Point of View
ALL LEVELS
Elenn Steinberg
Uly Atkeson
Adin Barnes
Mason Hawkins
Brittany Morris
Ben Sindler
K-8
Kathleen Pelley
Kent Denver School
Stanley British Primary School
Denver School of the Arts
DU
The Logan School
382 Working Writers Workshop—
Building Community through
Story
HIGH SCHOOL
Candace Dunbar
Brighton SD 27 J
Learn how to get students excited about
writing, feeling more confident in their writing
and helping each other become better writers.
This interactive session will give you ideas you
can use Monday to put Writer’s Workshops to
work for you!
383 Innovative, Engaging Formative
Assessments for Middle School
MIDDLE SCHOOL
Liz Kennedy
Starr Hill
From quick,ticket out the door responses to
more in-depth activities, come learn fresh,
fun,new ways to identify key
misunderstandings, assess your students’
knowledge, and ensure that all students are on
track to achieve their learning goals.
384 Kate and Pippin, An Unlikely
Love Story
GRADES 3-12
Martin Springett
Isobel Springett
Martin and Isobel Springett present
the story of Kate and Pippin through
Isobel’s beautiful photographs, and
will also talk about originally self
publishing the book and the response world
wide. (Repeats as Session 456)
SPONSORED BY MACMILLAN CHILDREN’S
PUBLISHING GROUP
Richard
Allington
How Reading Volume Is
Related to Reading
Achievement and Why
381 2E -Understanding the Needs of
Gifted, Dyslexic Students
Brilliant yet plagued by reading, writing and
spelling, 2E students can be challenging to
identify and assist in reaching their highest
potential. These articulate students will share
their educational and personal experiences to
help educators.
F R I DAY
11:45 - 12:45 a.m.
Storyteller
Point of View is more than a literary techniqueit is also an essential life skill. Great stories
help us to see the world differently, while
nurturing empathy, courage, and compassion.
Sample classroom activity includes Empathy in
a Shoe Box.
In some classrooms kids read 3 to 5
times as much material every day as
do kids in other classrooms. We
know that effective teachers of
reading are typically in charge of
those classrooms where kids read a
lot. What is omitted in these
classrooms?
SPONSORED BY UNIVERSITY OF
TENNESSEE
Honoring CCIRA Past Presidents and
Presentation of Past Presidents’
Memorial Award
386 Building A Community of Writers
K-8
Dana Plewka
Denver Post
Authentic writing motivates students. Learn
ways to use our community journalism portal
for 4th - 8th graders. Students post stories, get
feedback and have the chance to printed in
The Denver Post.
Author
Luncheon
1:00 - 2:30 p.m.
Chris
Soentpiet
Picturing the World
Chris Soentpiet gives insight into
the process of creating his awardwinning picture books. The
recipient of a gold medal by the
Society of Illustrators and thrice
winner of International Reading
Association Book Award.
Presentation of Colorado Children’s
Book Award
“Outside-the-Box”
Lunch
11:30 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.
Marriott Atrium
A great lunch option returns this
year! Here’s a chance to meet and
dine with some of our invited
speakers and authors. Enjoy your
lunch, while our invited folks
rotate from table to table. Ask
questions. Share. Laugh. Enjoy!
Frank Serafini
Kathi Appelt
Monette McIver
Review luncheon
and session times ...
some overlap
Friday Sessions
25
411 Media, Media Everywhere:
Using Media to Teach Argument
1-Hour Sessions
1:30-2:30
HIGH SCHOOL
Sutton Casey
405 How to Teach Like Sherlock
Holmes
GRADES 6-12
Derrick Belanger
This session will explore methods of getting
students to think, write, and read more
critically and be more like the world’s greatest
detective. Activities will include: Active
researching, puzzle stories, and photo analysis
to improve writing.
406 Turning Kids into Readers
K-5
Gary Johnston
Consultant
When reading is relegated to homework it
actually decreases how much children read. We
need to teach parents how to make reading at
home a family behavior, rather than assigning
reading as a homework behavior...learn how in
this session!
407 Examining Male and Female
Archetypes in Teen Literature
ALL LEVELS
Darby Karchut
Jeannie Mobley
Front Range Community College
Authors Jeannie Mobley and Darby Karchut
will discuss the various male and female
archetypes in teen literature, and the relevance
and appeal of these archetypes to students.
Also included is a writing exercise teachers can
use in the classroom.
408 Out-Smarting the Smart Phone
MIDDLE SCHOOL
Colleen Monahan
Littleton School District
409 Literacy in the 21st Century
HIGH SCHOOL
Tera Thomas
Lutheran High School
How do we bridge the gap between technology
and literacy? When students lack the gusto to
read, write, and think as devices have replaced
these processes, it is our job as educators to get
creative and teach literacy in a variety of
modes.
410 What’s New in Children’s
Literature 2015 for Grades K-3
K-2
Linda Warren
TopCopy Books
Each year thousands of new children’s books
are published. Come meet 35 of the best new
books to read aloud or enrich the curriculum
for a vibrant reading culture in your school or
K-3 classroom. Bibliographies of the book talk
will be available.
Mesa County School District 51
The ubiquitous nature of contemporary media
offers teachers opportunities to teach critical
and argumentative thinking and writing. Use
music, advertising and film to help students
critically analyze messages and respond as
literate citizens.
412 Shy Guys and Bandaids: A MultiSensory Approach to Teaching
K-2
Ellen Javernick
Thompson School District
Ellen Javernick, the coauthor of Spelling by
Pattern (Cambium), will share stories, songs,
tips and tricks for teaching reading and
spelling patterns. Participants will leave ready
to present Common Core Foundational Skills
in exciting new ways.
414 “Hacking the Brain” for EasyAccess to the Hardest Skills!
ELEMENTARY
Katie Garner
Research Consultant
Hack into the brain's hardwired system and
increase learner-momentum in reading &
writing far beyond simple decoding! Discover
the brain's best-kept secrets and transform
critical literacy skill instruction into a
playground for critical-thinking!Carol Bloch –
this was changed to another time, so not here.
415 How to Feed a Bibliovore
MIDDLE SCHOOL
Cathy Walker-Gilman
Jennifer Gottschalk
Campus Middle School
Cherry Creek Schools
Bibliovores, our most gifted readers, are the
foodies of literature. These are the readers we
lose if we don't appropriately address their
appetites. If they're bored with the menu, they
will leave the restaurant.
416 Individualized Daily Reading
(IDR): A Path to Complex Text
K-5
Susan Young
Developmental Studies Center
The CCSS call for daily reading and for
students to have deep and wide reading
experiences. Participants will examine ways to
increase students' access to and understanding
of complex text using IDR and considerations
for structuring the time.
417 Tips and Strategies for New
Teachers
Christine Kyser
Shannon Montalbano
Join the Early Career Network (ECN) for their
first annual sponsored session. Presenters will
share tried and true strategies for pre-service,
new, and early career teachers for having a
successful year in the classroom.
425 Coaching for Teacher
Effectiveness Using the GIR Model
ALL LEVELS
Vicki Collet
University of Arkansas
Coaches know that teachers are not
all the same! This interactive
workshop will help you increase
teacher effectiveness by adjusting
your support as coaching cycles progress.
426 The Digital Revolution: Research,
Technology and Collaboration
MIDDLE SCHOOL
Heather Flick
Kim Davis
MCV School District 51
MCV School District 51
Research, using technology, can be a tool for
collaboration allowing students to become
active learners. Technology helps students
think and make choices while collaborating
and decision making. They go hand-in-hand
creating remarkable learning.
427 Addressing the Role of Text
Complexity
K-12
Kay Frunzi
McREL International
This session will guide participants in a handson, interactive way to identify the difficulty
and appropriateness of complex texts as
determined by three measures: quantitative
measures, qualitative measures, and reader and
task considerations.
428 Parallel Workshops:
K-2
Susan McIver
Carrie Halbasch
Jeffco Public Schools
Jeffco Public Schools
Susan and Carrie have implemented workshop
structures, routines and rituals into their
reading blocks. Come see how they have taken
those same workshop staples into math.
Rational for instruction, student work and
language will be shared.
429 Literacy Design Tools to Support
Disciplinary Literacy
ALL LEVELS
Kimba Rael
Michelle Logan
Centennial High School
Thompson School District
Teachers will be introduced to a literacy design
system that offers a fresh approach to
disciplinary literacy to meet the expectations of
the CCSS,CAS and Teacher Quality Std. while
sparking collaborative discourse around the
teaching/learning cycle.
F R I DAY
This presentation will focus on how educators
can easily use technology to increase student
engagement and meet standards. Attendees
will walk away with an array of tech tools, and
tips for successful implementation in the
classroom!
2-Hour Workshops
2:45-4:45
Friday Sessions
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430 Finding Their Voices: Teaching
Opinion Writing in Grades 1-4
436 RIME MAGIC: Fast Success for
Struggling Readers
452 Summer Learning that Involves
the Whole School
K-2
Megan Sloan
ALL LEVELS
Sharon Zinke
MIDDLE SCHOOL
Katherine Dockerty
In this session, strategies for building
an environment to encourage each
writer’s voice will be presented. Ideas
for using touchstone texts to mentor
students in writing opinion pieces, as
well as lessons and examples of student work
will be shared.
Have fun making a big difference for
your struggling decoders! Send every
student to fourth grade with strong
word recognition. Students who have
fallen behind will experience
motivation and success in just a few short,
targeted lessons.
See how to build summer reading into a
manageable and fun summer LEARNING
program that involves the entire school. Learn
tricks to build bridges with the community
and get all teachers and student involved.
There is still time to plan for 2015!
431 What’s Compelling? Encouraging
Students to Want to Read
HIGH SCHOOL
Cris Tovani
Consultant
Getting weary of coaxing
students to read? Compelling
text and authentic
opportunities to construct
meaning gets adolescent readers
digging into complex text. Cris will share
planning ideas and strategies she uses with her
most challenging kids.
SPONSORED BY STENHOUSE PUBLISHING
432 Three (21st Century) Musketeers
K-5
Shannon Wentworth
Sherrie Davidson
Gwynn Moore
Learn how three Library/Media/Technology
teachers combine technology, Common Core
Standards, and content area resources to create
engaging and insightful lessons for their
students. Also see projects they have
collaborated on together.
433 Rhetorical Literacies: Develop
college ready practices
F R I DAY
HIGH SCHOOL
Tracy Wilson San Mateo County Office of Education
Interactive workshop, Grades 6-12!
Participants will examine expository text:
noting language choices and challenging the
text to uncover the author’s moves; finding
their own voice to take a stand; and
substantiating it with evidence from the text.
434 Using the Workshop Model to
Facilitate Science Understanding
437 A Voice. An Ear. A Conversation.
Celebrating Readers.
ALL LEVELS
Douglas County Schools/PEBC
Patrick Allen
Natrona County Schools, Casper, WY
Dana Berg
This session focuses on nurturing
a learner’s voice—authentically/
purposefully—as we cultivate and
foster understanding. Participants will
investigate strategies that encourage
conversation, extend thinking, and bolster a
young reader’s identity.
438 Visual Read Alouds: How Curious
Are You About Illustration?
Diane Barone
President of IRA, Board of Directors
The presentation centers on the visual
within picture books and showcases
how teachers might shift from a
traditional read aloud to a visual read
aloud.
439 Engaging All Writers
ALL LEVELS
Kathy King-Dickman
Development Studies Center
Learn techniques that engage writers of all
ability levels that help them excel on state tests
while falling in love with writing. Explore ideas
such as topic choice, collaborative mini
lessons, partnerships, differentiation, grammar
instruction..
1-Hour Sessions
2:45-3:45
MIDDLE SCHOOL
PEBC Staff
451 Co-Teaching and the
ELD/Language Arts Classroom
The workshop model can be used
to facilitate science understanding
when expert texts are utilized
during a learning experience. It will support
understanding and transfer new learning around
science instruction to individual classrooms.
MIDDLE SCHOOL
Elizabeth Farnham
Shannon Boyd
435 Reading Picturebooks Closely
ALL LEVELS
Suzette Youngs
Frank Serafini
Presenters will demonstrate
how analyzing art and design
in picturebooks can
contribute to students? visual
literary and literacy development,
including the facilitation of critical, higherlevel thinking and inference-making skills.
SPONSORED BY UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN
COLORADO
Adams 14
Adams 14
Teaching English-language learners in the
regular classroom requires specific strategies
for success. Using student data, common core
standards, and research-based strategies,
teachers can create a successful learning
environment for all students.
Jefferson County Schools
453 Never Say Die
GRADES 6-12
Will Hobbs
Author of Bearstone,
Downriver, and Crossing the
Wire, Will Hobbs is back
with a wilderness survival adventure
even your most reluctant readers won’t be able
to put down. Meet the dreaded grolar bear,
born of climate change in the Arctic. (Repeats
as Session 326)
SPONSORED BY HARPER COLLINS CHILDRENS
BOOKS
454 A Celebration of Reading and
Writing in the K-1 Classroom
K-1
Rozanne Lanczak Williams
Rozanne, a former teacher and
author of over 200 books for
beginning readers, will share her
“Top 10 List” of ways to help
students increase fluency, master sight words
in meaningful contexts, become great writers,
and learn to love reading! (Repeats as Session
346)
455 Arts-Integrated Literacy
Instruction: Addressing Common
Core
K-8
Jody Lawrence
Kristi Schirrmacher
Universty of Nrthern CO
Julie Slivka
Brooke Star
University of Northern CO
The Multi-Genre project allows students to
explore multiple content areas through writing
and the arts. We present differentiated,
interdisciplinary literacy lesson plans teachers
can use to address CC standards with diverse
learners.
456 Kate and Pippin, An Unlikely
Love Story
GRADES 3-12
Martin Springett
Isobel Springett
Martin and Isobel Springett present
the story of Kate and Pippin through
Isobel’s beautiful photographs, and
will also talk about originally self
publishing the book and the response world
wide. (Repeats as Session 384)
SPONSORED BY MACMILLAN CHILDREN’S
PUBLISHING GROUP
Friday Sessions
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457 The Change Is Here – Are You
Ready for a Revolution?
474 Problem Based Learning in the
21st Century Classroom
ALL LEVELS
Zak Pullen
HIGH SCHOOL
Hannah Reese
Independent publishing is not going
away. With ebooks, p.o.d, and small
press titles now is the time to support such projects. Independent
booksellers have a niche opportunity and so do
you. How can you nurture and create an atmosphere of change? (Repeats as Session 328)
This session will cover how to integrate
problem based learning to enhance
engagement and literacy in the middle and
high school language arts classroom. Teachers
will have time to plan and troubleshoot their
own PBL lessons.
1-Hour Sessions
4:00-5:00
471 Picturing the World
GRADES 3-8
Chris Soentpiet
Chris Soentpiet’s presentation gives
audience insight into the process of
creating his award-winning picture
books. The recipient of a gold medal
by the Society of Illustrators and thrice winner
of International Reading Association Book
Award.
472 How Could We Let That Beautiful
Bird Go?
GRADES 3-12
Kathi Appelt
Kathi Appelt invites you to ramble
along with her, through the swamps
of her native Texas and beyond, and
back and forth through the critical
moments of her life, and in the process to
consider some of the issues of children’s
literature today. (Repeats as Session 341)
SPONSORED BY ATHENEUM BOOKS FOR YOUNG
READERS
473 This Book Should Get a Newbery!
GRADES 3-5
Susie Isaac
Cherry Creek Schools
NEW TEACHERS!
Early Career Network
MEET & GREET
4:45 p.m.
In the Marriott Atrium
Sponsored by
The Early Career Network
Registration
begins Nov. 1
at ccira.org!
475 Write a Research Wiki!
MIDDLE SCHOOL
Heidi Johnson
Weld RE-4 School District
What adult hasn't looked up information on
Wikipedia? Teachers can learn how to spice up
research by turning the project into a wiki
space. Each student is in charge of one article,
complete with hyperlinks connecting all
articles-great for research!
476 The Expert Project and Common
Core Standards.
ELEMENTARY
Kyle Kimmel
Kyle Kimmal, third grade teacher, will share
how he integrates the Common Core
Standards into The Expert Project. He will
share how independent projects teach nonfiction reading and writing. Kyle will share
students' examples of projects.
Friday
Evening
General
Session
5:00 - 6:30 p.m.
Harvey “Smokey”
Daniels
Collaboration and the
Common Core: What the
Standards Forgot
Savvy teachers and progressive
school districts are using the
Common Core as a springboard to
interactive, authentic inquiry
learning. Today we will look at how
comprehension and collaboration
can grow thorough engaging, kiddriven investigations.
Presentation of Exemplary
Reading Program Award
F R I DAY
Want to re-energize your own passion for
reading and teaching, and raise your students’
reading skills? I will present a step-by-step, do
it yourself guide, complete with handouts, on
how to create a Mock Newbery Election Club
at your school.
STEM School
Saturday
Saturday
Morning
General
Session
7:30 8:45 a.m.
Nell
Duke
How We Can Increase and
Improve Our Informational
Text Instruction
We have major shifts to make as a
country—toward greater
instructional attention to
informational text and stronger
informational reading and writing
skills. In this presentation, Nell
Duke will discuss project-based
instruction as one way to help make
these shifts. Duke will share specific
projects involving informational text
that have been carried out in U.S.
classrooms and a structure for
designing additional projects for
your own students.
Presentation of Thelma Pett
Award
S AT U R DAY
Exhibit Hall
Marriott
8:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Author Book Sales
& Autographing
BOOK STORE
8:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon
2-Hour Workshops
9:15-11:15
1-Hour Sessions
9:15-10:15
501 Literacy Workshops for Families
with Pre-school Age Children
511 Literacy in the Social Studies
Class: Incorporating CCSS
Nell Duke
MIDDLE SCHOOL
Kim Davis
Mesa County Valley School District 51
Heather Flick Mesa County Valley School District 51
University of Michigan
In this session, you will learn how to
give a series of research-tested
workshops for families of preschoolage children on how to promote
literacy throughout their home and
throughout their day.
502 Making Sense of the Writing
Common Core (K-5)
K-5
Megan Sloan
Ideas for making sense of the common
core standards in your everyday
writing instruction will be shared.
Setting up a writing environment, as
well as modeled and shared writing
lessons of different text types and process
standards will be presented.
503 Quick Bursts of Writing Across
the Curriculum K-5
K-5
Janiel Wagstaff
Consultant
You’ll love these high-impact, low prep
writing strategies that heighten
learning and engagement across the
curriculum while boosting students’
writing and thinking skills. No
grading required! We’ll explore how these
strategies connect to CCSS.
504 RIME MAGIC: Fast Success for
Struggling Readers
ALL LEVELS
Sharon Zinke
Have fun making a big difference for
your struggling decoders! Send every
student to fourth grade with strong
word recognition. Students who have
fallen behind will experience
motivation and success in just a few short,
targeted lessons.
505 Fitness and Literacy:
A Fitting Collaboration
Michael Opitz
Consultant
In this session, we'll explore
recently published children's
literature - FitLit- that focuses
on all areas of fitness: physical,
nutritional, social, and emotional.
Specific titles will be shared and listed on an
inclusive handout.
How do I make time to teach Literacy in my
Social Studies class and get in all the content
required? Secondary teachers will investigate
how to seamlessly teach the literacy skills for
History and Social Studies required by the
CCSS.
512 Using Close Reading Techniques
with Middle Schoolers
MIDDLE SCHOOL
Heidi Hitch-Young
Lauren Espinoza
Garfield RE-2
Garfield RE-2
Learn how to use Kelly Gallagher’s Close
Reading techniques to enhance middle school
readers’ comprehension, engagement and
discussion skills. See how we have adapted and
changed the program to work for our students,
who now call it “Close Thinking”!
513 Using DBQs to Teach Commom
Core Reading and Writing Skills
HIGH SCHOOL
Cullen McDowell
Harrison School District 2
This session will show teachers how using
Document Based questions in the high school
classroom they can support the Common
Core, teach literacy, and improve reading and
writing scores using primary sources in a
student friendly and engaging way.
514 Developing a Thriving Culture of
Literacy
K-8, PARENTS
Eric Ursich
Consultant
Inspired by the book: The Reading Promise,
engage in an inspirational and passionate
discussion about what a culture of literacy
entails and the critical role parents play in
establishing and maintaining a living, vibrant
culture of literacy.
Register early...
sessions can fill
quickly!
Saturday Sessions
1-Hour Sessions
10:30-11:30
521 Strong Character Development
Supported Through Illustration
MIDDLE SCHOOL
Meghan Dougherty
Alece Birnbach
Dorothy’s Derby Chronicles
Dorothy’s Derby Chronicles
Interesting stories are driven through
memorable characters. Those characters will be
etched in the minds of young readers with
impactful illustrations. Co-author team, Reallife roller derby skater and nationally licensed
illustrator, share how.
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522 Socratic Seminar: A Pathway to
Meeting Common Core Standards
HIGH SCHOOL
Amanda Kerrigan
La Veta School District 2
Speaking and listening are two of the most
important skills global citizens need for
success. Learn how to meet most of the
secondary speaking and listening standards
using one simple activity: Socratic seminar.
Your students will beg for more!
523 Intentional Literacy Instruction in
a Turnaround High School
HIGH SCHOOL
Sarah Woodard
Martha Gustafson
Utilizing cross content area PLCs, teachers
plan intentional instruction aligned to CCSS
and ACT Benchmarks to ensure students in a
turnaround high school are college ready and
students take the lead in setting and
monitoring their individual goals.
Author
Luncheon
11:45 a.m. 1:15 p.m. Hyatt
Roland
Smith
Writing Wild/Wild Writing
Join author Roland Smith as he
takes you to Kenya, Brazil, Burma,
and other locales from his award
winning adventure novels. He will
also discuss where he gets his ideas,
his research techniques, and the
steps he goes through to write his
novels.
Presentation of Colorado Young
Writers’ Award
Don’t be
caught
looking.
Register
early for
the sessions
you want!
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E. Quincy Ave.
New Off-Site
Parking Location
for 2015!
TAKE THE LIGHT RAIL!
Take the light rail, exit at the
Belleview station at the Union
Overpass and walk along Union
to the conference hotel.
S. Yosemite St.
lvd
CB
.
S. Ulster St.
Marriott
Tech Center
E. Belleview
Ave.
DTC Pkwy.
5600 E. Belleview Ave
S. Syracuse St.
Greenwood
Community
Church
S. Monaco St.
S. Holly St.
E. Belleview Ave.
Light Rail
Station
DT
e.
Av
ion
n
U
E.
4900 S. Syracuse St.
■ Parking at the Marriott is $3.00 daily.
■ Many RTD buses go directly to the
Denver Tech Center. Check RTD Park
and Ride information.
■ Free parking at Greenwood
Community Church on Thursday,
Friday and Saturday.
■ Please note: Cars will be towed that
are parked at any office space in the
Denver Tech Center.
Shuttle Bus
■ Shuttle bus between the church
and The Marriott begins at 6:30
a.m. on Thursday, Friday and
Saturday.
■ The last bus between The Marriott
and the church will leave at 7:00
p.m. on Thursday and Friday, and
2:00 p.m. on Saturday.
Get it together and
CARPOOL!
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Index of Presenters
Adams, Jill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Aguirre, Bert. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Allen, Patrick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 437
Allington, Richard . . . . . . . . . 313,
Friday Educator Luncheon
Anderson, Tammy. . . . . . . . . . 321
Appelt, Kathi . . . . . . . . . 341, 472,
Friday “Outside the Box”
Lunch
Arends, Mary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387
Arnett, Cheryl . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Atkeson, Uly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381
Baker, Amy Gutierrez . . . . . . . 161
Barnes, Adin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381
Barone, Diane . . . . . . . . . . . . . 438
Bates, Hollyanna . . . . . . . . . . . 371
Beck, Cathy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371
Beers, Kylene . . . . . . . . . . 102, 221
Belanger, Derrick . . . . . . . . . . 405
Bell, Anne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342
Berg, Dana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 437
Bergman, Kelly . . . . . . . . 103, 222
Bernstein, Kristin . . . . . . . . . . 373
Birnbach, Alece . . . . . . . . . . . . 521
Blauman, Leslie. . . . . . . . 223, 304
Bloch, Carole . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Bontempo, Kimberli . . . . . . . . 131
Bornstein, Sandra . . . . . . . . . . 177
Boyd, Shannon . . . . . . . . . . . . 451
Boyer, Michelle . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Briggs-Hale, Catherine . . . . . . 235
Brown, Monica . . . . . . . . . . . . 127,
Thursday Author Luncheon
Buley, Jan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Burchett-Claussen, Anita. . . . 212
Burkey, Bette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321
Casey, Sutton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411
Clark, Kellie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
Clinton, Maria . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Collet, Vicki . . . . . . . . . . . 253, 425
Daniels, Harvey. . . . . . . . . . . . 312,
Friday Evening General
Session
Davidson, Sherrie . . . . . . 224, 432
Davis, Kim . . . . . . . . . . . . 426, 511
Deakin, Kathy . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
DeCesare, April . . . . . . . . 213, 372
Diebel, Melissa. . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Dietrich-Sayler, Lori . . . . . . . . 104
Dockerty, Katherine . . . . . . . . 452
Dougherty, Meghan . . . . . . . . 521
Dryden, Lisa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Duke, Nell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 501,
Saturday Morning General
Session
Dunbar, Candace . . . . . . . . . . 382
Eastman, Gloria. . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Emmons, Cindy . . . . . . . . . . . . 373
Erskine, Kathryn . . . . . . . 147, 251
Ertelt, Tobye . . . . . . . . . . 174, 306
Espinoza, Lauren. . . . . . . . . . . 512
Farnham, Elizabeth. . . . . . . . . 451
Fitzgerald, Leslie . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Flick, Heather . . . . . . . . . 426, 511
Flock, Jessica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Ford, Karen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345
Frater, Julie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Frunzi, Kay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 427
Fuller, Kristen . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387
Gallagher, Kelly . . . . . . . . . . . 302,
Friday Morning General
Session
Garner, Katie . . . . . . . . . . 343, 414
Garvert, Keith . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Gottschalk, Jennifer . . . . . . . . 415
Graessle, Brandi. . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Graham, Christine . . . . . . . . . 260
Griffin, Krista Fiedler . . . . . . . 374
Gustafson, Martha . . . . . . . . . 523
Guzula, Xolisa . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Hagan, Patricia . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
Halbasch, Carrie . . . . . . . . . . . 428
Hall, Charles Dana . . . . . . . . . 322
Haloin, Marcie. . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Hankey, Victoria . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Hartnett-Edwards, Kimberly
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225, 344
Hawkins, Mason . . . . . . . . . . . 381
Heard, Georgia . . . . . . . . . . . . 106,
Thursday Morning General
Session
Higgins, Chelsea . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Hill, Starr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383
Hiner, Whitney . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Hitch-Young, Heidi . . . . . . . . 512
Hobbs, Will . . . . . . . . . . . 326, 453
Hoffer, Wendy . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375
Hoffman, Michael. . . . . . . . . . 161
Holloway, Pat. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Horan, Deborah . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Hyman, Crystal . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Isaac, Susie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 473
Jackson, Kelly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Jank, Rachel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Javernick, Ellen . . . . . . . . . . . . 412
Johnson, Heidi. . . . . . . . . . . . . 475
Johnston, Gary. . . . . . . . . . . . . 406
Jones, Amy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Jouzdani, Jennifer . . . . . . . . . . 129
Karchut, Darby . . . . . . . . . . . . 407
Keene, Ellin Oliver . . . . . . . . . 315
Keller, Laurie . . . . . . . . . . 327, 376
Kennedy, Liz. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383
Kerrigan, Amanda. . . . . . . . . . 522
Kielmeyer, Emily . . . . . . . 173, 203
Kimmel, Kyle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 476
King-Dickman, Kathy. . . . . . . 439
Klaus-Quinlan, Moker . . . . . . 101
Knoll, Rebecca . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Krosoczka, Jarrett . . . . . . 144, 255
Kyser, Christine DeSimone
. . . . . . . . . . . 131, 141, 203, 417
Lardes, Doug . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377
Laughlin, Tara . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Lawrence, Jody . . . . . . . . . . . . . 455
Levesque, Dana . . . . . . . . . . . . 347
Lichtenheld, Tom . . . . . . 146, 261
Linnen, Linda. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Linsacum, Sara . . . . . . . . . . . . 378
Loeffler, Bretta. . . . . . . . . . . . . 323
Logan, Michelle . . . . . . . . . . . . 429
Lucero, Meg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Madison, Robin. . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Marlatt, Ana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Marriott, Jennifer . . . . . . . . . . 169
McDowell, Cullen . . . . . . . . . . 513
McGregor, Tanny . . . . . . 116, 238
McIntyre, Jennifer. . . . . . 166, 379
McIver, Monette . . . . . . . . . . . 314
McIver, Susan . . . . . . . . . . . . . 428,
Lunch
McLachlan, Kim . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Miller, Claudia. . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Miller, Crystal . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Mobley, Jeannie . . . . . . . . . . . . 407
Moeller, Sara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Monahan, Colleen. . . . . . . . . . 408
Montalbano, Shannon . . . . . . 417
Moore, Gwynn . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432
Morris, Brittany. . . . . . . . . . . . 381
Nehls, Sharon . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Neton, Melany . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Nicholl, Amy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Nordman, Jenny . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Oczkus, Lori . . . . . . . . . . 109, 229
Opitz, Michael . . . . . . . . . . . . . 505
Osmundson, Linda. . . . . 128, 167
Overmeyer, Mark. . . . . . . . . . . 230
Patterson, Lacey Jo . . . . . . . . . 161
PEBC Staff . . . 117, 227, 316, 434
Pelley, Kathleen . . . . . . . . . . . . 385
Plewka, Dana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386
Probst, Bob . . . . . . . . . . . 102, 221
Pullen, Zak. . . . . . . . . . . . 328, 457
Rael, Kimba . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 429
Reese, Hannah . . . . . . . . . . . . . 474
Richards, Ann . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Richardson, Jan . . . . . . . . . . . 111,
Thursday Educator Luncheon
Robb, Laura . . . . . . . . . . . 112, 231
Robbins, Marilyn. . . . . . . . . . . 169
Rodriguez, Michele. . . . . . . . . 306
Rossi, Dominic . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Rozinsky, Brian . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Schirrmacher, Kristi . . . . . . . . 455
Septon-Sanford, Cody . . . . . . 176
Serafini, Frank . . . . . . . . 307, 435,
Lunch
Shadow, Claire. . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Silvano, Wendi. . . . . . . . . . . . . 380
Simonson, Jennifer . . . . . . . . . 115
Sindler, Ben . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381
Sitomer, Alan. . . . . . . . . . 130, 170
Skelton, Elizabeth . . . . . . . . . . 171
Skinner, Cynthia . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Slivka, Julie. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 455
Sloan, Megan. . . . . . . . . . 430, 502
Smith, Alice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Smith, Isabelle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Smith, Roland
. . Saturday Author Luncheon
Soentpiet, Chris . . . . . . . . . . . 471,
Friday Author Luncheon
Souchek, Danie . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Springett, Isobel . . . . . . . 384, 456
Springett, Martin . . . . . . 384, 456
St. Clair, Peggy. . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Stall, Randy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347
Star, Brooke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 455
Steinbach-Ball, Sarah . . . . . . . 202
Steinberg, Elenn . . . . . . . . . . . 381
Taylor, Sherry . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Thomas, Tera. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409
Timberlake, Abby . . . . . . . . . . 176
Toland, Melissa . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Tovani, Cris . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 431
Turner, Marilyn. . . . . . . . . . . . 325
Ursich, Eric. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 514
Venegas, Anita Kim. . . . . . . . . 308
Venturo, Jennifer. . . . . . . . . . . 321
Wagner, Germaine . . . . . . . . . 209
Wagstaff, Janiel . . . . . . . . 309, 503
Walker-Gilman, Cathy . . . . . . 415
Warren, Linda . . . . . . . . . 210, 410
Wasson, Shelly. . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Webster, Kyle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Wentworth, Shannon . . . . . . . 432
Wilhelm, Jeffrey . . . . . . . 114, 234
Williams, Rozanne Lanczak
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346, 454
Wilson, Tracy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 433
Winter, Trish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Wojurfin, Trish . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Wolken, Veronica . . . . . . . . . . 235
Woodard, Sarah. . . . . . . . . . . . 523
Woods, Robin . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Wretling, Laurie . . . . . . . 226, 310
Young, Dawn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Young, Susan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416
Youngs, Suzette . . . 172, 311, 435
Zinke, Sharon . . . . . . . . . 436, 504
Zucker, Monica . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
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