Ellin Keene v3 - Bucks County Intermediate Unit #22

THE BUCKS COUNTY INTERMEDIATE UNIT #22 IS PROUD TO WELCOME
ELLIN KEENE
FEBRUARY 1, 2012
Talk About
Understanding
Spoken interactions between teachers and students and
among students are at the heart of learning. Our oral
language is the model upon which students build as they
learn to articulate their ideas, explore questions and
explain their thinking, yet we don’t often stop to
scrutinize our discourse with students. In this workshop,
we’ll explore ways in which we can make relatively
minor modifications in our oral language patterns that
will lead to significant changes in the sophistication of
students’ discourse. We’ll investigate ways in which we
can encourage student talk that reflects their
understanding of texts and concepts more accurately.
Participants will begin by discussing the Outcomes of
Understanding, a set of markers that indicate whether
students understand deeply. In addition, participants will
learn about an observation tool they can use with
colleagues to analyze classroom discourse and will
receive several tools students can use to reflect on their
oral language interactions with other students. In the
afternoon, participants will have an opportunity to view
a demonstration with local students that brings the
content into focus for classroom implementation.
Ellin Oliver Keene has been a
classroom teacher, staff
developer, non-profit director
and adjunct professor of
reading and writing. For
sixteen years she directed
staff development initiatives
at the Denver-based Public
Education & Business
Coalition. She served as
Deputy Director and Director
of Literacy and Staff
Development for the
Cornerstone Project at the
University of Pennsylvania for 4 years. Ellin currently
serves as Director of Research and Development for the
PEBC, as senior advisor to Heinemann Professional
Development and works with schools and districts
throughout the country and abroad.
The workshop will be based on Ellin’s new Heinemann
publication, Talk About Understanding: Rethinking
Classroom Talk to Enhance Comprehension (Heinemann,
2011) as well as her two previous books, Mosaic of
Thought and To Understand.
February 1, 2012
8:30 AM - 3:30 PM
(6 Act 48 hours)
Cost:
$95 Bucks County
$125 Out of County
For More Information:
Contact Ann Faraoni at
afaraoni@bucksiu.org or
215-348-2940 ext. 1411
REGISTER ONLINE
Visit the BCIU website at:
www3.bucksiu.org
To access our Online Registration
System, click on PROFESSIONAL
LEARNING CATALOG.
E.O.E.
The Bucks County Intermediate Unit No. 22 is an equal
opportunity educational institution and will not
discriminate on the basis of race color, age, religious
creed, gender, ancestry, national origin, veteran's status,
or non-job related handicap or disability (except where
any of these constitutes a bona fide occupational
qualification) in its activities, programs, or employment
and promotion practices as required by State and Federal
laws. It is the responsibility of the applicant or employee
to inform the Director of Human Resources that an
accommodation is needed. In accordance with state and
federal law, reasonable accommodations will be
considered upon the employee's request. If you would
like to attend and require an accommodation to
participate, please call the Bucks County Intermediate
Unit.