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MICHIGAN’S INTEGRATED BEHAVIOR & LEARNING SUPPORT INITIATIVE PROUDLY PRESENTS
2015 Anita Archer Workshops
April 22 & 23, 2015
Presented by Dr. Anita Archer
April 22, 2015 – 8:30 – 3:30
Successfully Teaching Reading Foundation Skills in
the CCSS (K-3 Educators)
April 23, 2015 – 8:30 – 3:30
Writing Foundations: Preparing to be Successful
Writers in the CCSS (K-3 Educators)
See topic descriptions on following page
Crowne Plaza Lansing West
925 South Creyts Rd.
Lansing, Michigan 48917
Registration Deadline is April 12, 2015
Register Online HERE
Cost: $30 per day/workshop
Register Early! Registration is limited
and slots are filled on a first come basis.
Contact: Nancy Centers
269-250-9218 or
mailto:ncenters@miblsimtss.org
Or visit the MiBLSi website homepage at
http://miblsi.cenmi.org
Topic Descriptions
Wednesday, April 22, 2015 / 8:30 – 3:30
Successfully Teaching Reading Foundation Skills in the Common Core State Standards
Fee: $30.00 (includes light breakfast and lunch)
Audience: K-3 Teachers and Administrators
Description: The ability to accurately read words and to apply decoding strategies to unknown words are
necessary, though not sufficient skills, for reading comprehension. Simply stated, there are no comprehension
strategies that are powerful enough to compensate for the fact that a student cannot read the words. In this
session, Dr. Archer will review the current research on the importance of establishing a strong foundation
beginning at the kindergarten level and spanning through third grade. Phonemic awareness, decoding skills,
and procedures for increasing students’ skill at decoding both short and long words are essential building
blocks to becoming a successful reader. However, if decoding is laborious and slow, vital cognitive resources
are focused on decoding rather than comprehension. Thus, it is important that students are not only accurate
but are also fluent readers. Dr. Archer will review the research on fluency and procedures for increasing
fluency including independent reading, effective reading practice in all classes and use of repeated reading
procedures.
Thursday, April 23, 2015 / 8:30 – 3:30
Writing Foundations: Preparing Students to be Successful Writers in the Common
Core State Standards
Fee: $30.00 (includes light breakfast and lunch)
Audience: K-3 Teachers and Administrators.
Description: Handwriting (forming letters accurately at a minimum rate), spelling (segmenting and spelling
words and sentences) and sentence construction (through sentence frames, expansion and combining
exercises) are necessary foundation skills for written composition. However, if students are not fluent in
these skills they will expend vital cognitive energy on how to form letters, spell a word and construct a
sentence rather than on conveying the thoughts and ideas they wish to communicate in their written
expression. Students with these challenges will find the writing process difficult and laborious. In this session,
Dr. Archer will review the research on these foundational writing skills and participants will learn critical
instructional routines that can be embedded into daily classroom instruction to promote mastery of these
skills. Given the emphasis on writing in the Common Core State Standards, it is imperative students are fluent
in these foundational writing skills.
MiBLSi is an IDEA Grant Funded Initiative through the Michigan Department of Education
and the United States Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs
Registration Deadline: April 12, 2015
Credit Card payment cannot be accepted
Register Early! Registration is limited and slots are
filled on a first come basis. (If a session is full, register to
Mail Payments along with page 1 of the registration
confirmation email (showing name and district) for each
registrant on check to:
be placed on the waiting list for that session. You will be
notified via email if your registration is confirmed)
Register Online HERE
Find this course listed under Statewide Events
on the MiBLSi Homepage at: http://miblsi.cenmi.org/
IMPORTANT: The online registration system allows only one
registration per account/event and the account must be in
the name of the attendee. If you need to register multiple
attendees, you will need to use/create multiple accounts.
Please make sure your (registrant’s) correct email address is
entered. Registrants will receive an automated email
confirmation. If you do not receive an email confirmation,
you may not be properly registered or your email address was
entered incorrectly.
State Continuing Education Clock Hours (SCECHs) will be
available* each day/workshop for an additional charge of
$10/day. (Do not include SCECH fees with your conference
payment)
• Application only available upon check-in the
morning of the workshop
• Participants must be on time and may not
leave early to be eligible
*Please note that if you attended the 2014 Anita Archer
Conference and received SCECH credit for one or both of the
workshops offered this year, you are ineligible to receive SCECH
credit for attending the same workshop this year.
MiBLSi/Nancy Centers
Anita Archer Conference Payment
Kalamazoo RESA
1819 E. Milham Ave
Portage, MI 49002
Cancellation Policy: In order to be good stewards of state
and federal funds, MiBLSi must maintain a strict Cancellation
Policy. By registering for one of our Statewide Events you are
verifying that you will be in attendance at the session(s) for
which you are registered. If you find that you can no longer
attend the event please cancel no later than April 15, 2015 at
4:00 pm. Cancellations must be in writing to
ncenters@miblsimtss.org. Phone cancellations will not be
accepted. No refunds can be given after the cancellation
deadline date. No refunds are given due to inclement
weather. “No Shows” will be charged the full registration
amount.
Substitutions: If you find that you are unable to attend the
conference, and it is beyond the cancellation deadline date,
you may send a substitute in your place. The substitute must
attend the workshop that the original registrant was scheduled
to attend. The original registrant will remain responsible for
the conference registration fee payment. If a registration fee
balance is owed, the original registrant will be listed on the
invoice to the district.
Hotel Reservations are the individual’s responsibility. A block of rooms has been set aside at the Crowne Plaza
Lansing West Hotel at a discounted rate of $114 plus tax until March 20, 2015. After that date, group rates are
based on availability. Please mention MiBLSi Anita Archer Conference when making your reservation to receive
the group rate. Call 877.322.5544
Questions? Contact MiBLSi Project Manager, Nancy Centers, at: ncenters@miblsimtss.org or 269-250-9218