A Message from CCIRA President,
Jessica Rickert
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CCIRA Local Councils:
Get Involved!
We have several local councils around the state that are here to help you in your professional learning and connections to the community.
Some local council activities:
- Presentation from a local professional speaker or educator
- Family Literacy Night Event
- Community Service Activity
- Local Author Presentation
- Mini Conference
- Member Social
- Book Study
Make sure you are a current member of CCIRA and have selected a local council close to your work or home.
Which council is close to you?
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As a CCIRA member, you can attend events at any local council across the state. So if there is an event advertised on Twitter, Instagram, CCIRA website or Facebook page that interests you, feel free to participate.
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Upcoming Local Council Events!
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JLA (Jefferson County Council)
invites fellow educators to an evening with
Ellin Keene
presenting on
Engaging for Deeper Learning
October 3 at 4:30
Lil Nick's Pizza, Wheat Ridge
Free appetizers and a cash bar
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Pike's Peak Council
(Colorado Springs)
Please join us for PPIRA's annual mini-conference!
About this Event
We invite you to join us for PPIRA’s 2019 Literacy Conference, “Growing Writers: Supporting the Needs of Writers in the Classroom.” The conference is located at the beautifully historic Julie Penrose Estate on October 19th from 8:00 A.M – 3:30 P.M. A light breakfast will be served, and lunch is included in the cost of the conference.
Like a gardener tends to flowers in a garden, educators support writers who have unique and specialized needs who are growing differently. Conference participants will have the opportunity to choose from sessions focused on supporting the unique needs of writers at a variety of developmental levels using classroom-tested strategies. Breakout sessions will be presented by local educators with extensive experience in these areas from across the Pikes Peak Region and Denver area.
Intended Audience: K-12 educators and administrators
Objectives:
- Describe, compare, and contrast strategies to meet the needs of unique learners presented in each session and evaluate their application in the classroom
- Analyze interrelationships between the needs of unique populations of students and research-based strategies to address them
- Develop plans for the implementation of learned strategies in the classroom and opportunities to share with colleagues
Licensure recertification (7.5 hours) or Adams State College credit (0.5)
are available for attending the complete PPIRA Fall Literacy Conference. Forms and certificates of participation will be distributed at the end of the conference.
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A Peek into the 2020 CCIRA Conference:
A.J. Juliani
Sharon Miller
#CCIRA20 Conference Chair
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Come join us for lunch on Friday, February 7, 2020 for
A.J. Juliani's session,
"What Happens When Students Own Their Learning?"
Check out A.J. Juliani's
website
, where he's: "On a mission to fuel curiosity, learn better, and create with purpose. Join 70,000+ teachers, leaders, and learners and get the Innovative Teaching Toolbox."
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Innovation: Imagining the Future of Literacy
#CCIRA20
Please join us February 5-8, 2020
Marriott Denver Tech Center
For a full list of featured speakers,
click here
!
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Have you been reading our weekly blog?
CCIRA.blog features a wide variety of nationally renowned literacy experts, as well as talented practitioners from across Colorado. Check out a few recent posts:
Reading CCIRA.blog every week
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perhaps over lunch or a cup of coffee
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builds a quick dose of professional learning into your routine. Who knows what ideas or inspiration this might spark!
If you might be interested in submitting a guest post to CCIRA.blog, please contact Hollyanna Bates ([email protected]).
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September Teaching Tip
from TPS
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Primary vs. Secondary Sources:
What's the Difference?
One of the important foundations of thought to lay for the beginning of the school year is the difference between primary and secondary sources.
A secondary source is an interpretation or analysis of a primary source. For example, a textbook, research paper, or scholarly journal. A primary source, on the other hand, is an original document from the time under study. For example, a map, photograph, or newspaper.
An important distinction between a secondary and primary source is the intention or purpose for which we are using the document. For a secondary source, we are using the document to gain someone else’s perspective of the time under study. For a primary source, we are using the document to come to our own conclusion about the time under study.
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Visit
CCIRA.org t
o look over the array of grants and awards CCIRA offers. We hope you will consider applying for a grant or nominating a deserving educator for an award to be presented at the Annual Conference on Literacy in February!
A CCIRA grant with an application deadline coming up soon:
- Technology and New Literacies: Due Sept. 30
- How might $1000 support you in integrating technology and new literacies into your classroom? This is another open-ended grant looking for creative and innovative educators to re-think ways we might support literacy with kids. . .
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CCIRA Executive Committee
Amy Ellerman
, Immediate Past President: ellermanamy
@gmail.com
Michele Warner
, State Coordinator:
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Is your local council, state committee, school, or community doing something extraordinary for literacy in Colorado? Do you have a great idea to share with other educators on how to enhance literacy in the classroom? Do you know of a conference or event that CCIRA members might be interested in attending? If so, please contact Amy Ellerman ( [email protected]) to submit information for publication.
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