The Registration Book for #CCIRA20 is OUT!
Sharon Miller
#CCIRA20 Conference Chair
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We are ready to reveal the Registration Book for CCIRA 2020, Innovation: imagining the future of literacy! Please go to
ccira.org
and look under the conference tab!
Start planning for the keynotes, luncheons, and sessions you would like to attend.
Remember, registration opens October 31, 2019 for members and November 1, 2019 for non-members. Join today to get a giant leap ahead!
Here are the luncheon speakers:
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Innovation: Imagining the Future of Literacy
#CCIRA20
Please join us February 5-8, 2020
Marriott Denver Tech Center
Full registration book is now online under the conference tab.
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A Message from CCIRA President,
Jessica Rickert
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2020 CCIRA Conference
The CCIRA 2020 Conference registration is just one month away from opening!
The CCIRA Conference has always been a highlight of my year and has supported continual growth as an educator. It has also been touted by many national speakers as one of the best literacy conferences in the country. What a great opportunity to learn from local and national experts about how to refine our craft in our home state.
To make the conference even more accessible for everyone to attend we are offering one day, Friday/Saturday, and full conference registration options for 2020.
Wondering how to fund your conference registration?
There are many teachers who use different resources to attend the conference such as asking their PTO to sponsor their conference registration or going to their local Rotary club for sponsorship.
CCIRA offers a number of scholarships each year as well.
Click here
to apply (or visit the scholarship page under the conference tab on our website). To be eligible for the CCIRA scholarship, applicants must be current CCIRA members.
Applications are due by October 15
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What innovative ideas do you have to obtain funding to attend the 2020 conference?
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Upcoming Events Hosted by CCIRA's Foreign Affiliate Committee
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Learn more about what CCIRA's Foreign Affiliate Committee does
here
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Upcoming Local Council Events
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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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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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Upcoming Events From our Nonprofit Partner Organizations
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The
CLAS Conference
is this Saturday, October 5. Their theme is Teaching Tomorrow's Voices, and they're featuring Cornelius Minor, Helen Thorpe, and Tanaya Winder, plus a selection of breakout sessions as well. There's still time to register!
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The Society of Book Writers and Illustrators' (SCBWI)
Letters and Lines Conference
is coming up October 12-13. This is the place to learn from the best about the craft and business of writing for kids. They're featuring a wide range of published authors, editors, and agents including keynotes from Elana K. Arnold, Kim Tomsic, and Angela Dominguez.
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It's CCIRA Award Season!
Who Might You Nominate. . .?
(Go Ahead: Make Someone's Day!)
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Visit
CCIRA.org t
o look over the array of awards CCIRA sponsors. We hope you will consider nominating a deserving educator for an award to be presented at the Annual Conference on Literacy in February!
Purpose: To recognize an individual, organization, or institution for significant contributions to literacy in a community, state or nation.
Purpose: To recognize a CCIRA member that has made significant contributions to the organization.
Purpose: To recognize a classroom teacher who has made an outstanding contribution to excellence in reading instruction.
Purpose: To recognize and publicize outstanding reading/language arts programs in schools.
Purpose: To recognize an outstanding reading teacher in his/her first five years of teaching to honor the work of deceased past presidents of CCIRA.
Purpose: To promote and recognize administrative support of quality reading instruction in Colorado schools.
Do you know a passionate leader who is always striving to improve literacy and enrich learning for students? Let's support our administrators who in turn support teachers and encourage them to grow through professional development. Our administrators are champions for teachers in advocating for school literacy needs.
Winners receive $500.00 for their school library as well as recognition at the CCIRA Conference in February.
Former winners of this award are Sean Gorman, Mike Mazurano, and Jill Hafey. Nominees for this award are creative, inspiring, reflective, open minded, flexible and collaborative.
Send nominations by December 5th (form is online at ccira.org) to
[email protected]
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What's New on the CCIRA 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
—
perhaps over lunch or a cup of coffee
—
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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October Teaching Tip
from TPS
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Levels of Listening
Have you ever said, “Listen carefully,” to your students? Typically, the response from students is to put down their device, stare at the person speaking, and nod occasionally, right? Is this what we mean, or is it necessary to teach listening skills?
The Levels of Listening is a protocol that can be used with any type of primary source with audio, for example, speeches, music with and without lyrics, or testimony. Anything that contains audio can utilize this protocol to help others
listen carefully.
Imagine using this protocol as a launching point for discussion after a school assembly, presidential address, or a more recent popular song that your students listen to.
One of the ways this has been used is to find a primary source audio clip, for example,
Roosevelt and Hitler
by Buster Ezell. (
Click here
for the contextual info.) Break students into groups of 2-4. Ask each group to focus on a different level, answering the questions and noticing anything else that fits within the level. Repeat the audio clip over and over until they have gone through each level, perhaps giving them the
lyrics
or transcript on the last listen. Students will gain a deeper understanding and appreciation of the audio clip by focusing on the levels individually.
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Just for Fun. . .
You should have received this as a separate email, but in case you missed it: Put this mobile together to highlight the #CCIRA20 featured speakers. Post a pic on Instagram (and tag @ccira_coloradoreading) for a chance to win prizes!
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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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