NCTE offers consultants and services on balanced liteacy instruction that when used together, provide extended learning opportunities for teachers and makes a positive impact on learning. These opportunities include the Pathways Program, Web Seminars and books for study groups.
Consultants are available to present one-day or multi-day presentations or provide year-round consulting. All workshops and presentations can be customized to meet your specific needs.
Becoming Critical Literacy Educators or What’s Critical in Critical Conversations? (Grades K-12)
Consultant: Peggy Albers
In this workshop, teachers are introduced to critical literacy and its significance in English language arts curriculum. Through participatory demonstrations, teachers will learn to read a range of texts critically, from language-, art-, film-, music-, to drama-based texts.
Constructing Classrooms to Support Young Readers and Writers
Consultant: Susi Long
Audiences: PreK, kindergarten, first–third grade teachers, and administrators.
Susi works with teachers and administrators to envision classroom structures and strategies that build on what we know about young children as readers and writers. Engaging in the practices themselves, teachers will explore the teaching of skills and strategies in the context of purposeful literacy events as well as ways to articulate the power of their teaching to others.
Inviting All Children into Learning: Building on Students Cultural and Linguistic Resources
Consultant: Katie Van Sluys
Audience: K-12 Teachers and administrators
In this workshop, Katie works with educators to explore understandings of language learning for students new to English. Participants are invited to explore strategic curricular possibilities for engaging language learners in their schools and classrooms.