A renowned keynote speaker and literacy consultant for over twenty years, Katherine Bomer travels nationally and internationally to work with school districts, literacy coaches, and individual schools on various reading and writing topics. Katherine has taught primary and intermediate grades in New York, Indiana, and most recently, Texas. She worked for five years at the Teachers College Reading and Writing Project with Lucy Calkins, and she continues today her association with that community. Her most recent book is Hidden Gems: Naming and Teaching from the Brilliance in Every Student's Writing , and she is also the author of the popular Writing A Life: Teaching Memoir to Sharpen Insight, Shape Meaning, and Triumph Over Tests. With Randy Bomer, she wrote For a Better World: Reading and Writing for Social Action.
View Katherine Bomer's Resume/vita, Publications and Workshops.
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Level: K-12
Writing and Reading Process/Workshop Model Standards-based Instruction Literature-based Reading Instruction Content Literacy Writing across the Curriculum Guided Reading/Reading Recovery Critical Literacy Writing for Social Action
Hidden Gems: Naming and Teaching from the Billiance in Every Student's Writing
Writing a Life: Teaching Memoir to Young People
Workshops and Presentations
Day-long, multiple-day, and weekend interactive professional development presentations on all aspects of literacy instruction, including writing workshop, reading workshop, genre studies, assessment, strategies for emergent readers and writers of all ages, curriculum development, literature circles, and read-aloud discussions.
Demonstration Teaching and Coaching
Classroom demonstrations of minilessons, conferences, share sessions. Assisting classroom teacher as she/he tries on role of literacy workshop teacher.
Keynote Speeches for Conferences
Hour-long formal and informal speeches on all topics pertaining to literacy instruction.
Teacher/Administrator/Literacy Coach Study Groups
After school, weekend, and online facilitation of study groups on self-selected topics in literacy instruction and curriculum design. Recent topics have included: essay writing (middle school), school-wide literacy reform, assessment, curriculum planning, and memoir writing.
Courses
From one week to semester long beginning and advanced courses designed around topics of literacy instruction. Recent course titles have included: "Creative Nonfiction: Can Teach Control, Craft, and Conviction, Grades 3-8," "Teaching the Qualities of Good Writing in K-3 Classrooms," "Exploring Reading/Writing Connections, Grades K-3".