Dr. Jeffrey Wilhelm is an internationally-known teacher, author, and presenter. A classroom teacher for fifteen years, Dr. Jeffrey Wilhelm is currently Professor of English Education at Boise State University. He works in local schools as part of the Professional Development Site Network, and teaches middle and high school students each spring. He is the founding director of the Maine Writing Project and the Boise State Writing Project.
He has authored or co-authored 16 texts about literacy teaching. He has won the two top research awards in English Education: the NCTE Promising Research Award for “You Gotta BE the Book” (TC Press) and the NCTE Russell Award for Distinguished Research for “Reading Don’t Fix No Chevys”. One co-publication from NCTE and Scholastic is entitled Fresh Takes on Teaching Literary Elements. He has worked on numerous materials and software programs for students and has edited a series of 100 books for reluctant readers entitled The Ten. Jeff enjoys speaking, presenting, working with students and schools.
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Jeffrey D. Wilhelm's Boise State Website
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Level: K-16
Standard Keynotes and Presentations
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- Inquiring Minds
- You Gotta BE the Book
- Boys and Literacy: Lesson from Reading Don't Fix No Chevys
- No Reader Left Behind: Teaching in the Time of NCLB
- Meaningful Making
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Sample Workshops
50-, 75-, and 90-Minute Workshops
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| Titles | Possible Durations | Activities |
| Reading IS Seeing | also half day | guided imagery, picture talks, central focus/main idea sequencing, picture mapping |
| Inquiring Minds:Inquiry and Design | also full day/ two days | |
| Asking Better Questions | half day/ full day | |
| Symbolic Story Representation | also half day | |
| Action Strategies | half day/ full day | |
| Think-alouds | half day/ full day | |
| Usage and Grammar: Inquiry into Language | half day/ full day | grammar and usage
- teaching language use
- teaching proofreading
- teaching revision
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| Video and Hypermedia Design | half day | text and task specific strategies for reading and writing |
| Issues of Censorship and the Canon | half day/ full day | |
| Into the Flow | half day/ full day | |
| 1 Full Day/ 2 Day Workshops |
| Titles |
Reaching Reluctant Readers
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