Written Expression

DATE: Friday, February 23, 2024

TIME: 9 a.m.-3 p.m.

LOCATION: Sunnyside Education Center, 2601 S. 14th St., New Castle, IN 47362

DESCRIPTION:

Join us for this one-day session with Jamey Peavler from The Reading Clinic of Central Indiana to focus on Written Expression in the elementary grades. This course explores the continuum of composition skills, from oral language sentence generation to essay-level writing for connecting written responses to content area instruction.

OBJECTIVES:

• Describe the difference between transcription and composition skills and how developing both areas is essential to improve written expression. 
• Summarize the stages of transcription skills (handwriting, spelling, and the mechanics of capitalization and punctuation) and how to support their development through quick daily routines. 
• Summarize the importance of sentence-level composition through syntactic awareness and how to support development through quick daily routines. 
• Explain evidence-based practices for aligning composition work with comprehension instruction.

AUDIENCE: Elementary Teachers, Instructional Coaches, Special Education, and Multilingual Educators

COST: $150 members / $300 nonmembers

FORMAT: In Person

LUNCH: Will be provided

REGISTRATION: Open through February 16, 2024

PRESENTER: Jamey Peavler, Reading Clinic of Central Indiana

Jamey Peavler is a Co-Director and Instructor in the Reading Science Graduate Program at Mount St. Joseph University. Before joining The Mount, Jamey served as the Director of Training for the M.A. Rooney Foundation, providing Orton-Gillingham training for teachers across Indiana. She was an Instructional Coach and classroom teacher for Indianapolis Public Schools for 20 years. Jamey reviews higher-education textbooks and teacher licensure exams for the National Council for Teacher Quality. Jamey Certified Fellow-in-Training with the Orton-Gillingham Academy and an International Dyslexia Association Structured Literacy Dyslexia Specialist. She currently serves on the board for The Reading League’s Indiana Chapter.

ECESC Workshop Cancellation Policy: Registrants who notify ECESC of their cancellation on or before the registration deadline date (one week prior to the workshop) will not be required to pay the registration fee. Registrants who cancel after the registration deadline but before the workshop date or call to cancel on the day of the workshop will pay 50% of the registration fee. Registrants who neglect to call or notify the ECESC of their cancellation will be responsible for paying the full fee. On official school corporation weather-related cancellation days, registrants will not be required to pay registration fees.  

ECESC Billing Policy: ECESC will send an invoice to your school corporation business office after the workshop date. If you need alternate billing arrangements, please contact Mandi Isaacs, misaacs@ecesc.k12.in.us, to notify us of your needs.

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