Are you overwhelmed with curriculum choices and data-driven instruction? Quality teaching involves many interactive components which require the teacher to be the bridge between research and practice. Instead of teaching disconnected approaches, high-impact literacy practices establishes a scaffold approach that layers teacher modeling on top of guided practice and independent application. The 2012 Penn State Summer Institute provides an opportunity to explore the latest research, collaborate with experienced educators, and time to create an action plan for the 2012 – 2013 school year. The nationally recognized keynote speakers will identify the instructional strategies that have the greatest impact on student achievement.

• Anne Goudivis, Real World Reading: Comprehension Instruction Across the Curriculum
• Max Brand, Creating Space and Places for Words
• Chris Biffle, The Wonderland of Whole Brain Reading
• Lynne Dorfman and Rose Cappelli, Success for All Writers with Mentor Texts
• Barbara Marinak’s, Read for Real: High Impact Teaching Using Informational Texts
• David Booth, Boys, Litearcy, and Technology: Comprehending the iPad Generation

Action plans and tools described in Comprehension Going Forward, is the perfect fit for district-wide or idividual professional development. Download a free chapter: http://www.heinemann.com/shared/onlineresources/E04163/CGF_web_sample.pdf

Attend the full Summer Institute for three (nondegree) graduate credits or for Pennsylvania Act 48 hours.

If you work with students in grades K–12, you cannot afford to miss this event!

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FACULTY Julie B. Wise is the coordinator of the Summer Institute at Penn State York and teaches courses in undergraduate and graduate education. In addition to teaching at the college level, she provides professional development seminars for teachers and administrators throughout central Pennsylvania.

NONDEGREE GRADUATE STUDENT STATUS (Does not apply to educators attending for one day or for Act 48 hours only). Any student who has a baccalaureate degree but has not been admitted to the Penn State Graduate School must apply for admission as a nondegree graduate student in order for graduate transcripts to be issued. Application is only required one time for a fee of $30.00. If you are taking the course for graduate credits, your registration cannot be processed if you have never completed this form. Go to www.hbg.psu.edu or call 717.771.4060 Penn State is committed to affirmative action, equal opportunity, and the diversity of its workforce.