1. Anne Goudvis, Customize the keynote discussion to your instruction. Ask questions. Get answers.
2. Professional Learning Community, Your voice matters. Discuss the keynote, share insights from Comprehension Going Forward, and have your questions answered by other local educators.
3. Erik Wittmer, Twitter, Have you heard the word but don’t know the power of increasing your personal learning network? See how to set up an account and find people to follow.

Anne Goudvis, Continue the keynote discussion in small groups in this interactive workshop. This session will run from 12:30–4:15 and counts as sessions #2 and #3.

1. Julie Beard, Writing Tool Kits: From Here to There, Fill your tool kit with new ideas for writing in a variety of genres. Easy-to-remember formulas will jazz up your students’ writing. Use of color and creativity will unlock their minds as they work individually and in groups to become successful authors.
2. Paula Gilbert, Book Tasting of the Newest Releases, Sit back for lively presentation about new trade books you can use in your K–6 classroom. Learn about new picture books, read-alouds, fiction, and informational books and suggestions for using them in class. Copies of the books will be available for participants to examine closely.
3. Heather Lane and Sara Staub, Co-teaching: the More the Merrier, Working collaboratively with the teaching staff is an effective way to enhance student learning in all subject areas. Learn how a co-teaching model benefits both the teachers and the students, as you explore different types of co-teaching approaches. Then reflect to find an approach that best suits you.

1. Angela Galgon and Nancy Nadig, I want to Read that one: Motivating kids to read through YA Novels, Discover how to motivate secondary students to read using must-have books for grade 7 and up. Explore how to conduct book talks and keep up with the latest titles as they are released. This session will run from 12:30–4:15 and counts as sessions #2 and #3.

1. Max Brand, Customize the keynote discussion to your current instruction. Ask questions. Get answers.
2. Chris Biffle, The Wonderland of Whole Brain Reading, Discover Whole Brain Teaching’s wealth of reading strategies and “weave the golden thread of fun” throughout your literacy activities!
3. Erik Wittmer, Twitter Advanced, You have played with Twitter and are ready for the next step. Learn about Tweetdeck, Hootsuite, and all the chats available via Twitter.

1. Max Brand, Continue with the keynote discussion in small groups in this interactive workshop. This session will run from 12:30–4:15 and counts as sessions #2 and #3.
2. Chris Biffle, Continue with the keynote discussion in small groups in this interactive workshop. This session will run from 12:30–4:15 and counts as sessions #2 and #3.

1. Katherine Beauchat and Katrin Blamey, Word Walk: A New Vocabulary Procedure for Storybook Reading with Young Children, Discover the need for instructional strategies in the domain of early literacy and language that develop an instructional sequence designed to foster children’s vocabulary development. The presenters will discuss the ideal context of shared reading within which to embed vocabulary instruction.
2. Devon Betz, Linda Martier, Deborah Hoover, Comprehension: Getting to the CORE, A literacy coach, a librarian, and a reading specialist team up to deepen students’ comprehension. Get motivational techniques, along with accompanying graphic organizers and foldables, that engage students in learning that will help them meet the Common Core State Standards.

1. Kelly Kessler, The 3 Rs: Reflecting, Rethinking, Refining, All teachers want to improve their craft, engage more learners, and motivate all students to meet and exceed their potential. Using the 3Rs, you can enhance current lessons to maximize teacher’s time, energy, and creativity to increase student learning and outcomes. This session will run from 12:30–4:15 and counts as sessions #2 and #3.

1. Lynne Dorfman and Rose Cappelli, Customize the keynote discussion to your instruction. Ask questions. Get answers
2. Professional Learning Community, Your voice matters. Discuss the keynote, share insights from Comprehension Going Forward, and have your questions answered by other local educators.
3. Erik Wittmer, Pinterest, Have trouble thinking outside the box? Pinterest is an addictive, interactive website that will give you—and help you organize—many ideas for your classroom.

Lynne Dorfman and Rose Capelli, Continue with the keynote discussion in small groups in this interactive workshop. This session will run from 12:30–4:15 and counts as sessions #2 and #3.

1. Holly Marsh, The “Write” Time for Poetry, This session shows you how to create a practical framework to introduce, teach and enhance your writing workshop incorporating poetry. It will equip teachers with classroom tested strategies and techniques to help students develop and grow more thoughtful as readers and writers of poetry.
2. Claudia Simmons, Cruising to Comprehension without a Stop Watch, Discover how to motivate nonreaders to become readers by actively engaging the brain using visual, auditory, and tactile modalities. Examine scaffolding techniques that help students understand how to connect letters and sounds to reading words, then phrases, and finally sentences. Review ways to increase decoding and fluency to increase meaning while reading.
3. Divonna Stebick, Transforming Literacy Instruction to Meet the Needs of Our 21st Century Learners, In today's fast-paced, highly digital society, teachers compete with numerous distractions in order to create optimal learning environments for elementary students. Participants will learn how to create brain-based, engaging learning opportunities through effective, research-based instructional methods in order to ensure academic success.

Shari Young, Let’s Do Lunch: Using a Menu of Reading Comprehension Strategies to Plan Effective Lessons, Using a “literacy lesson planning menu,” the presenter examines the Before/During/After framework and how it impacts reading comprehension. Participants will explore how to select appropriate strategies for each stage of the reading process, from appetizers to select appropriate strategies for each stage of the reading process, from appetizers to desserts. This session will run from 12:30–4:15 and counts as sessions #2 and #3.

1. Barbara Marinak, Customize the keynote discussion to your current classroom. Ask questions. Get answers
2. Professional Learning Community, Your voice matters. Discuss the keynote, share insights from Comprehension Going Forward, and have your questions answers by other local educators.
3. Erik Wittmer, Edmodo, This social learning network is like Facebook for schools. Learn how Edmodo can help you engage in traditional literacy activities, such as guided reading. For instance, you can set up guided reading groups to discuss via Edmodo or post an assessment for groups to answer via Edmodo.

Barbara Marinak, Continue the keynote discussion in small groups in this interactive workshop. This session will run from 12:30–4:15 and counts as sessions #2 and #3.

1. Kimberly Allen and Shannon O’Malley, Fall in Love with Words, Explore the stages of learning new vocabulary words. You will learn strategies and techniques to integrate vocabulary instruction throughout all content areas, as well as how to choose important words and make these words come alive. Join the fun and fall in love with words all over again.
2. Emily Reed, Motivating Students to become Independent Readers, Reading lasts a lifetime. All teachers want their students not only to be good readers, but to LOVE reading. Learn practical strategies that you can use to help students become independent readers who love to read. These strategies help students select appropriate books, become interested in books, and learn how to discuss their reading.
3. Kimberly Kode Sutton, Engaging Learners and Supporting Literacy Using Visual Symbols, Explore the various ways that Boardmaker software can strengthen your literacy program and better engage struggling learners.

Jonathan Reichard, Differentiated Instruction in the Secondary Classroom, Discover classroom-tested, student-approved strategies to differentiate your instruction. Participants will engage in hands-on study strategies, including alpha boxes, storyboard six, foldables, and choice board groups. This session will run from 12:30–4:15 and counts as sessions #2 and #3.

1. David Booth, Customize the keynote discussion to your instruction. Ask questions. Get answers.
2. Professional Learning Community, Your voice matters. Discuss the keynote, share insights from Comprehension Going Forward, and have your questions answered by other local educators.
3. Erik Wittmer, Diigo, Learn about social bookmarking with Diigo, a site that will allow you to bookmark, highlight, and annotate useful websites and then share selection information with your class.

1. David Booth, Continue the keynote discussion in small groups in this interactive workshop.
2. Exploration Station, Leave the institute with plans in place to apply the knowledge you learned throughout the week to the upcoming 2012–2013 school year.