Maine ASCD

Conference

Tools for Thought: Strategies for Reading, Writing, and Thinking

with Jim Burke

March 28, 2008 - 8:00 am - 3:00 pm

Holiday Inn Portland West, Portland

DEADLINE EXTENDED - Register Today!

About the Conference

Join teacher, author, and staff developer Jim Burke for a day filled with practical strategies to engage students in reading, writing, and thinking, particularly in grades 6-12.

Jim will offer tools to engage students in developing thinking strategies that are applicable in all subject areas.

Participants will learn:

• strategies to build background information and theoretical foundations to support learning
• about tools and strategies to help students read, write, speak, and think more effectively
• how note-taking strategies help students succeed in all academic classes
• about strategies for students with learning differences, assisting struggling readers and writers, challenging students in advanced classes.

Download a copy of the brochure to print out and share with colleagues. [Requires Adobe Acrobat plug-in]

About the Presenter

Jim Burke teaches English at Burlingame High School in California. He is the author of numerous books, including The English Teacher's Companion, Writing Reminders, Tools for Thought, Illuminating Texts: How to Teach Students to Read the World, Reading Reminders, and I Hear America Reading: Why We Read - What We Read, all of which are published by Heinemann.

Jim is the also the author of The Reader’s Handbook (Great Source) and Academic Workouts (First Choice Publishing). His newest books are School Smarts: The Four Cs of Academic Success (2004), and ACCESSing School: Teaching Struggling Readers to Achieve Academic and Personal Success (2005), both of which are published by Heinemann. His latest book, Letters to a New Teacher was published last year.

Jim has received numerous awards, including the NCTE Intellectual Freedom Award, the NCTE Conference on English Leadership Award, and the California Reading Association Hall of Fame Award. He served on the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards Committee on Adolescence and Young Adulthood English Language Arts Standards and recently worked with ACT on their high school English Language Arts standards. Visit his website (www.englishcompanion.com) for more information.

Registration

$135.00 per person conference fee for Maine ASCD members

$165.00 per person conference fee for non-members (includes complimentary one year membership)

$155.00 per person (non-members) when registering in teams of four or more (includes complimentary one year membership for each person)

$70.00 per person student member rate

Fee includes $25.00 non-refundable processing cost

Please read our Cancellation and Refund Policy

Registration Deadline & Cancellation Date

March 14, 2007

DEADLINE EXTENDED - Register Today!

Schedule

To Register

by Mail

Download and complete the Registration Form [PDF] (also available in MS Word format) and mail with check for the complete amount, Maine ASCD voucher, Institutional Purchase Order, or credit card to:

Maine ASCD
PO Box 926
Brunswick, ME 04011-0926

by Fax

by Phone

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