Professional Development Calendar

Reading Intervention Program Training

     The three day training session conducted by trainers from the Houghton Mifflin Company encouraged teachers to understand and apply the concepts of intervention presently being implemented in the Milford Public Schools.

^{Fifty, K-4 classroom teachers, Special Needs and Title I staff  members from Brookside, Memorial and Woodland participated in Guided Reading summer graduate courses.} 

^{The goal was to examine the powerful teaching strategies of Guided Reading and explore the theoretical principles which support it.}

Staff participants learned first hand the various instructional strategies of a balanced literacy program by reflecting on discoveries made as they observed Ms. Kathie Heap model a Guided Reading and Interactive Writing lesson.

Each participant gained a clearer understanding of what a  Balanced Literacy Program looks like in a primary and elementary classroom.

Suggested Professional Days: (subject to administrative approval)

• 12th Annual Literacy for All Northeast Early Literacy Conference: October 23-25, 2001 ~Providence, Rhode Island ~Hosted by Lesley University

• Tapping Into Literacy: November 1, 2, and 3, 2001 ~ Burlington, VT ~  53rd Annual New England Reading Association Conference 

• Affirming Diversity Through Literacy: Tuesday, March 18 & 19, 2002 ~ Sturbridge Host Hotel and Conference Center, Sturbridge, Massachusetts ~ 33rd Annual MRA Conference

Literacy Grant