Reading Academy
June 27-28, 2024 | Northcentral Technical College (Wausau, WI)
The University of Wisconsin Schools of Education, in collaboration with PK-12, CESA, and DPI partners, are excited to offer a Reading Academy for educators. Designed to provide professional learning supporting PK-12 educators, educator preparation instructors and students, and others in literacy instruction as outlined in WI Act 20.
Reading Academy Highlights
- Overview of DPI Act 20 Curriculum Crosswalk Toolkit and personal reading plan template
- Wisconsin’s literacy experts leading breakout sessions and facilitating team time
- Team work time throughout the event
- Networking with peers
We encourage teams of up to three (3) people from a school district or institution to attend. In addition, UW educator preparation students and May 2024 graduates in early childhood education, elementary education, and special education are invited to attend. A limited number of stipends will be available for these UW students and graduates.
Please contact the following people with any questions:
| Registration: Northcentral Technical College Rachel Schiltz | Agenda/Stipends: Deanna Schultz Director | UW-Stout School of Education |
Agenda
Thursday, June 27, 2024
| 10:00 a.m. | Registration |
| 10:30 a.m. | Welcome Opening Session: Panel of Reading Experts Panelists: Amber Garbe, UW-Stevens Point Professor of Literacy; Barb Novak, WI Dept. of Public Instruction (DPI); Amy Webb, Spring Valley School District Reading Specialist and Curriculum Director Facilitator: Heidi Eliopoulos, Altoona School District Superintendent |
| 11:30 a.m. | Lunch (provided) Table Talk |
| 12:30 p.m. | General Sessions: Personalized Reading Plan Learn about the personalized reading plans component in Act20 and engage in guided practice with the DPI Personalized Reading Plan template. Leaders: Stacy Gray and Robyn Bindrich, DPI Literacy Consultants |
| 2:00 p.m. | Breakout Sessions |
Session 1: Curriculum**: Using the WI DPI Act 20 Curriculum Crosswalk Toolkit and identifying the need for supplemental materials Leaders: Stacy Gray and Robyn Bindrich, DPI Literacy Consultants **Recommended session for pre-service teacher candidates | |
Session 2: – Screeners, diagnostic assessment, and progress monitoring will be addressed. Leaders: Amber Garbe, Jacki Sernau, and Polly Manske, UW-Stevens Point | |
| 3:30 p.m. | Team Time to review and work on items from the day's sessions |
| 5:00 p.m. | Dinner (on your own) |
Friday, June 28, 2024
| 7:30 a.m. | Continental Breakfast (provided) |
| 8:00 a.m. | Breakoutt Sessions: Choose a session |
Session 1: Assessment *: Screeners, diagnostic assessment, and progress monitoring will be addressed. Leaders: Amber Garbe, Jacki Sernau, and Polly Manske, UW-Stevens Point *Recommended session for pre-service teacher candidates | |
Session 2: Equity at the Center Removing Barriers in Universal Instruction for Individual Learners Includes an overview of equitable, multi-level systems of support and Universal Design for Learning; how to meet the needs of individual students within Act 20 and build in supports. Leaders: Barb Novak & Tanya Morin, DPI Consultants | |
| 9:30 am | Breakout Sessions: Choose a session |
| Session 1: Pre-service teacher session with UW Professors of Literacy | |
| Session 2: Curriculum: Using the WI SPI Act 20 Curriculum Crosswalk Toolkit and identifying the need for supplemental materials | |
| Session 3: Networking/Sharing or Team Time |
Kelly Pankratz
Stacy Gray
