Registration Deadline: January 5, 2021
This course provides educators with a strong understanding of the Reading Apprenticeship framework. Participants will experience best practices and tools for inquiry-driven instruction (online and face-to-face). Come away with teaching routines that increase student engagement, collaboration, and reading comprehension. Learning activities include reading, classroom video analyzing, collaborating in online discussions, and more.
Who Will Benefit
- Middle school, high school, and college teachers of all subject areas
- Administrators, coaches, and instructional support personnel
- Teams of two or more are highly recommended
What You Will Learn
- How to recognize and model for students the reading strategies you use as an expert reader in your subject area
- How to engage students in understanding their own thinking processes—the power of metacognition
- How to integrate and accelerate students’ subject area learning and subject area literacy
- How to foster learning dispositions of persistence, stamina, problem solving, and collaboration
- How to turn the sustained work of learning back to students, successfully
- How to plan lessons that incorporate all dimensions of the Reading Apprenticeship framework
- How to translate traditional classroom practices and tools into digital spaces and processes using video conferencing and online annotation tools
Cost
$900 per person
Price includes an ebook of our course text, Reading for Understanding, for each participant.
Refund Policy: We offer full refunds up to 2 weeks prior to course start. Once the course begins, and up to seven calendar days thereafter, participants may withdraw for a 50% refund.
What Educators Are Saying About Reading Apprenticeship
“Reading Apprenticeship has changed my perspective, and therefore, how I present concepts to my students… Students feel more empowered. They can figure things out on their own… We build on what kids do, turning them into experts.” — Michigan high school English teacher
Visit the Reading Apprenticeship website for more details about the course, including a course overview, frequently asked questions, and technical requirements.
Please contact Emma Fujii with questions at efujii@WestEd.org.