What You Learn
- How to use Reading Apprenticeship as an instructional framework to support robust learning in first year courses and/or summer bridge programs
- How to recognize and model for students the reading strategies you use as an expert reader of academic texts
- How to build students’ willingness and capacity to read more, and more rigorous (college-level) texts
- How to accelerate students’ learning and literacy, simultaneously, as they transition to college
- How to engage students in understanding their own thinking processes—the power of metacognition
- How to foster learning dispositions of persistence, problem solving, and collaboration
Additionally, online follow-up sessions will address:
- Using Reading Apprenticeship in STEM-specific summer bridge and/or FYE courses
- Embedding Reading Apprenticeship in tutor training and tutoring settings
- How to utilize ePortfolios
- Leadership concerns and working across traditional divides (e.g., academic affairs and student affairs)
Who Should Participate
- Higher-ed (university, college, community and technical college) instructors of all subject areas and levels
- Administrators or Student Support Educators who are working to help design or develop First Year Experience courses and/or programs
Next Scheduled Seminar
July 9–12, 2018
San Francisco, California
Register by July 2, 2018
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Cost
- $1,500 per person
- Three days of professional development
- Breakfast and lunch each day
Note: Travel and lodging are not included.
Included Course Materials
- Our best-selling book, Reading for Understanding
- A binder of professional readings
- Classroom implementation materials
For more information, contact Kate Meissert ⋅ kmeisse@wested.org ⋅ 415-615-3182