Saturday, January 25, 2020
8:00 AM to 12:00 PM CDT
Event Schedule
8:30 - 9:15 Registration, Vendors, & Light Breakfast
9:15 - 9:30 Welcome
9:30 - 10:45 Presentation
10:45-11:00 Break, Visit Vendors
11:00- 12:30 Presentation
12:30 - 12:45 Prizes & Evaluation
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School District PO Information
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Compete Purchase Order
List names of attendees on the PO
Mail to: SCIRA
918 E. Wing St.
Arlington Heights, IL 60004
Contact SCIRA at: scira123@gmail.com
Chicago Public School PO Information
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Complete CPS Purchase Order
List names of attendees on PO
Use SCIRA 's CPS Vendor #99566
to pay for the conference fee.
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For additional information or questions
Contact SCIRA scira123@gmail.com or
847-544-8239
SCIRA Winter Conference 2020
Maria Nichols
Building Bigger Ideas –
A Process for Teaching Purposeful Talk
Authentic, purposeful talk is, by nature, unpredictable, but your teaching doesn’t have to be. The beauty is that, rather than protocoling the energy out of dialogic interactions, we can teach into the energy, lifting students’ ability with talk as we strengthen their meaning making. We can teach purposeful talk by actively engaging children in a responsive, three-step process that allows us to teach about talk as children make meaning through talk. The three steps of this responsive process are the following actions:
Gently focus children on aspects of purposeful talk behavior.
Authentically facilitate as children engage with ideas and with each other.
Clearly offer feedback that links purposeful talk behaviors to the process of constructing meaning.
When we teach into purposeful talk in this way, we wrap our support around children's process. This support helps children understand the purpose and power of their own talk and builds an agentive stance toward talk.
Maria Nichols is a literacy consultant and Director of School Innovation for the San Diego Unified School District. A former elementary classroom teacher, Nichols received the Distinguished Elementary Educator Award from the San Diego chapter of Phi Delta Kappa, 2002.
Maria is the author of Comprehension Through Conversation and her latest book, Building Bigger Ideas: A Process for Teaching Purposeful Talk.
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ON LINE REGISTRATION FEES (closes on 1/20)
$75.00 SCIRA MEMBER
$120.00 Non-MEMBER (includes 1 year SCIRA and IRC membership)
$50.00 Full Time STUDENT or Paraprofessional
(SCIRA considers a full-time student as never having taught in a classroom. Student ID required at the conference).
AT THE DOOR REGISTRATION FEES (after 1/20):
ADDITIONAL $10.00 Fee
$85.00 SCIRA MEMBER (at door fee).
$130.00 Non-MEMBER (at the door fee - includes 1 year SCIRA and IRC membership).
$60.00 Full Time STUDENT or Paraprofessional
(SCIRA considers a full-time student as never having taught in a classroom. Student ID required at the conference).
Purchase Orders - when registering, please click PAY BY CHECK!!!
When registering by PO, please be sure to complete the PO section on the registration screen by providing the name of your school district, along with the name and email of your district administrator who handles PO's. We will use this information to invoice your district for payment. THANK YOU!
School District PO Information
WHEN REGISTERING, PLEASE CLICK PAY BY CHECK!!!
Complete Purchase Order
List names of attendees on the PO
Mail to: SCIRA
918 E. Wing St.
Arlington Heights, IL 60004
Contact SCIRA at: scira123@gmail.com
Chicago Public School PO Information
WHEN REGISTERING, PLEASE CLICK PAY BY CHECK!!!!
Complete CPS Purchase Order
List names of attendees on PO
Use SCIRA 's CPS Vendor #99566
to pay for the conference fee.
Contact SCIRA at: scira123@gmail.com
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SCIRA is unable to offer REFUNDS or CANCELLATIONS.
You can send a colleague in your place.
If payment, by personal check, is not received by 1/20/20 at the door charges will be applied!!
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Teachers working toward clock hours can earn 3 hours with attendance from 8:30 to 12:45.
Unless SCIRA is notified in writing, this registration constitutes an agreement that the registrant’s image, likeness, and appearance can be used in photographs of this event.