Maine ASCD

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Leadership in Literacy: Developing a School-wide Partnership  

with Peter Lancia

Augusta Civic Center

Successful schools develop when collaborative relationships among teachers, school leaders, families, and children are nurtured in response to common goals. Literacy is central to our work. It is woven throughout the curriculum and enables the development of thinking and communication in every learner.

In this workshop, we will look at the many factors involved in creating an effective school literacy initiative. These include:

• Defining the roles of the principal, literacy specialist, and teachers.
• Organizing structures for collaboration through professional learning communities
• Providing frameworks that enable best practice throughout the school
• Articulating a literacy vision, mission, and action steps for success

Participants will have time to reflect upon and begin to develop a literacy plan for their schools. Leadership teams are encouraged to attend.

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About the Presenter

For the past five years, Peter Lancia has served as the principal of Congin Elementary School in Westbrook, Maine, learning along with his 350 third, fourth, and fifth graders and a staff of sixty. Previously he taught second grade and worked as the literacy specialist in the same community for twelve years. In addition, Peter teaches graduate courses in reading and writing development, children’s literature, and literacy leadership at the University of Southern Maine. He is also co-director of the University’s Summer Reading Clinic, a practicum experience for graduate students that serves the needs of struggling readers and writers and provides a model learning community for aspiring literacy specialists.

Peter is a magna cum laude graduate of Bowdoin College where he majored in anthropology and religion. He holds a Master’s Degree in Literacy Education from the University of Southern Maine.

Peter has served on the Board of Directors of the Maine Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development since 2002 and is currently its secretary. He formerly served on the Editorial Board and Publications Committee of the International Reading Association. He is a frequent speaker at local, regional, and national education conferences, presenting workshops on topics that include methods for reading and writing instruction, integration of the arts with literacy, professional learning communities, school-wide literacy programs, and teacher development. Some of his research has been published in The Reading Teacher, and he is currently working on a book about elementary reading instruction. He was especially honored to serve as Maine’s Teacher of the Year for 2002.

Registration

Complete information about Series Discounts 

$145.00 per person conference fee for Maine ASCD members

$170.00 per person conference fee for non-members (includes complimentary one year membership)

$160.00 per person (non-members) when registering in teams of four or more (includes complimentary one year membership for each person)

$65.00 per person student member rate

Fee includes $25.00 non-refundable processing cost

Please read our Cancellation and Refund Policy

Registration Deadline &Cancellation Date

September 30, 2008

Schedule

To Register

by Mail    

Download and complete the Registration Form [PDF] (also available in MS Word format) and mail with check for the complete amount, Maine ASCD voucher, Institutional Purchase Order, or credit card to:

Maine ASCD
PO Box 926
Brunswick, ME 04011-0926

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