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Eligibility:

All educators of grades 6-12

Dates and Times:

• June 23-27, 2008
• 9:00-4:00 daily

Location:

Carolina Center for Educational Excellence, Chapel Hill

Credit:

3.0 units of license renewal credit (counts for reading credit)

Fee:

$60/day ($300 total) for five days of instruction; this should be paid by school systems

Registration

• Registration will be on a first-come, first-served basis.
• Complete the application form and mail it to the address below.
• Registration deadline: May 1, 2008 or until the institute is filled.

Center for Mathematics and Science Education
309 Peabody Hall
CB# 3500, UNC Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill NC 27599-3500

voice 919-966-5922
fax 919-962-0588

NC-MSEN Statewide Institute for Teaching Excellence:
6-12 CARSAM
(Content Area Reading in Science and Mathematics)

Institute Description:
This 5-day institute will focus on strategies for increasing student learning in grades 6-12 by enabling them to cope more effectively with required reading and writing. This is a hands-on institute; all lessons will be applied directly to participants’ classroom textbooks and other reading materials. Instruction will involve analyzing texts participants use in their classrooms, designing lessons to help students use those texts and other written materials more successfully, and providing ways to use writing to enhance student learning. The examples used during the institute will focus on the special needs inherent in science and mathematics content reading, but the strategies are appropriate for any classroom teacher.

Topics to be covered include but are not limited to:

• Before, during, and after comprehension strategies
• Principles of working with struggling readers
• Readability of texts and other written materials
• Writing strategies
• 5E lessons and metacognitive strategies

Instructors: Ms. Cindy Kahler and Dr. Pat Shane, CMSE

Benefits:

• Book on content area reading in science or mathematics (choice)
• High-quality instruction in teaching strategies to use for grades 6-12 science and mathematics reading and writing;
• Materials to implement the activities in the institute;
• Ongoing support from CMSE, NCSSM, and their staffs;
• Opportunity to network with other teachers from the region; and
• 3.0 License renewal credits in reading

Cost to LEAs:
Schools or school systems should pay for participant’s registration ($300). Optional, but strongly encouraged, are stipends for teachers.

For more information, contact:

Pat Shane, 919.966.3092, pshane@unc.edu (UNC-CH CMSE)
Sally Adkin, 919.418.2882, adkin@ncssm.edu (NCSSM)
Sherry Coble, 919.962.7232, scoble@email.unc.edu (UNC-CH CMSE)

Application Form

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