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Professional Development by Kittle

Book Love: Developing Depth, Stamina, and Passion in Adolescent Readers

Penny Kittle

Product Type: Workshop
Grade: 6 - 12

Teachers of adolescents often ask, "How come so many students who loved reading in elementary school stop reading in middle and high school? How can I create authentic readers?" Penny Kittle has asked these questions of her own middle and high school students for the last fifteen years and come to a deep understanding of what motivates... more

Inside the Teaching of Writing

Donald Graves , Penny Kittle

Product Type: Seminar
Grade: K - 6

Effective teachers of writing model the craft in front of their students and make explicit the kinds of decisions made by proficient writers. Don Graves and Penny Kittle's Inside the Teaching of Writing seminar helps teachers discover new insights about high-quality writing instruction and explores how to model the central elements... more

Penny Kittle

Penny Kittle

Product Type: Speaker
Grade: K - 12

As a professional development coordinator for the Conway, New Hampshire, School District, Penny Kittle acts as a K-12 literacy coach and directs new-teacher mentoring. In addition, she teaches writing at Conway’s Kennett High School and in the Summer Literacy Institutes at the University of New Hampshire. Penny is... more

Write Beside Them: Risk, Voice, and Clarity in High School Writing

Penny Kittle

Product Type: Seminar
Grade: 6 - 12

In this new seminar, teachers will learn how to establish a writing workshop for adolescents where students develop voice and craft in all genres. Writing with a purpose, understanding the elements of craft, and carefully analyzing the intentions of a text leads students to a deep understanding of writing for a variety of audiences... more