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School-Based Seminars

Heinemann School-Based Seminars provide schools and districts with exceptional on-site professional development. Interactive, collaborative, and reflective learning opportunities allow teachers to explore and try on best practice strategies based on the research and expertise of Heinemann authors. From one-day targeted seminars to ongoing professional support and coaching, Heinemann school-based professional development is tailored to effectively support your efforts to increase student achievement.

Heinemann Consultants are highly qualified educators and skilled presenters who have been identified and approved by the Heinemann authors they represent. Each consultant's unwavering commitment to his or her own professional growth and hands-on classroom experience is evident and greatly appreciated by seminar participants. A seamless blend of knowledge and experience also ensures highly effective follow-up and ongoing support. Consultant bios and vitas are available upon request.

Select a School-Based Seminar below for a complete course description, pricing, and information on how to inquire about scheduling a Heinemann Consultant to provide on-site professional development to your school or district.

Writing Workshop

In Pictures and In Words: Grades PreK-2

Developed in collaboration with Katie Wood Ray
Grades: PREK - 2

Because beginning writers use drawings as well as writing to make meaning as they compose, it's essential that teachers understand the role that illustrating plays in the overall development of literacy. In this one day seminar, teachers will... more >

Writing

A Framework for Planning Units of Study in the Writing Workshop

Developed in collaboration with Katie Wood Ray
Grades: K - 8

A Framework for Planning Units of Study in the Writing Workshop focuses on how to facilitate close study of text that leads students to a better understanding of the traits of good writing, and motivates them to become more accomplished writers. ... more >

Assessing Writers: Planning for Writing Instruction

Developed in collaboration with Carl Anderson
Grades: 3 - 8

Assessment is the challenging work of getting to know students as writers and using what we learn about them to help us decide what they need us to teach them next. Assessing students well is essential if we're going to be excellent writing... more >

Content-Area Writing

Developed in collaboration with Harvey "Smokey" Daniels , Nancy Steineke , Steven Zemelman
Grades: 6 - 12

The Content-Area Writing School-Based Seminar guides teachers strategically through the two major types of writing that every student must know—Writing to Learn and Public Writing. Participants explore and practice various lessons for... more >

Crunchtime

Developed in collaboration with Gretchen Bernabei , Cynthia Candler , Jayne Hover
Grades: 4 - 10

Your student says, "I'm done." You look at the paper, and you see only a few lines written. Other students' papers reveal other problems: the writing wanders all over; some papers stay too vague to pass; some are masters of repetition; some read... more >

Engaging Young Writers

Developed in collaboration with Matt Glover
Grades: PREK - 1

Children in preschool, kindergarten, and first grade are motivated to write in various ways. Some children are natural storytellers, ready to share their narrative in books. Others are more interested in telling people everything they know about a... more >

Essentials of the Writing Workshop

Developed in collaboration with Ralph Fletcher , Joann Portalupi
Grades: 3 - 8

An effective writing workshop is carefully structured to support writers through the writing process, while enabling teachers to observe and assess common and individual needs in order to make instructional decisions about teaching writing.... more >

Inside the Teaching of Writing

Developed in collaboration with Donald Graves , Penny Kittle
Grades: 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... more >

Teaching Revision Techniques

Developed in collaboration with Georgia Heard
Grades: 2 - 8

"How can I get my students to revise?" is one of the most frequently asked questions by teachers of writing. The key is to teach specific revision strategies that will enable students to re-see and re-shape their writing on multiple levels. Using... more >

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

Developed in collaboration with Penny Kittle
Grades: 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... more >

Writing to Persuade

Developed in collaboration with Karen Caine
Grades: 3 - 8

In this seminar teachers will learn how to teach students to express an opinion, support their ideas with evidence, elaborate, and convince. Whether students are writing personal persuasive letters, editorials, essays, or public service... more >

Writing Workshop With Our Youngest Authors

Developed in collaboration with Lisa B Cleaveland , Katie Wood Ray
Grades: K - 2

This seminar shows how primary students can learn from professional writers, work with intention, and think about their own process in a writing workshop that is designed to support learning and respond sensitively to the developmental needs of... more >

Reading

Comprehension & Collaboration: Inquiry Circles in Action

Developed in collaboration with Harvey "Smokey" Daniels , Stephanie Harvey
Grades: K - 12

"Collaborative, relevant, deep, and thoughtful learning does work, at all grade levels. Decades of research confirm that such instruction leads not just to higher student achievement on the customary academic measures, but to better social... more >

Comprehension Connections: Bridges to Strategic Reading

Developed in collaboration with Tanny McGregor
Grades: K - 8

Inferring, questioning, determining importance. It's not easy to teach these abstract thinking strategies, yet research tells us that by teaching kids to think, we are offering them access to the world. Fortunately, Tanny McGregor has developed... more >

Comprehension Strategy Instruction for K-3 Students

Developed in collaboration with Gretchen Owocki
Grades: K - 3

The ultimate goal for teaching comprehension is to support children in fully experiencing the world of text. This seminar guides K–3 teachers through an exploration of the processes involved in comprehending, and through an exploration of... more >

Do-Able Differentiation: Varying Groups, Texts, and Support to Reach Readers

Developed in collaboration with Michael P Ford , Michael F Opitz
Grades: K - 8

Understand how readers differ and what actions teachers can take to reach different readers. Teachers are challenged to reach readers that often present widely different strengths and needs. What teachers bring to these readers in terms of... more >

Flexible Strategies for Small Group Reading Instruction

Developed in collaboration with Michael P Ford , Michael F Opitz
Grades: K - 6

Through Michael Opitz and Michael Ford's School-Based Seminar, FlexibleStrategies for Small Group Reading Instruction, your teachers will explore and expand their ideas about flexible grouping strategies. Considering roles and goals, assessment and... more >

Guided Reading

Developed in collaboration with Irene Fountas , Gay Su Pinnell
Grades: K - 3

Learn how to create an effective literacy program based on guided reading and supported by read-aloud, shared reading, interactive writing, and other approaches. In the Guided Reading seminar teachers explore the reading process and how it is... more >

Implementing the Reading Workshop

Developed in collaboration with
Grades: 3 - 5

Heinemann professional books share the principles, research, and classroom experiences that our expert authors have discovered lead to highly effective reading workshops. This new course will provide the professional understandings teachers need... more >

Introduction to The Continuum of Literacy Learning

Developed in collaboration with Irene Fountas , Gay Su Pinnell
Grades: K - 8

Where other assessment and benchmark systems leave you wondering "Now what?" Fountas and Pinnell provide a link from assessment to instruction via classroom practices such as guided reading and read-aloud. Their professional book The Continuum of... more >

Leveled Literacy Intervention (LLI) Red System, for Grade 3, Levels L-Q Professional Development

Developed in collaboration with Irene Fountas , Gay Su Pinnell
Grades: 3

The newly released Leveled Literacy Intervention (LLI) Red System is designed for Grade 3 students who are reading below grade level. The Red System may also be used to help students at higher grade levels who are reading below level Q.... more >

Literacy Beginnings: Grades PreK-K

Developed in collaboration with Irene Fountas , Gay Su Pinnell
Grades: PREK - K

Play and language are both important learning tools for the prekindergarten child. Through play and language, they learn about their world and about themselves and it is in play that early literacy learning begins. Drawing from Fountas and... more >

Making Sense of Informational Texts

Developed in collaboration with Linda Hoyt
Grades: K - 6

Unlock the treasures of informational texts. Working through ideas and practices described in Linda Hoyt's popular Make It Real , teachers learn how to use a range of reading experiences to equip students with a tool belt of content-area reading... more >

Nurturing Writers in Preschool and Kindergarten

Developed in collaboration with Matt Glover , Katie Wood Ray
Grades: PREK - K

A course for teaching professionals who work with young children, Nurturing Writers in Preschool and Kindergarten shows you how to support preschoolers and kindergarteners as writers in ways that help them develop powerful understandings about... more >

Professional Development for the Fountas & Pinnell Sistema de evaluacion de la lectura (SEL) Niveles A-N: Grades K-2

Developed in collaboration with Irene Fountas , Gay Su Pinnell
Grades: K - 2

Delivered On-Site by Heinemann-Trained Consultants Sistema de evaluación de la lectura is a highly reliable, research-based resource for: Determining students' Spanish reading levels based on the F&P Text Level Gradient™, Levels... more >

Reading Workshop in the Intermediate and Middle Grades: Month-by-Month

Developed in collaboration with Frank Serafini , Suzette Youngs
Grades: 3 - 8

This School-Based Seminar, based on Around the Reading Workshop in 180 Days by Frank Serafini and Suzette Youngs, provides teachers with a month-by-month look at the structure, planning, and instructional approaches of the reading... more >

Role of the Administrator in the Implementation of Benchmark Assessment

Developed in collaboration with Irene Fountas , Gay Su Pinnell
Grades: K - 8

Administrators play an important role in determining the success of school initiatives, including the implementation of the Fountas & Pinnell Benchmark Assessment System . In order to support the implementation process and the teachers using... more >

Role of the Administrator in the Implementation of Leveled Literacy Intervention

Developed in collaboration with Irene Fountas , Gay Su Pinnell
Grades: K - 2

Administrators play an important role in determining the success of school initiatives, including the implementation of the LLI system. In order to support the implementation process and the teachers using the materials, administrators must have... more >

Teaching Comprehension, Genre, and Content Literacy

Developed in collaboration with Irene Fountas , Gay Su Pinnell
Grades: 3 - 6

An overview of the key principles of reading instruction outlined in Fountas and Pinnell's bestselling Guiding Readers and Writers , this seminar provides teachers with an understanding of all of the elements of an effective literacy program, and... more >

Teaching for Comprehending & Fluency Grades K-8

Developed in collaboration with Irene Fountas , Gay Su Pinnell
Grades: K - 8

Teachers will examine the critical elements of comprehension involving readers, texts, and teaching as they study Fountas and Pinnell's important resource, Teaching for Comprehending and Fluency . They will gain an understanding of the components... more >

The Power of Comprehension Strategy Instruction

Developed in collaboration with Ellin Oliver Keene , Susan Zimmermann
Grades: K - 12

This seminar will give teachers the opportunity to delve into some compelling text in order to reflect on their own skills as proficient readers. As teachers pay attention to their own metacognition, we will learn how to best equip our students... more >

Time-Tested Strategies for Teaching Reading Comprehension

Developed in collaboration with Linda Hoyt
Grades: K - 6

Based on Linda Hoyt's Revisit, Reflect, Retell , Updated Edition, Time-Tested Strategies for Teaching Reading Comprehension introduces teachers anew to the most reliable and teacher-friendly resource for helping students experience deeper levels... more >

To Understand

Developed in collaboration with Ellin Oliver Keene
Grades: K - 12

In this seminar, participants will have an opportunity to explore the outcomes of comprehension strategy instruction and the behavioral dimensions of understanding as described in To Understand . Teachers will learn how to help children explore... more >

When Readers Struggle

Developed in collaboration with Irene Fountas , Gay Su Pinnell
Grades: K - 3

Effective teaching begins with assessment and focuses on the strengths and needs of individual children. All teachers need to learn how to teach the lowest achieving children well, and to learn how to use behavioral evidence to document their... more >

Poetry

High Definition: Unforgettable Vocabulary-Building Strategies Across Genres and Subjects: Grades 4-10

Developed in collaboration with Sara Holbrook , Michael Salinger
Grades: 4 - 10

Developed by Sara Holbrook and Michael Salinger. Any teacher who has challenged a sunny day with the phrase vocabulary lesson only to see a dark cloud descend over the room knows that students can be downright word resistant. Break out of the... more >

Middle/High School

A Guide to Content Area Reading

Developed in collaboration with Harvey "Smokey" Daniels , Steven Zemelman
Grades: 6 - 12

A Guide to Content-Area Reading demonstrates how teachers of all students can engage and support students' reading, support comprehension, and match instruction to students' needs. In addition, participants explore techniques for selecting a... more >

Mini-lessons for Literature Circles

Developed in collaboration with Harvey "Smokey" Daniels , Nancy Steineke
Grades: 6 - 12

Using the adult reading group model, literature circles promote habits of choice, independence, and resourcefulness while putting strategic reading to work. Working from Mini-Lessons for Literature Circles by Harvey Daniels and Nancy Steineke,... more >

Reading Tips, Tools, and Techniques for Middle and Secondary Teachers

Developed in collaboration with Jim Burke
Grades: 6 - 12

Ensure that all students inherit a lifelong passion for reading. This School-Based Seminar reveals practical tools, tips, and techniques that develop students' capacity with different types of text in all subject areas. Participants discuss how to... more >

Writing Tools, Tips, and Techniques for Middle and Secondary Teachers

Developed in collaboration with Jim Burke
Grades: 6 - 12

Support writers before, during, and after writing. Few skills contribute more to success than the ability to write clear, effective prose. To push your students in this direction, this School-Based Seminar explores ready-to-implement tools, tips,... more >

Math/Science

Adapting Reading Strategies to Teach Mathematics

Developed in collaboration with Arthur Hyde
Grades: 2 - 8

Discover practical ways to improve students' understanding and achievement in mathematics. Help students become more sophisticated math problem solvers and more insightful mathematical thinkers through a powerful new approach that adapts reading... more >

Content-Focused Coaching: Transforming Mathematics Lessons

Developed in collaboration with Fritz Staub , Lucy West
Grades: K - 8

Content-Focused Coaching Transforming Mathematics Lessons Grades K-8 / Developed by Lucy West and Fritz Staub Content-Focused Coaching is a long-range professional development practice in which coaches work individually or with groups of... more >

Fostering Algebraic Thinking

Developed in collaboration with Mark Driscoll
Grades: 6 - 10

Explore the key ideas of algebraic thinking. Mark Driscoll's Fostering Algebraic Thinking School-Based Seminar expands on his popular book and professional-learning toolkits, leading participants to in-depth knowledge of the key ideas underpinning... more >

Fostering Geometric Thinking

Developed in collaboration with Mark Driscoll , Michael Egan , Johannah Nikula , Rachel Wing DiMatteo
Grades: 5 - 10

The Fostering Geometric Thinking book and the Fostering Geometric Thinking Toolkit professional development materials provide opportunities for teachers to explore productive Geometric Habits of Mind while reflecting on their own approaches to... more >

Mastering the Basic Math Facts

Developed in collaboration with Susan O'Connell , John Sangiovanni
Grades: K - 6

Mastering the Basic Math Facts in Addition and Subtraction Grades K-3 Mastering the Basic Math Facts in Multiplication and Division Grades 2-6 / Developed by Susan O'Connell and John Sangiovanni In today's math classroom, we want children... more >

Math Misconceptions: From Misunderstanding to Deep Understanding

Developed in collaboration with Honi J Bamberger , Christine Oberdorf , Karren Schultz-Ferrell
Grades: PREK - 5

Math Misconceptions From Misunderstanding to Deep Understanding Grades PreK-5 / Developed by Honi J. Bamberger, Christine Oberdorf, and Karren Schultz-Ferrell Children enter school filled with all kinds of ideas about numbers, shapes,... more >

Putting the Practices Into Action: Implementing the Common Core Standards for Mathematical Practice

Developed in collaboration with Susan O'Connell , John Sangiovanni
Grades: K - 8

Putting the Practices Into Action Implementing the Common Core Standards for Mathematical Practice Grades K-8 / Developed by Sue O'Connell and John SanGiovanni The Standards for Mathematical Practice describe eight "habits of mind" that... more >

STEM Lesson Essentials for Grades 3-8

Developed in collaboration with Michael Comer , Cary Sneider , Jo Anne Vasquez
Grades: 3 - 8

STEM Lesson Essentials for Grades 3-8 Integrating Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Grades 3-8 / Developed by Jo Anne Vasquez, Michael Comer, and Cary Sneider This seminar provides the tools and strategies you'll need to... more >

Tools and Traits for Highly Effective Science Teaching

Developed in collaboration with Jo Anne Vasquez
Grades: K - 8

Tools and Traits for Highly Effective Science Teaching Grades K- 8 / Developed by Jo Anne Vasquez What does top-notch, learning-centered teaching look like in science? To move from competence to excellence, what should teachers know and be... more >

Writing About Inquiry Through Science Notebooks

Developed in collaboration with Brian Campbell , Lori Fulton
Grades: 2 - 6

Use science notebooks to their full potential. More than just a tool to build literacy, science notebooks can play an important role in the development of scientific concepts and replicating the work of scientists. Science notebooks are tools for... more >

Literacy Across the Curriculum

Best Practice: Bringing Standards to Life in America's Classrooms

Developed in collaboration with Harvey "Smokey" Daniels , Arthur Hyde , Steven Zemelman
Grades: K - 12

Best Practice Bringing Standards to Life in America's Classrooms Grades K-12 / Developed by Steven Zemelman, Harvey "Smokey" Daniels, and Arthur Hyde Best Practice , Fourth Edition, continues to be a cutting-edge guide to teaching... more >

ESL

Academic Language for English Language Learners and Struggling Readers

Developed in collaboration with Yvonne Freeman , David E Freeman
Grades: K - 12

English language learners now comprise 10% of the K–12 school population. As a result, nearly every teacher works with some or many ELLs. These students face double the work of native English speakers. ELLs must learn academic content, and... more >

ESL/EFL Teaching: Principles for Success

Developed in collaboration with Yvonne Freeman , David E Freeman
Grades: K - 12

The millions of ELLs nationwide present a unique instructional challenge— ESL/EFL Teaching helps meet that challenge. Teachers will be introduced to current research as well as proven practices for teaching ELLs. Supported by the know-how of... more >

Teaching Reading in Multilingual Classrooms

Developed in collaboration with Yvonne Freeman , David E Freeman
Grades: K - 6

Understand and address the needs of nonnative speakers. Teachers are expected to teach reading and raise standardized-test scores. Add in meeting the needs of struggling, nonnative speakers, and teachers need proven, effective strategies to make it... more >

Developing Writing Curriculum

In Pictures and In Words: Grades PreK-2

Developed in collaboration with Katie Wood Ray
Grades: PREK - 2

Professional Development

Heinemann PD Catalog-Journal

Be sure to read our latest issue of Heinemann's Professional Development Catalog-Journal. Our Spring 2013 issue explores how we can embrace the new emphasis on Common Core informational text without diminishing children's curiosity and appetite for knowledge, and the overarching importance of sticking with the foundations of best instructional practices.

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