REGISTRATION FORM
The Red Mountain Writing Project 21st Century Literacies Conference
In addition to the keynote speakers, the conference offers a variety of workshops for teachers of grades 4- 12 concerning reaching reluctant readers and writers.
Awakening Words with Confidence: Strengthening Reluctant Readers and Writers
Name ____________________________________ Email _____________________________________ School’s Name ____________________________ School’s Address
We will also have a few group options during lunch. Please check one of the options below: _____ Poetry Sharing Lunch Bunch _____ New Teacher Q&A Lunch Bunch
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Fee: $60 before February 11 $65 after February 11 UAB Student Rate: $30 (Includes registration, continental breakfast, and boxed lunch)
Mail this form and payment to: Dr. Tonya Perry EB 110 A 901 13th St. South Birmingham, AL 35294-1250 Questions? Contact Ben Davis at benjamindavis2000@gmail.com or 205-677-8447 Dr. Tonya Perry at tperry@uab.edu or 205-934-7896.
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To submit a workshop proposal, visit www.RMWP.org.
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Keynote Speakers In addition to breakout sessions from speakers, both local and abroad, the keynote speakers will have multiple sessions and independent Q & A sessions. With the addition of lunch groups that will be equally informative, your day with us is sure to be steeped in new ideas and the exploration of topics and issues that are important to your classroom
Dr. Alfred Tatum Alfred Tatum is the author of the Heinemann titles Reading for The Life and its DVD staff development companion Reading and Writing for Resiliency. Alfred’s textual lineage includes such works as Black Boy, The Autobiography of Malcolm X, and A Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglas. He grew up in the Ida B. Wells housing projects in Chicago , embracing literacy as a way out of violence and poverty. Today his research and advocacy are aimed at advancing the literacy development of adolescents, and especially African American boys in urban communities. Alfred is the author of the NCTE James N. Britton Award–winning Teaching Reading to Black Adolescent Males, an associate professor in the Literacy, Language, and Culture Program at the University of Illinois at Chicago, Director of the UIC Reading Clinic, and a former middle school teacher and reading specialist.
This conference is co-sponsored by The Center for Urban Education The UAB Inservice Center The Montevallo Inservice Center The Birmingham City Schools
Penny Kittle, Ph.D. 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 the author of four books with Heinemann—Write Beside Them: Risk, Voice, and Clarity in High School Writing (2008) which won the 2009 James N. Britton Award from NCTE, Inside Writing (2005), coauthored with Donald H. Graves, The Greatest Catch (2005), and Public Teaching(2003)—and she is a Heinemann Professional Development Provider.
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