San Diego Public Library :: READ/San Diego :: Tutor Conference :: June 8 2019

READ/San Diego

Tutor Conference

June 8, 2019

Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice

University of San Diego

Keynote Speaker

Judith J. Carta, Ph.D.

How You and I and the World Can Prevent the “30 Million Word Gap”

READ San Diego Tutor Conference

READ San Diego

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Judith J. Carta, Ph.D., is Associate Director of the Juniper Gardens Children’s Project, a Senior Scientist in the Institute for Life Span Studies, and Professor of Special Education at the University of Kansas. She currently co-directs the Bridging the Word Gap National Research Network. Her science focuses on developing strategies to minimize the effects of poverty on children’s outcomes and developing practices that teachers and parents can use to promote children’s language, early literacy, and social outcomes.

Registration

The early registration rate of $35 ends June 3, 2019. Starting June 4th, the registration fee is $45. Please register online at http://friendsofreadsd.org

Please Select your 1st through 4th choices in each of the four strands

Strand 1 8:30-9:45 a.m.

____ So That’s Why There is a in “Sign,” in “Two,” and We Spell “Every” with Three Syllables! (Double Session)

____ Assessing and Remediating Phonics Challenges (Double Session)

____ Listen, Learn, and Love Early Literacy at Home (Double Session)

____ Maximizing Your Creative Potential for Family Literacy Programs (Double Session)

____ Tutor Ready Reading: A Free Online Resource to Help Tutors Teach Reading (Double Session)

____ Discovering Structured & Systematic Instruction for Vocabulary & Writing Skills (Double Session)

____ Pronunciation & Listening Support for Beginning Adult English Learners (Double Session)

Strand 2 10:00-11:15 a.m.

____ So That’s Why There is a in “Sign,” in “Two,” and We Spell “Every” with Three Syllables! (Double Session)

____ Assessing and Remediating Phonics Challenges (Double Session)

____ Listen, Learn, and Love Early Literacy at Home (Double Session)

____ Maximizing Your Creative Potential for Family Literacy Programs (Double Session)

____ Tutor Ready Reading: A Free Online Resource to Help Tutors Teach Reading (Double Session)

____ Discovering Structured & Systematic Instruction for Vocabulary & Writing Skills (Double Session)

____ Pronunciation & Listening Support for Beginning Adult English Learners (Double Session)

Strand 3 1:45-3:00 p.m.

____ Dyslexia for a Day: A Simulation of Dyslexia (Double Session)

____ Using Fluency Assessment and Fluency Practice to Improve Student Comprehension (Double Session) ____ Listen, Learn, and Love Early Literacy at Home (Double Session)

____ Maximizing Your Creative Potential for Family Literacy Programs (Double Session)

____ Tutor Ready Writing: A Free Online Resource to Help Tutors Teach Writing (Double Session)

____ Sounds First™ (Double Session)

____ Pronunciation & Listening Support for Beginning Adult English Learners (Double Session)

Strand 4 3:15-4:30 p.m.

____ Dyslexia for a Day: A Simulation of Dyslexia (Double Session)

____ Using Fluency Assessment and Fluency Practice to Improve Student Comprehension (Double Session) ____ Listen, Learn, and Love Early Literacy at Home (Double Session)

____ Maximizing Your Creative Potential for Family Literacy Programs (Double Session)

____ Tutor Ready Writing: A Free Online Resource to Help Tutors Teach Writing (Double Session)

____ Sounds First™ (Double Session)

____ Pronunciation & Listening Support for Beginning Adult English Learners (Double Session)

Early Registration Deadline: June 3

FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL 619-238-6603

San Diego Public Library :: READ / San Diego :: Tutor Conference :: June 9 2018

READ/San Diego’s 28th Annual

Tutor Conference

June 9, 2018

Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice

University of San Diego

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Dr. Maryanne Wolf

How the Reading Brain Changes

Our Understanding of Instruction, Dyslexia, and the Digital Culture

READ/San Diego hosts an annual tutor conference open to all volunteer tutors as well as professional adult teachers at the University of San Diego. This exciting event is full of workshops and lectures given by literacy experts at major leading institutions around the country. This year our keynote speaker is Dr. Maryann Wolf, author of Proust and the Squid: The Story and Science of the Reading Brain.

Brochure & Registration

STRAND 1 8:30-9:45 a.m.

1Smartphones Meet Literacy: Engage your Learners with an App!

2 The Understanding that Grew from Tupac: Poetry as a Bridge to Reading

Comprehension - Double Session

3 So that’s why there is a in sign, in two and we spell every with three syllables! - Double Session

4 Ten Strategies That Support Comprehension - Double Session

5 Systematic Written Instruction from Language Building to Paragraphs

6 Helping Students with Workplace Communication

STRAND 2 10:00-11:15 a.m.

7 How an App Can Accelerate Math Progress ABE to HSE

8 The Understanding that Grew from Tupac: Poetry as a Bridge to Reading Comprehension - Double Session

9 So that’s why there is a in sign, in two and we spell every with three syllables! - Double Session

10 Ten Strategies That Support Comprehension - Double Session

11 23 Sounds First™

12 Helping Students with Workplace Communication - Repeat

STRAND 3 1:45-3:00 p.m.

13 Smartphones Meet Literacy: Engage your Learners with an App! - Repeat

14 Learner as Author: Visual Storytelling as Literacy Tutoring Tool - Double Session

15 Rime Magic: Fast Success for Struggling Readers

16 Ten Strategies That Support Comprehension - Double Session

17 Worth a Thousand Words: Using Graphic Novels in Adult Literacy Learning - Double Session

18 Teaching Civics and Citizenship to Immigrants - Double Session

STRAND 4 3:15-4:30 p.m.

19 How an App Can Accelerate Math Progress ABE to HSE - Repeat

20 Learner as Author: Visual Storytelling as Literacy Tutoring Tool - Double Session

21 Rime Magic: Fast Success for Struggling Readers - Repeat

22 Ten Strategies That Support Comprehension - Double Session

23 Worth a Thousand Words: Using Graphic Novels in Adult Literacy Learning - Double Session

24 Teaching Civics and Citizenship to Immigrants - Double Session

San Diego Public Library :: READ/San Diego :: 2017 Tutor Conference

READ/San Diego 2017 Tutor Conference

READ/San Diego: 6.27.2017

Keynote featuring Stephen Krashen

READ/San Diego - Adult and Family Literacy Services

READ/San Diego is a free literacy instruction service for adults 18 years and older. This award winning program has become a model for the country. It is staffed with literacy professionals, who work with community organizations and coordinate the efforts of volunteer reading tutors to teach adults to read and write, and improve literacy in San Diego.

At any given time, there are up to 150 people on a waiting list to take advantage of this free literacy program. Helping someone learn to read is giving them the gift of knowledge with the power to change their entire world! Your volunteerism can help change lives!  READ MORE >>

San Diego Public Library :: READ/San Diego :: Tutor Conference :: June 10

READ/San Diego’s 27th Annual

Tutor Conference

Saturday, June 10, 2017

Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice

University of San Diego

Join READ/San Diego, literacy tutors, teachers, and literacy professionals from across California for a day of informative and enjoyable hands-on workshops. Twenty-four workshops are scheduled in four strands, with a catered luncheon served between the strands featuring keynote speaker Dr. Stephen Krashen.

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Dr. Stephen Krashen

Literacy Development: The Easy Way is the Only Way

Dr. Stephen D. Krashen, professor emeritus at the University of Southern California, is a linguistics expert specializing in the theories of language acquisition and development, a field in which he has authored nearly 500 publications.

Workshops

Smartphones Meet Literacy: Engage your Learners with an App

Strategies for Success: Supporting our English Learners’ 21st Century Readiness

Comparative Approaches to Teaching Phonics

Test-taking Tips: Top Ten Strategies for Student Success GED

The Refugee Experience and Vocational ESL

Poetry of Tupac Shakur as a Bridge to College Level English Composition

Building Fundamentals in Mathematical Reasoning

Picture Books Aren’t Just for Children

Knowing a Word v. Owning a Word: Best Practices for Deeper Vocabulary

Using Qualitative Data Collection Methods as a Means to Capture Tutor-Learner Progress

Register online: Friends of READ/San Diego

or fax form to (619) 533-3217

June 5 Early Registration: $35

After June 5, the registration fee is $45

Please make your personal check or money order payable to:

Friends of the READ/San Diego Literacy

READ/San Diego is a free literacy instruction service for adults 18 years and older. This award winning program has become a model for the country. It is staffed with literacy professionals, who work with community organizations and coordinate the efforts of volunteer reading tutors to teach adults to read and write, and improve literacy in San Diego.

San Diego Public Library :: READ/San Diego Annual Tutor Conference

READ/San Diego Annual Tutor Conference

By SDPL READ/San Diego Adult Literacy Program: 9.13.2016

On June 11, 2016, READ/San Diego hosted its 26th Annual Tutor Conference at the

University of San Diego, Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice.

The conference featured an impressive lineup of presenters for a day of informative, enjoyable, hands-on workshops. The conference workshops focused on strategies for teaching vocabulary, grammar, word recognition, online resources and technical tools for tutors, phonics, reading comprehension, math, ESL, and GED preparation.

A catered luncheon was served featuring keynote speaker Dr. Danny Brassell’s presentation "The Reading Makeover."

San Diego Public Library :: READ/San Diego :: Reading Turns Woman’s Life Around

Reading turns woman’s life around

READ/San Diego

San Diego Union Tribune: 5.22.2016 by  John Wilkens

With its nationally ranked universities and thriving science and engineering hubs, San Diego County is increasingly known as a place for smart people. More than 60 percent of those who move here now have college degrees, according to one recent study.

It’s also home to almost a half-million adults who are illiterate. They can’t help their kids with homework, can’t fill out job applications, can’t read this story.

Amelia Sandoval used to be one of them.

Born in San Diego, she grew up in a household with a mother who was there in theory and a father who wasn’t there at all, she said. She was left alone sometimes with a TV and a cat as companions.

“School,” she said, “wasn’t really enforced.”

She stopped going in the fifth grade. Authorities put her in foster care, but she kept running away to hang out downtown. “I sold drugs, stole stuff and did whatever I wanted to do,” she said. “I had my own little crew.”

Stints in Juvenile Hall and child-protection receiving homes didn’t steer Sandoval from the course she was on. Being unable to read didn’t bother her much, either. “You don’t need to know how to read to pop open a car,” she said.

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A letter she couldn’t read

When people hear Sandoval’s story, they sometimes ask whether her parents had books in the home when she was growing up.

“Books?” she replies. “We were lucky if we had furniture.”

That’s not unusual among adults who are illiterate, said Valerie Hardie, administrator for READ/San Diego, the city library’s adult literacy program, which is where Sandoval went for help. “They grew up in homes where the parents didn’t read well, there were no books in the home, and they couldn’t model a life of learning,” she said.

Others had health issues as children that took them out of school, or had learning disabilities that went undiagnosed or were poorly understood.  READ MORE @

San Diego Public Library :: READ/San Diego :: Tutor Conference :: June 11 2016

READ/San Diego

TUTOR CONFERENCE

June 11

University of San Diego

Keynote Speaker:  Danny Brassell

America’s Leading Reading Ambassador

Brochure :: Registration

Join internationally-acclaimed speaker and best-selling author Danny Brassell as he teaches you the “ABCs” of creating a successful literacy program. You’ll learn how to foster increased access to engaging reading materials and ways to facilitate a positive reading environment in this highly interactive keynote address.

READ/San Diego is a free literacy instruction service for adults 18 years and older. This award winning program has become a model for the country. It is staffed with literacy professionals, who work with community organizations and coordinate the efforts of volunteer reading tutors to teach adults to read and write, and improve literacy in San Diego.

San Diego Public Library :: READ San Diego : : Tutor Conference - June 13

READ/San Diego’s

25th Annual Tutor Conference

June 13, 2015

8 am – 4:30 pm

Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice

University of San Diego

KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Dr. Howard Liebman

founder of Smart Horizons Career Online Education

June 8: Early Registration rate of $35

After June 9, the registration fee is $45.

Join literacy tutors, teachers and literacy professionals for a day of informative, enjoyable, hands-on workshops. The conference features 24 workshops that focus on strategies for teaching vocabulary, grammar, word recognition, online resources and technical tools for tutors, phonics, reading comprehension, math, ESL, and GED preparation.

A catered luncheon will be served between the strands and will feature keynote speaker Dr. Howard Liebman's presentation "Better Understanding and Addressing Educational Trauma to Re-Engage Students Back into the Educational System."

Comprehension Practice :: Meaning Through Strategic Thinking

Comparative Approach :: Teaching Phonics

Knowing a Word v. Owning a Word

Tutoring Tips @ Your Fingertips

Paving the Way :: Workplace Readiness

. . . and More !

For more information, call (619) 238-6603 or check out the Brochure.

San Diego Public Library :: READ / San Diego Tutor Conference - Keynote

READ/San Diego's 24th Annual Tutor Conference

By SDPL READ/San Diego Adult Literacy Program

June 14

Photo Album

Literacy tutors, teachers and literacy professionals from across California came together for a day of informative and enjoyable hands-on workshops.

A catered luncheon featured Keynote Speaker Mindy Kornhaber.

San Diego Public Library :: READ/San Diego’s 24th Annual Tutor Conference: June 14, 2014

READ/San Diego’s

24th Annual Tutor Conference

June 14, 2014

8 am – 4:30 pm

Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice

University of San Diego

KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Mindy L. Kornhaber

June 9: Early Registration rate of $35 ends June 9, 2014

After June 9, the registration fee is $45.

Join literacy tutors, teachers and literacy professionals from across California for a day of informative and enjoyable hands-on workshops. Twenty-eight workshops are scheduled in four strands, with breaks midway through the strands. A catered luncheon will be served between the strands and will feature Keynote Speaker Mindy Kornhaber.

Accent Reduction Techniques-Tips for Adult Learners: Margaret Watkins

Assisting Struggling Readers & Writers (p 1&2): Kathy St. John

Banish Boredom! Engage-em Activities: Tamarie Tigh

Comparative Approaches to Teaching Phonics (p 1&2): Elena Mendoza

Critical Thinking Strategies for Your ESL Students: Karyn Crowe-Ruiz

Effective Lesson Planning: Sue Pon

Evidence Based Reading Strategies Improve Comprehension (p 1&s): Guillermo Verdin

Reasoning & Rigor from the Beginning (p 1&2): Jayme Adelson-Goldstein

Tap That App: Susan Vega

The New Ged 2014 (p 1&2): Tom Brewer

For more information, call (619) 238-6603 or check out the Brochure.

San Diego Public Library - READ/San Diego - 2011 Tutor Conference

READ/San Diego 

Tutor Conference

June 11, 2011

Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice

University of San Diego

Keynote Speaker - Dr. Robert Brooks, a clinical psychologist on the faculty of Harvard Medical School, who is an internationally recognized speaker on motivation, resilience, family relationships, and balancing personal and professional lives. He will speak on The Power of Mindsets: Strategies for Nurturing Hope and Resilience.

Workshop Highlights:

21st Century Skills & Digital Literacy
Marian Thacher, OTAN

Picture is Worth 1000 Words
Tracy Block-Zaretsky, Dyslexia Training Institute

Techniques Teaching Speech, Pronunciation, Listening
Marsha Chan, Mission College

Learner Centered-Process Oriented Writing
Graham, Halstead, & Slater, Cuyamaca College

San Diego Public Library :: READ/San Diego - 20th Annual Tutor Conference 2010

READ/San Diego: 20th Annual Tutor Conference

June 12, 2010

Joan B Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice

University of San Diego

The READ/San Diego conference will feature an impressive lineup of presenters including the luncheon keynote speaker Maryanne Wolf, internationally known researcher and author of the critically acclaimed book, Proust and the Squid: The Story and Science of the Reading Brain.

Geared to provide literacy tutors with tools and techniques they can implement immediately, the conference will feature workshops strands on learning disabilities, pronunciation, phonics, family literacy, writing, comprehension, GED preparation strategies and the latest brain-based research:

Survival Skills-Role of Executive Functions
Practical Strategies Improve Fluency
Comparative Approaches Teaching Phonics
Picture is Worth 1000 Words
Promoting Clearer Pronunciation
Helping Elementary M School Reading Writing
Teaching Grammar in Context
Teaching GED Prep
Making Most of Conversation Practice
English Lang Skills-Parents, Child Care Providers
Understanding Learning Challenges, Styles

Full Conference: $30.00
Luncheon Only: $15.00
Deadline: June 10, 2010
For additional information, please contact READ/San Diego
619 . 527 . 5475

San Diego Public Library :: READ San Diego - 2009 Tutor Conference

READ/San Diego’s

19th Annual Tutor Conference

June 13, 2009
Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice, USD

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Sandra L. McBrayer, Children’s Initiative

Perseverance and Commitment Can Change a Life

READ/San Diego provides opportunities for learning and practicing innovative teaching skills. Join literacy tutors, teachers and literacy professionals from across California for a day of informative, enjoyable, hands-on workshops. 14 workshops are scheduled in 2 strands, with breaks midway through the strands. 619 . 527 . 5475

Some of the Workshops:

Understanding Learning Challenges and Learning Styles
Teaching Adults to Read: Fluency
Making the Most of Conversation Practice
U.S.A. Learns and Friends: Web-based Learning Tools for ESL Students
Health Literacy Curriculum for Beginning Level ABE Students
Teaching Adults to Read: Vocabulary
Ritin R EZ: Teaching Writing to Basic Literacy Students
Selecting Age Appropriate Materials
I Need to Pass the GED Now !

PDD @ SCLLN: Blogs and Wikis

Southern California Library Literacy Network

Professional Development Day

San Diego CA

June 13, 2008

This posting is about the 'Wacky for Wikis' session which was also presented @ the READ/San Diego Tutor Conference, June 14. There were also sessions about: Volunteer Management, Persistence and Adult Learner Book Clubs.

Wacky for Wikis is an overview of blogs and wikis: brief look at the where and how they began, reasons to have a one or both, how to, and a brief demo on how easy it is to post, to link, to upload photos, etc.

Viewed 2 videos about Blogs:

~ Why Blog by Business Week

~ Blogs in Plain English by Commoncraft

Blogging as Revolutionary as Gutenberg Press by Chris CreeMarch 7, 2008
When Johannes Gutenberg developed his movable type printing press in the early 1400’s it revolutionized the publishing industry in many of the same ways that the recent development of blogging is.
. . . . .
Here are just a few of the ways that the movable type printing press was revolutionary.

Faster
Cheaper
Wider Distribution
Mass Communication

The internet is transforming how information is being transmitted. However publishing that information to the web still required Today’s blogging is an order of magnitude leap in publishing technology on the same level as Gutenberg’s press was over the scribes of his day. READ MORE

Also looked at some examples:
~ see SCLLN Tutor Conference-Feb 22 post.

Watched Commoncraft's video on wikis and Wetpaint's 'How Do Wikis Work.'

Where and how to compare wiki platforms @ Wikimatrix: Select the Wikis you want to compare, then press the button.

Some other blogs and wikis mentioned during the sessions:
~ Burbank Public Library blog
~ literacyspace blog
~ DLC Adult Literacy Community
~ Families for Literacy at SF Bay Area Libraries
~ Exemplary Literacy Materials Online (ELMO)
~ Adult Literacy Education (ALE) Wiki
~ Burbank Public Library Wiki / Littlewiki

graphic from: Curso Sobre Wikis