🧠 📖 As the adolescent mind builds learning highways through reading, how can we create instructional strategies to engage and foster reading confidence?
Tuesday, December 5th | 11 a.m. - 12 p.m. CT
🧠 📖 As the adolescent mind builds learning highways through reading, how can we create instructional strategies to engage and foster reading confidence?
Tuesday, December 5th | 11 a.m. - 12 p.m. CT
In Part 2 we'll continue to unpack the 6th-12th grade reading mind by:
📚 Diving deep into 5 remaining strategies for engaging learning highways (we're review the two strategies from Part 1 as well!)
📚 Reviewing what not to do -- yes, some things we used to think worked, don't.
📚 Taking next steps with a sneak peek of helpful resources from ThinkCERCA and Dr. McKnight’s Engaging Learners
For Part 2, we're welcoming back Dr. Katie McKnight, 15-year distinguished professor, dedicated teacher, and award-winning author. She is the founder of Engaging Learners, an educational company built around her successful Literacy & Learning Center model. Her support for professional learning at the leadership and classroom level has resulted in unprecedented academic achievement in many struggling schools. Dr. McKnight has authored several books, including best-selling, The Teacher’s Big Book of Graphic Organizers, winner of the 2013 Teachers’ Choice Award, and Literacy & Learning Centers for the Big Kids, grades 4-12.
Missed Part 1? You can watch the webinar, and access the presentation, and other resources here.
Educator, Award-winning Author, Engaging Learners Founder
Dr. Katherine McKnight is a dynamic presenter, dedicated teacher, and award-winning author. She began her career in education over 30 years ago as a middle school and high school English and social studies teacher in the Chicago Public Schools. In addition to speaking at professional development conferences, she is a regular consultant in schools and classrooms in the United States and internationally.
Dr. McKnight’s 15-year distinguished university career culminated in her assignment to Distinguished Professor of Research at National Louis University. She is the founder of Engaging Learners, an educational company built around her successful Literacy & Learning Center model. Her work in educational leadership, literacy, and student skill development has resulted in unprecedented academic achievement in many struggling schools.
Dr. McKnight has received several awards for her publications and teaching at the university level. She has authored 20 books that support educational strategies to engage all learners. Her titles include the best-selling The Teacher’s Big Book of Graphic Organizers, winner of the 2013 Teachers’ Choice Award, and Literacy & Learning Centers for the Big Kids, grades 4-12. In 2008 she co-authored the popular book The Second City Guide to Improv in the Classroom: Using Improvisation to Teach Skills and Boost Learning. Most recently, she founded Morning Meeting webinars during the COVID 19 pandemic as a weekly forum to bring together educators to engage in professional learning.