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Nancy and co-author Sandi Everlove (Productive Group Work) presented at the National Staff Development Council’s summer institute in Seattle:

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Doug and Nancy led several sessions at the ASCD 2010 conference in San Antonio, and the NASSP conference in Phoenix. Here are the PowerPoints from their sessions. Videos are not included in the PowerPoints as they are too large to load

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Doug discussed a gradual release of responsibility at the PEAK conference keynote. Please see the GRR overview presentation near the end of this list for a similar slideshow.

Doug’s breakout session at the PEAK conference was on guided instruction.

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Nancy presented at the PEAK Conference on Inclusive Education in Denver, CO. Here are the slides from her two breakout sessions on response to intervention.

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Doug and Nancy presented on neuroscience and language learning with Diane Lapp and Pam Cole at NCTE in Philadelphia. Here are the slides from that presentation. Due to the large file size, we had to eliminate some graphics in order for it to fit on this page.

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Doug and Nancy presented on reading and the brain to parents and teachers in Santa Monica. Here are the slides from the two sessions.

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Doug’s keynote for the Florida Reading Association conference is available–just click on the link to download.

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Nancy presented in July in New Jersey on gradual release and RtI. The slides are available for download at the link below.

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We were at IRA in Minneapolis in May. Here are the PowerPoints for the sessions we did:

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Nancy did a presentation for elementary administrators in Garden Grove, CA on using a gradual release of responsibility model to inform walkthroughs. Her presentation can be found below:

Here are some templates that teachers have used to plan lessons featuring a gradual release of responsibility model of instruction.

Learning begins with engagement and involvement of students. This PowerPoint is based on Nancy’s book, The Effective Teacher’s Guide: 50 Ways to Engage Students in Learning. The book is available through the Peak Parent Center at 719-531-9400, or through their online store at www.peakparent.org

We often discuss the use of RAFTs (Role, Audience, Format, Topic) as a simple writing frame. We’ve designed quite a few of them to go with popular picture books, many suitable for secondary content classrooms. Click on the button below to download this list.

Both of us have presented on a Gradual Release of Responsibility model and on Vocabulary for Middle and High School in the last few weeks, so we thought we’d share the PowerPoint slides for this.