2011 National Reading Recovery & K-6 Classroom Literacy Conference

February 5-8  ●  Columbus, Ohio

Lucy Calkins

Lucy Calkins is the author of Units of Study for Primary Writing and Units of Study for Teaching Writing, Grades 3–5, as well as the companion DVD Big Lessons from Small Writers. In addition, she is the author of numerous foundational professional texts with Heinemann, including The Art of Teaching Writing and One to One. She is also the author of The Art of Teaching Reading. She is the Founding Director of the Teachers College Reading and Writing Project at Columbia University's Teachers College, a think tank that develops state of the art teaching methods and provides professional development. In these capacities, the Project has supported hundreds of thousands of educators. As the leader of this world renowned organization, Dr. Calkins works closely with policy-makers, superintendents, district leaders and school principals to instigate and sustain school-wide and system-wide educational reforms. But above all, she works closely with teachers and with their classrooms full of wise and wonderful children.  Dr. Calkins is also the Richard Robinson Professor of Children's Literature at Teachers College, where she leads the Literacy Specialist program.

Title
The Signature of Our Teaching

Description
Lucy will remind us that voice is not only a quality of powerful writing - it's also a trait of powerful teaching. She'll show us how we can draw on our own lives in order to teach in ways that make a lasting difference.