Christopher Lehman
Falling in Love with Close Reading And Christopher Lehman 
                                                                 Grades 2-12


Saturday, Oct 3, 2015 
8:30 AM-2:30 PM
       Indian Run Elementary
       80 W Bridge St,
       Dublin, OH.43017  Cost $75.00  

Saturday, Mar. 12, 2016 
8:30 AM-2:30 PM
       Chapman Elementary School
       8450 Sawmill Rd.
       Powell, OH. 43065  Cost $75.00
  
REGISTRATION: Click on the Study Group page for information on registering for any of the sessions. Total program cost for 4 sessions is $150.  Ashland University credit of one semester hour is available for those who join the study group for our 4 session program.  Cost of credit hour is $175.
Christopher Lehman is an international speaker, education consultant and New York Times bestselling author. He is also the Founding Director of The Educator Collaborative, a think tank and educational consulting organization working to innovate the ways educators learn together.

Chris has been a middle-school teacher; a high-school teacher; a literacy coach; and a Senior Staff Developer with the Teachers College Reading and Writing Project at Columbia University. Now, leading The Educator Collaborative, he and a team of support teachers, coaches, and administrators in developing rigorous and passionate instruction that give children agency in our ever-changing world.
This Year's Study Book: Falling in Love with Close Reading: Lessons for Analyzing Texts – And Life (Co-authored with Kate Roberts)

Close reading can raise energy and inspire deep thinking--or it can be a tedious bore! It all depends on how we approach it. Spend an engaging and thought-provoking day with Christopher Lehman who will help you study a progression of close reading instruction, from early elementary up through the secondary level, which respects the needs and development of these various readers. You will study practical methods for teaching the skills of deep analytical reading in ways that enchant students and help them become independent with these skills.

You will reflect on the practices you have already put in place as you study methods of facilitating thoughtful work with texts, media, and life, that make student learning visible and provide ongoing opportunities for authentic assessment in your instruction.

You will learn structures that lead to independent close reading habits and refine a continuum of development across time, from early studies of objects and illustrations, up through developing foundational lenses to view texts, and finally to more sophisticated thinking. Author and coauthor of several popular books for teachers, this workshop will draw on research and classroom practice from Falling In Love With Close Reading: Lessons for Analyzing Texts – And Life, co-authored with Kate Roberts. His fun, witty, and interactive teaching style will leave you feeling confident to support students as they develop big ideas about narratives, nonfiction texts, and media.