May 23-25, 2012 – Anchorage
Register online for the 2012 Summer Literacy Institute: Rigorous Reading Instruction on the University of Alaska Anchorage campus. The institute is designed to support teachers to help ensure that all children learn know how to read and write at a high level, to access, synthesize and evaluate information and to communicate their findings and ideas effectively.
Content offered is linked to the Alaska Literacy Blueprint and will be presented in three strands: Birth to School Age, Kindergarten to Grade 5, and Grade 6 to Graduation.
There is no registration fee, lunch will be provided each day (travel and lodging is the responsibility of attendee). University credit is available through Alaska Pacific University.
This institute is being offered to any teacher, paraprofessional, preschool, day care provider or head start employee in the state.
If you have any questions please contact karen.melin@alaska.gov or elizabeth.davis@alaska.gov.