Giving Voice to All Students
How Providing Guidance and Using Protocols Propel Student Led Discussions, with Sandi Novak
Please Register Below
Date: Thursday, June 15, 2017
Time: 7:00PM Eastern/4:00PM Pacific time
How can we support students that typically don’t speak up while assisting students that often monopolize the discussion? Sandi Novak has authored two books about student led discussions and works with teachers and leaders to help students have more meaningful, engaging academic conversations.
During this session, the author will share processes and practices to help teachers pinpoint common challenges that may bog down student discussions; provide targeted strategies and protocols that increase students’ communication skills to ensure all students’ voices are heard. While the author will lead this web event, it is an interactive session that calls on all attendees to participate. After reading the blog, Giving Voice to All Students, from the series, Small Groups, Big Discussions, come prepared with thought provoking questions to explore during this session.
Sandi Novak, an education consultant, has served as an assistant superintendent, principal, and teacher. With more than 35 years of experience in schools, Sandi provides professional development on several topics and initiatives, such as coaching principals and teacher leaders in developing strong literacy instruction, using data to monitor professional learning implementation, and developing school improvement strategies focused on maximizing achievement for all students in literacy. She has authored three books: Deep Discourse (Solution Tree, 2016), Literacy Unleashed (ASCD, 2016), and Student-Led Discussions (ASCD, 2014). She also authored the On-line ASCD PD Course, Building a Schoolwide Independent Reading Culture. Visit Sandi’s website, join her professional LinkedIn community, or send her a tweet @snovak91335.
Sandi will be presenting at the National Principals Conference in Philadelphia on July 10 &11, the International Literacy Association (ILA) Conference in Orlando on July 16, 2017, and the Reading Summit in Seattle on July 20, 2017.
