Daily Schedule 2018

TIMELINE

INSTRUCTIONAL TOPICS

July 8, Day 0
(Sunday)

Participants arriving all day. Sandwich ingredients for lunch and dinner are available in the Read-On Common Kitchen.

July 9, Day 1 (Monday)

Workshop Room: morning - Stein 319; Lunch in Stein 423, afternoon - Stein 216, Breaks on Stein 4.

9:00-9:15 - (Stein 319) Welcome from Dr. Margaret Freije, Provost of the College of the Holy Cross

9:15-10:05 - Overview of the “Read-On” Startalk Program:

history, goals for 2018, integration of assigned readings, final project, daily schedule, role of team leaders and leadership staff, meals, evenings, QUESTIONS?  (Claudia and Meng)

10:05-10:15 - Complete Startalk consent form (Claudia)

10:15-10:30 - Break

10:30-11:00- “Get to know you” activity

11:00-11:45 Acquisition of reading comprehension skills (discussion of Perfetti 2005) (Claudia)

11:45-1:00 - Lunch - (Stein 423)

1:00-2:15 - (Stein 216) Lower-level literacy skills: Recognizing character components, building word recognition, the importance of automaticity in character and word recognition, activities for  (Discussion of Shen 2013; Perfetti 2013) (Yaching Hsu and Sara Chao)

2:15-3:30 - Higher-level skills: skimming, scanning, comprehending literal meaning; reading speed and depth of comprehension (Brooke Cheng and Ke Peng)

3:30-3:45 break

3:45-5:00  Read-On  Enduring Understanding and Essential Questions;  Grade-level team brainstorming of EU and EQ for final projects.  (Meng)

Evening

6:00 -7:30 Dinner (depart Figge 6 PM)

7:30 meet with your team leader

July 10, Day 2 (Tuesday)

Workshop Room: morning: Stein 319. Lunch in Stein 423. Breaks on Stein 4. Afternoon workshop session in Stein 216.
Full-Day guest expert workshop with Dr. Michael Everson - “An Overview of Literacy Development for Students of Chinese as a Foreign Language”
9:00-10:00 -  Stein 319 - An Introduction to Reading Comprehension
10:00-10:45 - Chinese Characters: The Building Blocks of Word Recognition and Reading
10:45-11:00 - Coffee Break
11:00-12:00 -  We Read for Different Purposes
12:00-1:00 -  Lunch
1:00-1:45 -  Stein 216 - What Constitutes Reading Fluency?
1:45-2:45 -  Understanding Text Structure
2:45-3:00  Coffee Break
3:00-4:00 - Making Our Students Strategic Readers
4:00-5:00  - The What, How, and Why of Inferencing
6:00 - 7:30 - Dinner (depart Figge 6 PM)

July 11, Day 3 (Wednesday)

Workshop Room: morning - Stein 319. Lunch in Stein 423. Breaks on Stein 4. afternoon sessions - Stein 216.

Inferential Reading
9:00-9:30 - Stein 319 - Q and A and Discussion of Dr. Everson’s workshop.
9:30-10:15 - The place of grammatical knowledge in literacy development. (Baozhang)
10:15-10:30 Break
10:30-12:00 - Inferential reading in Cain and Oakhill 1999 and van den Broek et al. 2015, and guiding students to read for inferences, Part I (Claudia)
12:00-1:00 lunch (Stein 423)
1:00-3:00 - (Stein 216) Guiding students to read for inferences, Part II (Meng)
3:00-3:15 - Break
3:15-4:30 - Summary of all the reading strategies (from lower-level to higher-level) and possible activities to practice the strategies (Meng)
4:30-5:00 - Questions, discussion, conclusions of the day’s session.
6:00 - 7:30 - Dinner (Depart Figge 6 PM)
Evening
Discussions with team leaders

July 12, Day 4 (Thursday)

Workshop Room: Stein 216. Lunch in Stein 423. Breaks on Stein 4.

9:00-9:30: Whole group meeting in Stein 216 to discuss modification and use of authentic materials in the final modules.
9:30-10:15 - Development and writing of the final modules (Meng)
10:15-10:30 - Break
10:30-12:00 - Grade-level groups continue working on final modules.
12:00-1:00 - Lunch
1:00-4:00- Grade-level groups continue working on final modules.
3:00-3:15 - Break
3:15-4:00 - Grade-level groups continue working on final modules.
4:00-5:00 - Grade-level groups share progress with whole group
6:00- 7:30 - Dinner (Depart Figge 6 PM)

Evening
Continue group-level work on modules. Individual meetings with team leaders to assess learning and discuss progress

July 13, Day 5 (Friday)

Workshop Room: Stein 216.  lunch at Hogan Campus Center. Breaks on Stein 4.
GROUP PHOTOS TODAY
9-10:15- Grade-level groups continue working on final modules.
10:15-10:30 - Break
10:30-12:00 - Grade-level groups continue working on final modules.
12:00-1:15 - Lunch - Barbecue Hogan Campus Center (weather permitting)
1:30-2:00 - Group photographs - Gather at staircase on Stein 2.
2:00-3:00 - Grade-level groups continue working on final modules.
3:00-3:15 - Break
3:15-4:00 - Grade-level groups continue working on final modules.
4:00-5:00 - Grade-level groups share progress with whole group
6:00- 7:30 - Dinner (Depart Figge 6 PM)
Evening
Continue group-level work on modules. Individual meetings with team leaders to assess learning and discuss progress
Complete in-progress program assessment

July 14, Day 6  (Saturday)

Workshop Room: Stein 216. Lunch in Stein 526, breaks on Stein 4.

9-10:15- Grade-level groups work on final modules.
10:15-10:30 - Break
10:30-12:00 - Grade-level groups continue working on final modules.
12:00-1:00 - Lunch
1:00-3:00- Grade-level groups continue working on final modules.
3:00-3:15 - Break
3:15-4:00 - continue work on final modules
4:00-5:00 - Grade-level groups share progress with whole group
6:00- 7:30 - Dinner (Depart Figge 6 PM)
Evening
Continue group-level work on modules. Individual meetings with team leaders to assess learning and discuss progress

July 15, Day 7 (Sunday)

Workshop Room: Stein 216. Lunch in Stein 526, breaks on Stein 4.

9:00-12:00 - Breakout sessions by grade-level teams to continue working on modules
10:15-10:30 - Break
10:30-12:00 - Grade-level groups continue working on final modules.
12:00-1:00: Lunch (Stein 423)
1:00-2:00 Microteaching: HIgh School team presentation of module-in-progress
2:00-2:30 Whole group evaluation of High School team presentation using TELL Full Class Observation form (focus on Section C Learning Activities and Section D Feedback) (Meng leads discussion)
2:30-2:45 - Break
2:45-3:45 Novice-high Middle/HS team presentation of module-in-progress
3:45-4:15 - Whole group evaluation of Novice-high Middle/HS team presentation using TELL Full Class Observation form (focus on Section C Learning Activities and Section D Feedback) (Meng leads discussion)
4:15-5:00 Continue work on modules in grade-level teams.
6:00-7:30 - Dinner (Depart Figge 6 PM)
Evening
Continue work on modules in grade-level teams.
Complete on-line in-progress program assessment.

July 16, Day 8
(Monday)

Workshop Room: Stein 216. Lunch in Stein 423. Breaks on Stein 4.

9:00-12:00 - Breakout sessions by grade-level teams to continue working on modules
10:15-10:30 - Break
12:00-1:00: Lunch (Stein 423)
1:00-2:00 Microteaching:  Immersion team presentation of module
2:00-2:30 Whole group evaluation of Immersion team presentation
2:30-2:45 - Break
2:45-3:45 - Microteaching: College team presentation of module
3:45-4:15 - Whole group evaluation of College team presentation
4:15-5:00 - Continue working on modules
6:00-7:30 - Dinner (Depart Figge 6 PM)
Evening
Continue work on modules in grade-level teams.

July 17, Day 9 (Tuesday)
SITE VISIT

Workshop Room: Stein 216. Lunch in Stein 423. Breaks on Stein 4.

9:00-11:00 - Breakout sessions by grade-level teams to continue working on modules.
Workshop Room: Stein 216. Lunch in Stein 423. Breaks on Stein 4.
10:15-10:30 - Break
11:00-12:00 Microteaching: Site visit team observes Novice-high Middle/HS School team presentation of module
12:00-12:30 Site visit team observes group evaluation of Novice-high MS/HS team presentation.
12:30-1:15: Lunch
1:15-2:15 Microteaching: Site visit team observes AP High School team presentation of module 
2:15-2:45 Whole group evaluation of AP High School team presentation
2:45-3:00 - Break
3:00-5:00 - Continue working on modules

6:00-7:30 - Dinner (Depart Figge 6 PM)
Evening
Continue work on modules in grade-level teams.

July 18, Day 10 (Wednesday)

Workshop Room: Stein 216. Lunch in Stein 423. Breaks on Stein 4.

9:00 -10:30 - Breakout sessions by grade-level teams to continue working on module
10:30-11:30 - Microteaching: Immersion team presentation of module
11:30-12:00 - Group evaluation of Immersion team presentation.
12:00-1:00 - Lunch
1:00-2:00 - Breakout session by grade level teams to continue working on modules
2:00-3:00 Microteaching: College team presentation of module
3:00-3:15 - Break
3:15-3:45 - Group evaluation of College team presentation.
3:45-5:00 - Various program evaluations

6:00-8:00 - Final banquet - Depart 6 PM for Sole Proprietor

July 19 (Monday)

Participants depart