For one Saturday in both the Spring and the Fall, the TCRWP always opens its doors to thousands of educators from all over the country. Each Saturday Reunion offers more than 125 workshops, keynotes and closings on numerous topics, such as: argument writing, embedding historical fiction in nonfiction text sets, opinion writing for very young writers, managing workshop instruction, aligning instruction to the CCSS, using performance assessments and curriculum maps to ratchet up the level of teaching, state-of-the-art test prep, phonics, guided reading and more. Senior Project staff, including Lucy Calkins and all TCRWP staff developers, present on each of these Saturdays.
OCTOBER 27, 2012
KEYNOTE SPEAKER: TONY WAGNER
Tony Wagner is the author of the critically important book, The Global Achievement Gap: Why Even Our Best Schools Don’t Teach the New Survival Skills Our Children Need—and What We Can Do About It. His latest title, Creating Innovators: The Making of Young People Who Will Change The World will be published in April. His other titles include: Change Leadership: A Practical Guide to Transforming Our Schools, Making the Grade: Reinventing America’s Schools, and How Schools Change: Lessons from Three Communities Revisited. Tony has also recently collaborated with noted filmmaker Robert Compton to create a 60 minute documentary, “The Finnish Phenomenon: Inside The World’s Most Surprising School System.”
MARCH 9, 2013
KEYNOTE SPEAKER: KATHERINE PATERSON
Katherine Paterson is a celebrated author of classic children’s books such as Bridge to Terabithia, as well as Come Sing, Jimmy Jo, Blueberries for the Queen, The Field of the Dog and most recently, Bread and Roses, Too. Tackling deeply-compelling subjects and themes throughout her writing, Paterson has received numerous accolades including two National Book Awards, two Newbery Medals and the Astrid Lindgren Award for Lifetime Achievement. She serves as a Vice-President of the National Children’s Book and Literacy Alliance Board of Directors and was recently appointed as a National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature.
