Designed for literacy coaches, reading specialists, lead teachers and administrators and framed around five PD structures -- workshops, study groups, demonstration teaching co-teaching and one-to-one coaching -- this resource enhances the practices that shape Toolkit comprehension instructions.
Stephanie Harvey Consulting
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Comprehension x3 - Comprehension with Common Core
K-12 Literacy with Steph Harvey, Debbie Miller, and Cris Tovani.
July 24-26, 2012
Denver, CO
Stephanie Harvey, Debbie Miller and Cris Tovani have spent many years reading, writing, thinking and learning about reading comprehension. Classroom teachers at heart, they first met through the Denver- based Public Education and Business Coalition, an organization focused on bringing together education, community and business leaders, to support innovation in public schools. Inspired by the comprehension research of P. David Pearson and his colleagues, Steph, Debbie and Cris have worked in a variety of settings to advocate for comprehension instruction for all of our kids. Over the years, they have offered a three-day K-12 literacy institute, now called Comprehension x3, in cities across the country including Springboro, Ohio, Albany, NY, Winston-Salem, North Carolina and Cincinnati, Ohio. In the belief that all kids at all grade levels need to be taught to comprehend, each morning one of them presents a general session keynote and facilitates an interactive activity for the entire K-12 group. Each afternoon, they break out into grade level sessions. Primary teachers spend the three afternoons with Debbie Miller, intermediate teachers spend the afternoons with Stephanie Harvey and middle and high school teachers spend their afternoons with Cris Tovani. They have had a terrific response to this model and are happy to continue to offer it annually at different locations throughout the US.
Presenters
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Stephanie HarveyStephanie Harvey’s education career spans thirty-eight years and includes eighteen years as an elementary and special education teacher and twenty years as a professional developer, consultant and author. She received her BA from the University of Denver and her MA in Education from the University of Colorado. A nationally regarded literacy specialist, she speaks, consults and writes on comprehension, nonfiction literacy, inquiry-based learning, progressive literacy practices and educational innovation. She has published articles and created a spectrum of educational DVDs and curricular resources, including The Comprehension Toolkit series (Harvey and Goudvis) Her books include Strategies That Work, Teaching Comprehension for Understanding and Engagement (Harvey and Goudvis 2007, 2nd Ed.), which has sold over 800,000 copies to date and the recent Comprehension and Collaboration: Inquiry Circles in Action (2009), focused on engaging kids in thinking, understanding, learning and actively using knowledge.
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Cris TovaniCris Tovani taught elementary school for ten years before becoming a high school reading specialist and English teacher. In addition to teaching full-time, she is a nationally known consultant, focusing on issues of reading and content comprehension in high school classrooms. Cris has also worked for many years as a staff developer for the Denver-based Public Education and Business Coalition (PEBC), the consortium that has received national acclaim for its work in reading comprehension reform. Cris has been an adjunct professor at the University of Denver and the University of Colorado at Denver. She is the author of two books, I Read it but I Don’t Get It and Do I Really Have to Teach Reading? Cris is also featured in two instructional DVDs that show her in action with adolescent readers. These DVDs, Thoughtful Reading and Comprehending Content are available through Stenhouse Publishers.
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Debbie MillerDebbie Miller taught and learned from children in the Denver Public Schools for thirty years. She is the author of Reading with Meaning: Teaching Comprehension in the Primary Grades (2002), and Teaching with Intention: Defining Beliefs, Aligning Practice, Taking Action (2008), both published with Stenhouse. She and her students are also featured in the video series Happy Reading! and The Joy of Conferring. Debbie now presents workshops across the country and works extensively with schools and districts on long-range planning and development of literacy initiatives. She worked for many years with the Denver-based Public Education and business Coalition (PEBC) and has been an adjunct professor at the University of Denver and Regis University.