BC Literacy Council & Vancouver Children's Literature Roundtable Present . . .
Posted on December 5th 2011

Serendipity 2012

Year of the Dragon

Asian Themes for Young Canadian Readers

 

≈ Gala Evening  ≈

Cost $50

Friday, February 24, 2012;  6:30pm, the University Golf Club, 5185 University Boulevard.

This year, we are co-hosting our Distinguished Speaker Event with the Vancouver Children's Literature Roundtable.  Our featured speaker is Dr. Lee Gunderson from the Department of Language and Litearcy at UBC, who will be presenting on "Comprehensibility and Children's Literature:  Reading in Multilingual Classrooms."  Join us as we kick off the week end celebration of literature and literacy for young people with what we hope is the inaugural event of a soon-to-be-great tradition.

 

Visit us at www.vclr.ca for more information or to register OR download PDF form below.

≈ Serendipity ≈

Saturday, February 25, 2012, 8:30 am - 3:30 pm (includes lunch and snacks)

The University of British Columbia, Neville Scarfe Building;  Room 100

 

Featuring Paul Yee, Rachna Gilmore, and Allen Say with special guests Tanya Kyi (winner of the 2011 Roundtables of Canada Information Book Award), Marjorie, Coughlan, Corinne Robson (Editors from Papertigers.org, the online journal), Joseph Wu (origami master), and the fabulous dance troupe, Shiamak's Bollywood Dancers.

 

Registration Fees:

Early Bird Rates (through January 31, 2012):  Members $125 Nonmembers $140 Students $75

Regular Rates (beginning February 1, 2012):  Members $150 Nonmembers $165 Students $100

Visit us at www.vclr.ca for more information or to register OR download PDF form below.

Serendipity 2012

Getting Graphic: Effective Literacy Learning with Comics & Graphic Literature
Posted on April 29th 2011

BCLCIRA and LOMCIRA Invite You To:

Getting Graphic: Effective Literacy Learning with Comics & Graphic Literature

Provincial Pro-D Day  Friday, October 21, 2011

Executive Hotel: 4201 Lougheed Highway Burnaby, B.C.

Please click on the PDF logo for registration information and details of this event.

 

British Columbia Literacy Council of the International Reading Association

Annual General Meeting

Immediately following Event

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS

Nominations for the following British Columbia Literacy Council of the International Reading Association (BCLCIRA) executive positions are now accepted:
Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, and Members At Large
Please submit nominations with curriculum vitae to Bev deMonye, President of BCLCIRA at: <learntoread@telus.net>

October 2011 Registration Flyer

Read 4 the Top: Literacy Success in Rural Kenya
Posted by Kate Spence on April 6th 2011

Tuesday, May 3^rd, 2011

 BCLCIRA proudly presents Patricia Crossley, President of Tembo-Kenya and a Virtues International Masters Facilitator, retired teacher, administrator and teacher trainer in Kenya on

 Read 4 the Top:  Literacy Success in Rural Kenya

  Patricia Crossley is a retired educator and an experienced administrator, accustomed to working on organizational policy, staff training and educational projects. She has been working as a volunteer in the Kakamega area of Kenya as Education Secretary of the Anglican Diocese of Maseno North since 2003, where she has been involved with training  teachers and head teachers in forty-eight elementary and fourteen high schools.   She has compiled and delivered teaching materials on the Virtues Project for communities, families and schools, having trained over 300 teachers.

 In 2009 Patricia became the president of Tembo-Kenya, a non-profit Canadian charitable organization formed by her and her husband to help young people and families in rural Kenya to improve their economic situation, put food on the table and supply clean water. 

 In Kenya, it is required that students write their final exams in English.  Those in rural areas are very disadvantaged as they speak the local language in their communities. The “Read 4 the Top” program has allowed students in these communities the chance to write successful exams in English.  Patricia will give an overview of the communities she works with and discuss the details and success of the program “Read 4 the Top”.  She will also present ideas for expanding and developing the project and the role Canadian educators can play in global literacy.

 For more information on “Read 4 the Top” please visit www.tembokenya.org

and

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdDSAml3uZI&feature=youtube_gdata <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdDSAml3uZI&amp;feature=youtube_gdata>

Audience:  ESL teachers, curriculum specialists, teacher-librarians, global educators, administrators, pre-service teachers and university instructors

When:        Tuesday, May 3^rd, 2011, 4 p.m. – 5:30 p.m

Where:       Lakeview Elementary, 7777 Mayfield St., Burnaby, B.C.

Registration is activated upon receipt of cheque.  Receipts will be available at the event.  Please send cheque made payable to BCLCIRA to: Craig Newcomb  22654 Fraserbank Crescent, Richmond, B.C. V6V 2L8.

 Cancellation fee is $10.  No refunds will be issued after April 28^th, 2011.  NSF cheques will be charged $20. 

Registration Form:

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Writing Power with Adrienne Gear
Posted by LOMCIRA & Vancouver School Board on March 31st 2011

Date: Tuesday, April 5, 2011, 4:00-6:30 pm

Join us for an afternoon with Adrienne in which she will preview her upcoming

book Writing Power (due out this fall).  In this session, Adrienne will

give an overview of Writing Power and how it links to Reading Power.  

She will explain how the lessons are organized, the process

and the structure of this approach, and model a lesson for both Primary and

Intermediate. As always, Adrienne will tie her writing lessons to

literature.  Come to this session and leave with lessons you can use tomorrow!

 

 Presenter:

•  Adrienne Gear, Educational Consultant, Author, and Vancouver School Board Teacher

Location:

•  Sir Alexander Mackenzie Elementary Auditorium, 960 East 39th Avenue, Vancouver

 Cost:

$20 non-members, $15 if a member of LOMCIRA or International Reading Association

Audience: 

•  Elementary but may be of interest to secondary

 

Vancouver Kidsbooks wil be selling anchor books at the event

Light refreshments will be served 

 Information:  Meredyth Kezar, 604-876-9816 or e-mail mkezar@vsb.bc.ca or go to http://www.lomcira.org/

Please download registration form below.

WritingPower

BCLCIRA proudly presents Dr. Terrell Young

Professor of Literacy Education at Washington State University &

Recipient of the 2006 Jerry Johns IRA Outstanding Teacher Educator in Reading Award

    

Topic: Multicultural Literature in the Classroom - What, How & Why

Dr. Terrell Young will review literature that can be used as a powerful tool in literacy instruction and in developing the awareness and understandings necessary in today's multicultural classrooms. Participants will leave with practical ideas for celebrating diverse voices in their classrooms.

Dr. Young is a Professor of Literacy Education at Washington State University and a member of the International Reading Association (IRA) Board of Directors. He has taught students from grade two through graduate school and is recognized as an outstanding professor, writer, and professional development speaker for schools, districts, and reading councils. Dr. Young has been president of the Washington Organization for Reading Development (WORD), the National Council of English Teachers (NCTE) Children's Literature Assembly, and the IRA Children's Literature and Reading Special Interest Group. He serves on the editorial review board for The Reading Teacher, Reading Horizons, and The Journal of Children's Literature. Dr. Young has published extensively on the topic of literature and literacy development in culturally and linguistically diverse students. His most recent publications include is Creating Lifelong Readers Through Independent Reading (IRA, 2010) and Matching Books and Readers: Helping English Learners in Grades K-6 (Guildford Press, 2010).

Audience: Elementary and middle school teachers, curriculum specialists, ESL and support teachers, resource teachers, teacher-librarians, counsellors, administrators, literacy mentors, pre-service teachers, and university instructors.

When:  Thursday, January 20, 2011, 4:00 to 6:00 PM (tea, coffee, & snacks will be served)

Where: Vancouver School Board, Room 400, 1500 West Broadway, Vancouver

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Registration for: Dr. Terrell Young presentation on January 20, 2011

Name: ___________________________________________________

School District: _____________________________________________

E-mail Address: ___________________Please check:____ IRA Member: $20____ Non-Member: $25

 

Registration is activated upon receipt of cheque. Receipts will be available at the event. Please send cheque made payable to BCLCIRA to Ken Cooper, 6730 Cougar Court, Delta, BC, V4E 2Y5.

Note: For catering purposes registration deadline is January 12th, 2011.

Cancellation fee is $10. No refunds will be issued after January 12, 2011. NSF cheques will be charged $20.

Visit our new website: www.readingbc.ca for event and contact information.

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