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Programs and Outreach

 

Summer Institute on Reading, Writing, and Cultural Connections

When:
July 29 - August 2, 2013
8:30-3:30 Mon.-Thu. • 8:30-1:00 Friday

Where:
Kyle Morrow Room of Fondren Library
Rice University Campus • 6100 Main • Houston TX 77005

Who Should Attend:
Early childhood teachers (toddlers through second grade),
administrators, literacy coaches, etc.

Cost:
$795 early bird registration through May 31, 2013
$750 per teacher for 4 or more from same school
$895 for all registrations after May 31.
Note: Payment is due upon registration.

        
Click here to register for Summer Institute.


The School Literacy and Culture Project was truly transformational.  I would recommend this experience to any early childhood educators. I can honestly say this was the most valuable workshop I’ve ever attended. 
        Sarah Rulli
        Brookwood School
        Manchester, Massachusetts

  

Attendees at the 2012 Summer Institute

Click here for a photo album of the 2012 Summer Institute from our Facebook page!

 

 

 

 

        
Please email slc@rice.edu if you have questions.


In this weeklong institute, teachers of young children reframe their reading and writing practices in light of new research trends. Join a community of early childhood teachers committed to thinking deeply about best literacy practice and bring home hundreds of classroom ideas. Participants in our Classroom Storytelling Project are encouraged to enroll in the Summer Institute, which reinforces and deepens the learning of the school-year sessions.

 Not to gush, but this was just about perfect.  It was so inspiring to be in the company of so many amazing teachers. This has been the most fun, enjoyable, knowledgeable, organized, and thought-provoking class I have ever had the pleasure to attend. 
        Lisa Picciandra
        Calvary Episcopal School
        Bastrop, Texas

 
Topics include:
  • Translating cutting edge reading and writing research into classroom practice
  • Making the most of children’s storytelling, dictation, and dramatization
  • Developing effective strategies for teaching alphabet and print knowledge, phonological awareness, and other essential literacy skills
  • Considering the big picture of early education: teacher /child relationships, self regulation, socio-moral development, and more
  • Bridging the gap between children’s home and school cultures
  I appreciated your flexibility in meeting teachers where we are in terms of interest, abilities, knowledge, etc.  I will use story dictation as an authentic source of assessment of oral language development and vocabulary development, as well as comprehension.
        Denise Wilborn
        Small Steps Nurturing Center
        Houston, Texas

For further information:
  Please email  slc@rice.edu  or call  713-348-5333

Click here to learn more about the School Literacy and Culture Project

I loved the way the days were woven together, from dramatizations, theory, practice, small interest groups, etc. The way community was created.  In other words, all the ways you did with us what you advocate we do with children.
        Jessie Wenning
        Cambridge Public Schools
        Cambridge, Massachusetts

  It gave me the “why” in what I do presented more clearly than any in my career. 
        Dana Camp-Farber
        Annunciation Orthodox School
        Houston, Texas
   
   

    Please note:

  • CEUs are available for purchase through Rice University; please see option at online registration.

  • Reasonably-priced dormitory-style housing may be available on the Rice campus for out-of-town registrants. Please call our office if you are interested. 713-348-5333.