Webinar: Reading, Writing, and Mentoring in Tough Times by Pembroke Publishers

on-demand webinar

About this Webinar

Pembroke is proud to present our inaugural webinar! A scaled-down version of our annual workshop, Reading, Writing, and Mentoring in Tough Times will feature three of our top author-educators talking with you about the teaching topics that matter most. There is no charge for this webinar.

Larry Swartz, author of Teaching Tough Topics, offers an overview for choosing and using the best children’s books to address sensitive but significant topics in the classroom. Recent titles of picture books and novels will be highlighted to help build a better understanding of Race and Diverse Cultures.

Adrienne Gear, author of Powerful Writing Structures, presents the essentials of a year-long writing program based on individual thinking strategies. You’ll learn how to help students tap into their memory pockets for personal narrative writing, fact pockets for nonfiction, and imagination pockets for storytelling.

Lana Parker, co-author of Mentoring Each Other, shares insights into how teachers can collaborate and learn from each other in formal and informal situations. A sample “Mentoring Move” will show teachers a concrete example of how we can better listen, learn, and share to create more successful classrooms.

We’re so excited to start down this new teaching and learning path, and we can’t wait to see you there!

Presenters

Larry Swartz

Larry Swartz is a literacy and drama instructor at OISE–University of Toronto. Larry has worked in classrooms, as a consultant, and workshop presenter. He has been involved with teachers throughout North America, with groups of teachers in China and New Zealand, and with Queen Noor’s Literacy Initiative in Jordan. Larry is committed to helping teachers use quality children’s literature across the curriculum to inspire students to read, read, read. Larry lives in Toronto.

Adrienne Gear

Adrienne Gear has been teaching in Vancouver for more than twenty-five years. She remains grounded in classrooms, as well as providing workshops, demonstration lessons, and leadership training to teachers throughout North America. Her international experience includes speaking in the U.S., U.K., Australia, and Sweden. Passionate about literacy and learning, Adrienne is the author of the popular ‘POWER’ series on reading and writing instruction. Adrienne lives in Vancouver with her husband and two sons.

Lana Parker

Lana Parker is an Assistant Professor at the University of Windsor’s Faculty of Education. A specialist in language and literacy, Lana has taught at the elementary level and has spent several years as a Mentor Leader. Lana writes about the influence of politics on educational policy and discourse, and about the possibilities for ethically informed pedagogy. Lana lives in Toronto.