20th West IRA Regional Conference
February 18-20, 2010
The IRA Regional Conference will be held at the Oregon Convention Center and at the DoubleTree Hotel-Lloyd Center in Portland, Oregon
This conference replaces the ORA Annual Conference for this year.

Oregon CPD Units Available
One or two credits are available with payment of PSU tuition.  
Contact <carolb@peak.org> for more information.

EXHIBITORS - CLICK HERE FOR INFORMATION

Download a 2-sided flyer with information about the conference

Since this is an IRA Regional Conference, all information about the conference is available on the IRA website.

Click here to download a brochure, conference program, and registration form. You can also find information about the Oregon Convention Center where sessions will be held and the headquarters hotel, The DoubleTree, Lloyd Center.

Wednesday, February 17th is ONLY registration - no sessions.
You may register on any of the other days.

Highlights of the Conference

Blauman

Keynote Speakers:

Leslie Blauman (Thursday)
"Weaving the Reading Comprehension Strategies Across the Content Areas"
<Information about Leslie Blauman>

Kathy Collins (Friday)
"Plant Seeds Now to Grow
Lifelong Readers"
<Information about Kathy Collins>

Richard Allington (Saturday)
“RTI May Be Our Last, Best Hope"
<Information about Dick Allington>


Allington

Collins

 

 


Hopkinson

 

Luncheon Author Speakers:

Deborah Hopkinson (Thursday)
“Bridges to the Past: Helping Young Readers Think Like Historians”
Author of
Apples to Oregon,
and more
For more information visit Deborah's website:
www.deborahhopkinson.com

George Shannon (Friday)
“How Reading Helps Make Sense
of Our Lives"
Author of
Stories to Solve, Tomorrow's Alphabet,
Wise Acres, Rabbit's Gift and more
For more information visit George's website:
www.georgeshannon.org

Jeff Stone (Saturday)
“Coming Out Swinging”
Author of
The Five Ancestors series
For more information visit Jeff's website:
www.readjeffstone.com


Stone

 




Shannon

 


Brassell

 

Thursday - Featured Speakers:

Danny Brassell
“Dare to Differentiate: 50 Terrific
Teacher Tricks"
<information about Danny Brassell>

Ralph Fletcher
“Engaging Boy Writers"
www.ralphfletcher.com

Frank Serafini
“Talking Comprehension: Using Talk to Expand Comprehension"
www.frankserafini.com



Serafini

 


Fletcher


Collins

Friday - Featured Speakers:

Kathy Collins
“The Power of Partnerships in
Reading Workshop"
<Information about Kathy Collins>

Donna Knoell
“Content Reading Strategies That Maximize Learning Across the Curriculum"
<Information about Donna Knoell>

Donna Santman
“Let Them Talk – Helping Students Initiate and Sustain Literature Discussions"
<Information about Donna Santman>


Santman

Knoell

Saturday - Featured Speakers:

Kelly Gallagher
“Building Deeper Readers"
<www.kellygallagher.org>


Gallagher

Gail Bousey and Joan Moser
"The Sisters"
“Exactly How to Have Assessments Drive Instruction for Greater
Student Achievement by Using The CAFE Menu"
<www.the2sisters.com>


"The Sisters"

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