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CALENDAR
OF EVENTS:
Tuesday, September 27,
2011
- from 4:30 - 6:30 at Tangent Elementary, 31200 Old Oak Drive, Tangent. Evening of Professional Conversations: The Daily Five The first in six sessions offered this year. $5 per session or $20 for all six. One graduate credit available through Western Oregon University. This session will be facilitated by Tangent teachers Linda Eng and Kim Fairbanks. We will watch and discuss "The Dairy Five: a Literacy Management Strategy" via a training video by "The Sisters." RSVP is suggested for preparation of handouts and snacks but not necessary. Questions? Contact Cheryl Graham (see above).
Tuesday, October 18,
2011 TAR - Teachers As Readers Contact Cheryl for information and instructions for applying. Must be a Mid-Valley member.
Tuesday,
November 15,
2011,
4:30 - 6:00 at Tangent Elementary, 31200 Old Oak Drive, Tangent. Evening of Professional Conversations: Patricia Gallagher Book Strategies presented by René Dernbach. Refreshments and handouts. $5 fee for preparation of handouts. RSVP suggested. Questions? Contact Cheryl Graham.
Tuesday, November 15, 2011: ORA Literacy Grant Due - Click here for details and to download and application form.
Tuesday, December 3, 2012: Board Social from 4:30-5:30 hosted by Cheryl Graham, 4430 NW Honeysuckle Dr., Corvallis. Questions? Contact Cheryl (see above).
Tuesday, January 17, 2012, 4:30 - 6:00 at Tangent Elementry, 31200 Old Oak Drive, Tangent. Evening of Professional Conversations: Writing Across the Curriculum. Presented by Martha Kroessin of Lafayette. Refreshments and handouts. $5 fee for preparation of handouts. RSVP suggested. Questions? Contact Cheryl Graham.
February, 2012: Love of Reading Month
Friday - Saturday, February
10-11, 2012: ORA Winter Institute featuring Katie Wood Ray (elementary strand) and Kylene Beers and Robert E. Probst (secondary strand). Crowne Plaza Hotel, Portland.
Tuesday, February 28, 2012, 4:30 - 6:00 at Tangent Elementry, 31200 Old Oak Drive, Tangent. Evening of Professional Conversations: Comprehension. Come learn techniques for helping all students make meaning of the texts they read. Refreshments and handouts. $5 fee for preparation of handouts. RSVP suggested. Questions? Contact Cheryl Graham.
Thursday, March 1,
2012 - Celebrate Dr. Seuss' Birthday - Read Across America
Tuesday, April 24, 2012, 4:30 - 6:00 at Tangent Elementry, 31200 Old Oak Drive, Tangent. Evening of Professional Conversations: Poetry for All. Carol Brown, retired teacher and OSU adjunct instructor will share her passion for poetry. Come expecting a wonderful list of children's poetry books and activities to make all students fall in love with poetry. Refreshments and handouts. $5 fee for preparation of handouts. RSVP suggested. Questions? Contact Cheryl Graham.
May
1, 2012 Patricia Gallagher Picture Book
Award Ballots Due
May, 2012 Celebrate National Children's Bookweek
Tuesday, May 22, 2012, 4:30 - 6:00 at Tangent Elementry, 31200 Old Oak Drive, Tangent. Evening of Professional Conversations: Share Your Student Successes. Share success stories from yur own classroom about strategies learned during our Evenings of Professional Conversations. Refreshments and handouts. $5 fee for preparation of handouts. RSVP suggested. Questions? Contact Cheryl Graham.
Saturday, June, 2012: Board Planning Session: 10am - 2 pm. Salad potluck at Cheryl's house, 4430 NW Honeysuckle Dr., Corvallis. Questions? Contact Cheryl.
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Board Meetings: Held on Tuesdays from 4:30-5:30 at Hoover Elementary, Walnut Boulevard, Corvallis, Room 16 - September 13, October 11, November 8, January 10, February 14, March 13, April 10 and May 8. All interested people are welcome. Come for snacks and great conversation as well as a chance to help us promote literacy. Call Cheryl first (541-207-2704) to make sure the meetings haven't been rescheduled.
Officers and Committee Chairs:
President: Cheryl Graham, Literacy Coach and Kindergarten, Hoover Elementary,
Corvallis
Secretary: Emily Pfister-Valdez, First Grade, Oak Elementary, Albany
Treasurer and Membership: Katherine
Inman,
First Grade, Hoover Elementary, Corvallis
TAR Groups: Linda
Eng, Fifth Grade, Tangent Elementary,
Albany
Patricia Gallagher Book Check-outs: Janeen Tope-Lehn, Fourth Grade,
Tangent Elementary,
Albany
Technology: Kim Fairbanks, Third Grade, Tangent Elementary,
Albany
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