Past Events

Dr Brookins is a TRL-IL favorite, as he is deeply knowledgeable and passionate, and always such a dynamic and captivating speaker. We are very excited to be able to bring him back for a session that will equip upper-grade teachers with strategies to help students craft effective theses, select meaningful textual evidence, and develop elaborative writing skills rooted in close reading. Participants will explore how the reading-writing feedback cycle leverages texts to build background knowledge, enrich vocabulary, and analyze an author’s craft and text structure that strengthens academic writing. By the end of the session, educators will gain practical methods to enhance students’ reading and writing connections, fostering critical thinking and academic success.

TRL IL Members! March 22 will be our next TRL IL Coffee Chat with Dr. Tinaya York! Dr. York will be, following up on our March 13 webinar with Mitchell Brookins, discussing her work in Illinois focused on adolescent literacy and ensuring access to complex text for ALL.

Dr. Leslie Laud will guide participants to discover easy-to-implement, enjoyable and evidence-based ways to re-invigorate how you teach writing. Learn pre-writing strategies that help students make deeper meanings of texts. Support your writers as they can generate fresh insights when they write about these. Teach scaffolds and structures for navigating the full writing process from planning to revision, and in ways to build knowledge about the world, and student voice. Help your students become more strategic, empowered, independent and goal-oriented writers, and thinkers.