Content area writing often focuses on restating facts. This can help teachers check for understanding but is it helping to push your students who are ready for more? This full day professional development session will help you do just that! Deepen content understanding through a variety of creative and engaging writing strategies. Learn how to turn your students into historians, scientists, mathematicians - all through writing!

Lori G. Wilfong, Ph.D., began her career in East Los Angeles, CA, teaching English as a second language to 6th, 7th, and 8th graders for the Los Angeles Unified School District. This sparked her interest in motivating adolescent readers and led to positions in Rootstown Local Schools and Maple Heights City Schools as a literacy coach and literacy specialist. Upon completion of her doctoral degree in Literacy Education from Kent State, Wilfong taught for 17.5 years in the Middle Childhood Education program at Kent State University at Stark. In 2020, Wilfong assumed the role of Director of the National Writing Project at Kent State. Beginning in 2024, she transitioned to the Kent Campus to serve as Director of the Reading and Writing Center as well as Program Coordinator for the graduate literacy program. She remains an active consultant in several area school districts, furthering her research interests in the teaching of writing, vocabulary, and small group instruction.

Audience: Teachers of Gifted Students

Contact Hours: 6 hrs.

Facilitator:  Dr. Lori Wilfong

Event Fee:  Free - Gifted Consortium District Members |  $75 - Non-Members

Member Districts:  Amherst, Avon Lake, Clearview, Columbia, Firelands, North Ridgeville, Oberlin, Perkins, Sheffield-Sheffield Lake, Wellington

Assistance: Mark Millar, [email protected], 440-324-5777 x1100

CANCELLATION POLICY:
EVENTS REQUIRING A REGISTRATION FEE:  We must receive your cancellation in writing by emailing [email protected] at least two weeks prior to the event date for a full refund. If you do not cancel or are a no-show, you/your district will be invoiced the full event fee.

EVENTS WITH NO REGISTRATION FEE:   We must receive your cancellation in writing by emailing [email protected] at least 24 hours prior to the event.  If you do not cancel or are a no-show, you/your district will be invoiced a $25 registration fee since our presenters prepare their presentation and may charge an event/planning fee.

If you do not receive a confirmation of cancellation from Mark Millar, please follow up by calling 440.324.5777 ext 1100.

In the case of an emergency or situations out of the ordinary, registrations are transferable to another colleague.