The Science of Learning Comes to Buffalo
And hey, it's #GivingTuesday!
Mark your calendars for our next #WNYLIT meeting:
"Making Learning Stick With Strategies Backed by Science!"
Join us in person on December 10th from 6-8pm at the ECC North Campus, as we hear from acclaimed WNY 5th grade teacher Sean Morrisey!
How can we ensure that what’s learned is remembered? In this workshop, we’ll dive into the science of learning and explore proven strategies to make learning stick. Designed for teachers (k-12), administrators, and all other educators, this session combines theory and practice to transform the way you teach and learn.
What You’ll Learn:
Why forgetting happens and how to combat it with evidence-based teaching strategies.
How to incorporate retrieval practice and spacing into your teaching or learning routines.
The benefits of interleaving and how it enhances long term retention.
Techniques to manage working memory and reduce cognitive overload for students.
How to keep learners engaged through improved attention and motivation.
This workshop provides actionable strategies that will help knowledge stick for the long term. Join us to unlock the secrets of impactful and lasting learning!
More About Our Presenter:
Sean Morrisey began his educational career as a school psychologist. He worked in this capacity for 8 years. As Sean’s passion for instruction intensified, he decided to change career paths and become an elementary classroom teacher. Sean has taught for the last 17 years in first, fourth, and fifth grades. Currently, Sean is a 5th grade teacher at Pinehurst Elementary School in the Frontier Central School District, a suburban district just south of Buffalo, NY. Sean is passionate about the Science of Reading, especially vocabulary instruction and Science of Learning Principles. Examples of Sean’s instructional classroom practices have been recently cited in two science of reading in practice books - The Literacy 50 and Know Better, Do Better Comprehension. Sean has also been a guest on the Melissa and Lori Love Literacy podcast, the Knowledge Matters podcast, Triple R Teaching podcast, and the Road to Reading podcast.
Everyone is welcome! Register HERE.
Dear Friends,
This #GivingTuesday (today!), we ask you to consider donating to the WNY Education Alliance.
100% of every dollar donated goes to improving outcomes for students in Western New York, whether it's through evidence-based professional development for teachers from, parent workshops, or even sponsoring WNY educators to attend a Literacy Learning Event in Seaford, Delaware from FULCRUM! You can donate by scanning the QR code below or clicking the link HERE.
Good Things Happening in the Community
Hats off to the Clarence Public Library as they learn more about decodable books, how kids learn to read, and supporting the evidence-based curriculum and instruction of Clarence Central School District! Thank you to Library Director Monica Mooney and Sarah McLean-Plunkett for meeting with us, along with Teach My Kid to Read!
L-R: Sarah & Monica, Clarence Public Library, Beth Bevars, Teach My Kid to Read Congratulations to Lockport City School District on another successful annual literacy event, this time introducing their families to their new evidence-based curriculum. It was great having so many #WNYLiteracyInitiative partners like Teach My Kid to Read, Niagara Frontier Reading Council, and WNY Dyslexia Specialists tabling at this event!
L-R: Beth Bevars, Teach My Kid to Read, Sarah Noah, Reading Specialist at Lockport Schools - and organizer of the event!
What We’re Reading
“Early Literacy Advocates Seek New York State Funding”, Spectrum News 1
“How This Teacher Prep Program & District Aligned on the Science of Reading,” Ed Week
“UB’s Brainy Bulls creates virtual bonds between college tutors, grade school students”, The Buffalo News (see link here for more info from UB)
Thanks, as always, for reading and have a wonderful week.
Tarja