Time: 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Eastern

Location: Macon Centreplex
200 Coliseum Drive, Macon, GA 31217

Description: This session will provide participants an overview of the recommendations from the practice guides Teaching Elementary School Students to be Effective Writers and Teaching Secondary Students to Write Effectively. Participants will also engage in a multi-strategy lesson for teaching writing and text comprehension.

Partnership or Research Alliance: Improving Literacy Research Alliance

Audience: Georgia Department of Education staff, Georgia school district staff, administrators, literacy coaches

Speakers: Laurie Lee, REL Southeast

Report Citation: Graham, S., Bollinger, A., Olson, C. B., D'Aoust, C., MacArthur, C., McCutchen, D., & Olinghouse, N. (2012). Teaching elementary school students to be effective writers. Washington, DC: IES.

Graham, S., Bruch, J., Fitzgerald, J., Friedrich, L., Furgeson, J., Greene, K., & Smither Wulsin, C. (2016). Teaching secondary students to write effectively. Washington, DC: IES