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Full Day and Half-Day Workshops I present full day or half-day workshops for educators on specific literacy topics. This option often involves a larger group of participants for either a half or full day. Workshops are helpful when you are interested in widely exploring a topic across a day. | Grade-Level Planning Meetings I work with grade-level groups of teachers within your school. These are typically 1-2 hour meetings focused specifically on a topic requested by the grade level to meet grade-level needs in literacy. | Blended Learning I work with your school to create an online learning experience based upon the needs of your school. Using best-practices in online learning, I create courses for your school that can be done synchronously or asynchronously. |
Full Day and Half-Day Workshops
Grade-Level Planning Meetings
Blended Learning
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Classroom Coaching I work in teachers' classrooms, serving as a literacy coach. This PD might include model lessons or observations. It culminates in a debriefing session when the teacher and I discuss next steps and I offer resources that can continue to support the teacher. | Writing Institute The literacy institute is a week-long (often in the summer) or a 5-part month series of full-day learning reminiscent of a college seminar. For the literacy institute, we delve deep into writing pedagogy. | Book Clubs I lead teachers through a several-month study of professional readings--helping teachers contextualize the work into their individual classrooms. |
Classroom Coaching
Writing Institute
Book Clubs
About Dr. Brian Kissel
Brian Kissel, an educator for 20+ years, is a professor of Literacy and Elementary Education at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. A former elementary school teacher and literacy coach, Brian teaches courses in writing instruction, digital literacy, and literacy development and instruction. He works with schools and school districts by providing professional development over the summer and throughout the school year.
Brian is the author of several book chapters and journal articles in journals such as The Reading Teacher, Language Arts, Educational Leadership, Young Children, Childhood Education, and Journal of Research in Childhood Education. He is the author of four books: The Literacy Coach's Companion, Perspectives and Provocations in Early Childhood, and What's New in Literacy Teaching. His fourth book, When Writers Drive the Workshop is now available through Stenhouse Publishers.
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