The 51st Annual Colorado Language Arts Society Fall Regional Conference will explore the variety of stories humans share, and the stories teachers ask students to read and write. Keynote speakers Chris Crutcher, Rebecca Rule, and Ted Conover will share their powerful stories and describe the role of narratives in the Common Core. In addition, numerous sessions and workshops will address important topics like censorship; fostering LGBT identities in ELA; flipped classrooms; preparing for PARCC; teacher as writer; story poems; the latest YA Lit; and, research and reasoning as the neglected standard (among many others). The conference will be held October 10-11, 2014 at the School of Mines in beautiful Golden, Colorado. For more information and to register, click here.

Pikes Peak Reading Council

Fall Literacy Conference “Reading Lights the Way”

Featured Speaker: Anne Goudvis (co-author of The Comprehension Toolkit)

September 6th at 8:00

El Pomar Julie Penrose Center in Colorado Springs

San Luis Valley Reading Council

Assemblies Birds of Prey 

Sept.18   

LCIS 10:00

1:00

West Park

Adams County Council

James Erekson - Teacher Quality and Effectiveness

September 24, 2014

4:30-6:30

CB&Potts

Southern Colorado Reading Council

Kick-Off with Guest Speaker:  Eric Ursich

September 26th

6:00-8:00 pm

Main Street Banquet Hall in Pueblo 

Sagebrush Reading Council

Membership Drive

September 24, 2014

4:00-6:00

Vallarta’s Mexican Restaurant

Collegiate Peaks Reading Council

CCIRA Grant Writing Session

Sept. 19

Custer County School

Meet, Greet, and Refresh at The River’s Edge - Membership Drive

September 25, 2014

4:30-6:30

The River’s Edge, Salida

Buena Vista Membership Drive

TBD

Buena Vista

Cotopaxi Membership Drive

TBD

Cotopaxi

Ten Mile Reading Council

Guest Speaker: Patrick Allen

September 9th, 2014

4:30-7:00

Summit Middle

Weld County Reading Council

guest speaker: Terry Highfield

Sept. 10th 5-7pm

Platte Canyon Council

Fall Literacy Night

September, 25, 2014

Pelligrini's restaurant 2400 17th st. Greeley, CO

Douglas County Reading Council

What Student Writing Teaches Us: Formative Assessment in the Writing Workshop featuring Mark Overmeyer

September 16, 2014

4:30-6-30 pm

Redstone Elementary, Highlands Ranch JCIRA Guest Speaker

September 16, 2014

Fort Collins Council

The Reading Promise featuring Eric Ursich

September 25, 2014 4:10-6:20

Bauder Elementary School

Thompson Council

The Common Core Writing Book by Gretchen Owocki

Presenter: Jill Date

Tuesday, September 30, 2014

4:30 - 6:30 p.m.

Thompson Administration Building

Windsor Council

Amy Nicholl - *CCIRA Membership Benefits, Awards, Grants

September 11, 2014

3:30-5:30

Severance Middle School Library

Rocky Mountain High Reading Council

September 16,2014  First meeting to plan future meetings and events Meetings once a month.

****September 18th” Birds of Prey” assemblies

 Lake County Intermediate school at 10:00 and

West Park school at 1:15

Southern Colorado Reading Council

Grand Opening of Greenhorn Valley Public Library

(Date to be announced)

Collegiate Peaks Reading Council

Teacher as Writer Overnighter

(Date to be announced)

“Text Complexity” Book Study

Oct. 8 & 10

4:15-6:15

Custer County School

Sagebrush Reading Council

Family book check out

Councils will be developing a bank of read-aloud books at each elementary school for families to check out. We will track which families have participated in the program through a display in each school.

4:00-6:00

Sandrock Elementary School

Fort Collins Council

Global Collaboration and Interdisciplinary Project Based Learning featuring Cheryl Arnet

October 23, 2014 4:10-6:20

Bauder Elementary School

Weld County Reading Council

Technology in classrooms

Guest speaker: Hollyanna via Skype

Oct. 15th 5-7pm

Pellegrini's restaurant 2400 17th st. Greeley, CO

Thompson Council

Phonemic Awareness & Phonics

Presenter: Barb Kruse

Tuesday, October 14, 2014

4:30 - 6:30 p.m.

Thompson Administration Building

Thompson Council

Content Writing

Presenter: Amy Nicholl

Tuesday, October 28, 2014

4:30 - 6:30 p.m.

Thompson Administration Building

Windsor Council

Jill Lewis - Progress Monitoring (Tentative)

October 9, 2014

3:30-5:30 (3:30-4:00 Business, 4:00-5:30)

Severance Middle School Library

Platte Canyon Reading Council

October 16, 2014

Book study presentation

Collegiate Peaks Reading Council

Emotional Intelligence Movie

November 24, 2014

4:15-5:15

“Text Complexity” Book Study

Nov. 12 & 14

4:15-6:15

Custer County School

Fort Collins Council

How to write a star grant featuring Cyndi Branson,  New Children Books featuring Marcie Haloin, The upcoming CCIRA conference featuring MaryJo Ziegman

Weld County Reading Council

Digital Storytelling

Guest speaker: Suzette Youngs and Mia Williams

Nov. 19th 5-7pm

Pelligrini's restaurant 2400 17th st. Greeley, CO

Thompson Council

Close Reading

Presenter: Suzette Youngs

Tuesday, November 4, 2014

4:30 - 6:30 p.m.

Thompson Administration Building

Sagebrush Reading Council

Guest Speaker (yet to be determined) - parents as the target audience with the intent of promoting the importance of reading WITH your child.

November 11, 2014

6:00-8:00 pm CMS auditorium

Windsor Council

Hollyanna Bates

November 12, 2014

3:30-5:30 (3:30-4:00 Business, 4:00-5:30)

Severance Middle School Library

Pikes Peak Reading Council

Outreach Project: Welcome Home

(Partnering with Habitat for Humanity of Colorado Springs)

Date TBA (December timeframe)

Boulder Valley Council

Family Literacy Night   TBD

Collegiate Peaks Reading Council

Community Service Project w/Salida Pregnancy Center

“Text Complexity” Book Study

Dec. 10

4:15-6:15

Custer County School

Thompson Council

The Common Core Writing Book by Gretchen Owocki

Presenter: Jill Date

4:30 - 6:30 p.m.

Thompson Administration Building

Windsor Council

James Erekson - Literacy and Graphic Novels

December 11, 2014

3:30-5:30 (3:30-4:00 Business, 4:00-5:30)

Severance Middle School Library

Windsor Council

Community Family Literacy Night January 29, 2015 4-6pm

Adams County Council

Erik Palmer - Meeting Common Core Standards: Speaking and Listening

January 14, 2015

4:30 - 6:30

CB&Potts

Sagebrush Reading Council

Family Literacy Carnival

January 14, 2015

5:00-7:00 pm at Sunset Elementary

Collegiate Peaks Reading Council

“Text Complexity” Book Study

Jan.14

4:15-6:15

Custer County School

Family Literacy Night

Jan. 29

5:00-7:00

Custer County School

Fort Collins Council

Integration of Reading and Writing in the Content  Areas featuring Amy Nicholl

January 22, 2015 4:10-6:20

Bauder Elementary School

Weld County Reading Council

Technology in classroom : collaboration and Conference Sessions

Jan. 21st 5-7pm

Pellegrini's Restaurant 2400 17th st. Greeley, CO

Thompson Council

Technology - IPAD APPS for Literacy

Presenter: Barb Randall

Tuesday, January 13, 2015

4:30 - 6:30 p.m.

Thompson Administration Building

Pikes Peak Reading Council

CCIRA Conference Follow Up: Time for Tea

February 19th, 2015

Agia Sophia Coffee Shop in Colorado Springs

Weld County Reading Council

CCIRA conference Follow Up

February 14th 9-11am

Your Place Coffee Shop in Greeley, CO

Collegiate Peaks Council

Council Collaboration Event

Feb. 5

Time TBD

CCIRA Conference

Douglas County Council

Council Collaboration Event

Feb. 5

CCIRA Conference

Family Literacy Night

End of Feb.

5-7 PM

Longfellow Elementary School, Salida

“Text Complexity” Book Study

Feb. 11

4:15-6:15

Custer County School

Fort Collins Council

James Erekson

February 19, 2015 4:10-6:20

Bauder Elementary School

Sagebrush Reading Council

Literacy Teach Meet - Teachers will meet to share a literacy resource, strategy or idea related to literacy.

February 12, 2015

4:00-6:00

Sandrock Elementary School

Southern Colorado Reading Council

P.D.  (T.B.A.)

6-8 PM

Pueblo

Collegiate Peaks Reading Council

TBD Speaker on Emotional Intelligence

4:30-6:30 PM

Longfellow Elementary School, Salida

“Text Complexity” Book Study

Mar. 11

4:15-6:15

Custer County School

Windsor Council

Ellin Oliver Keene

March 12, 2014

3:30-5:30 (3:30-4:00 Business, 4:00-5:30 Presenter)

Severance Middle School Library

Fort Collins Council

TBD

Thompson Council

The Common Core Writing Book by Gretchen Owocki

Presenter: Jill Date

Thursday, March 5, 2015

4:30 - 6:30 p.m.

Thompson Administration Building

Thompson Council

District Family Literacy Night

Presenter: Jennifer Dezmang - Author of Harry Hornacre

Thursday, March 26th

Time: TBD

Place: TBD

Sagebrush Reading Council

Book Mobile organization

Our council will be working through the spring to collect, organize and divide up books to distribute via a summer book mobile that will be driven through the community with stops in each of our 4 elementary school zones.

March 12, 2015

4:00-6:00pm

East Elementary

Southern Colorado Reading Council

April 19th

Back at the Ranch Family Literacy Night

6-8 PM

Pueblo County

Sagebrush Reading Council

Book Mobile Organization

Our council will be working through the spring to collect, organize and divide up books to distribute via a summer book mobile that will be driven through the community with stops in each of our 4 elementary school zones.

April 16, 2015

4:00-6:00pm

Sunset Elementary

Adams County Council

Jovan Mays Slam Poetry - Your Words Matter

April 15, 2015

4:30 - 6:30

CB&Potts

Douglas County Council

Erik Palmer - Speaking and Listening

April 14, 2015

4:30-6:30

Redstone Elementary, Highlands Ranch

Collegiate Peaks Reading Council

“Text Complexity” Book Study

Apr. 8

4:15-6:15

Custer County School

Fort Collins Council

You Can Do It! The Keys are Passion, Determination and Persistence featuring Jill Tietjen

April 23, 2015 4:10-6:20

Bauder Elementary School

Central Denver Council

Grant Ranch School Family Literacy Celebration

April 30, 2015

6:00-8:00

Grant Ranch School

Weld County Reading Council

Family Literacy Celebration

Guest Speaker: Mark Ludy

April 15th 6-8pm

McAuliffe Elementary Greeley, CO

Collegiate Peaks Reading Council

‘15-’16 Planning Meeting

May 13

4:15

Custer County School

Sagebrush Reading Council

Book Mobile Organization

Our council will be working through the spring to collect, organize and divide up books to distribute via a summer book mobile that will be driven through the community with stops in each of our 4 elementary school zones.

May 14, 2015

4:00-6:00pm

Ridgeview Elementary