Join us on Jan. 8 for an exciting professional development program featuring leading experts in the areas of authentic assessment and language-based literacy disabilities. 

Dr. Robert Talbert of GVSU will share strategies for shifting assessment practices to better engage learners. Drs. Lauren Katz and Joanne Pierson of the Literacy, Language, and Learning Institute (3LI) in Ann Arbor will bring us up-to-date on new understandings around dyslexia and related learning disorders, including tips on how to better support our students. Information on presentations and speakers is linked here.

Our program starts with lunch in the former library area in the Osterlin Building followed by presentations upstairs in O203 and O205. Participants will split into two groups to attend both presentations. 

Our schedule is a departure from the usual practice of holding professional development after the president’s January Conference. We shifted the time because of an orientation session scheduled for the afternoon of Jan. 7. However, because faculty will already be on campus for departmental meetings, we decided that Wednesday afternoon was the best possible alternative. 

CIE professional development programming is required for full-time faculty, but we hope that adjunct faculty and staff will join us. Adjunct faculty receive a stipend for attending.