CCIRA Literacy Conversations
CCIRA Inc., Colorado's literacy organization, is ready to chat about literacy with some fantastic literacy experts. Get ready to learn, expand your list of educational heroes, and gather ideas about ways you can improve your teaching practice.
- Update frequency
- every 14 days
- Average duration
- 40 minutes
- Episodes
- 36
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2022
Jessie Meeks: Tackling Standards in Two Grades at Once and Other Brilliant Ideas
Jessie Meeks, 2nd and 3rd grade teacher talks about how she leverages technology and instructional practices to teach to two different grades in the same classroom. We cover a lot of territory in the…
Cathy Lynskey: Teaching in 2020
Cathy Lynskey, CCIRA Treasurer, chats with Jessica and Molly about teaching in fall 2020 and what school looks like for her students.
Pam Minard: a Virtual Journey in 2021
Guest Pam Minard talks to Molly and Jessica about what the 2021 CCIRA Conference will look like, including why the conference is going virtual and how we hope to accommodate our members.
Vince Puzick: Equity and a CCIRA Book Study
Vince Puzick shares his knowledge of equity in classrooms and especially related to literacy instruction and shares a bit about our upcoming CCIRA book study!
Amy Nicholl: The Science-Literacy Connection
Former teacher and current Poudre Learning Center educator Amy Nicholl talks science with hosts Jessica Rickert and Molly Rauh.
Edit: Updated audio track with a correction on 9/29/2020.
Ann Cook: Cultivating Connections and Leadership
Molly Rauh reboots CCIRA Literacy Conversations with former guest Jessica Rickert as the new cohost.
Their guest for this episode is Ann Cook, a long time leader with CCIRA, former administrator, and…
Kim Yaris and Jan Burkins - Nurture Your Inner Super Hero and Develop Independent Students
Molly sits down at the CCIRA Conference with Kim Yaris and Jan Burkins and discusses Next Generation Literacy and helping teachers through small changes to combat learned helplessness and build confi…
Writing Instruction with Jeff Anderson
"The conventions are where reading and writing crash together." -Jeff Anderson
Molly sits down with Jeff Anderson at the CCIRA Conference to talk about writing, the role of observation, and grammar a…
Shawna Coppola Shares Her Experience
Molly talks with Shawna Coppola who discusses the pressures we face as educators and how she found her way forward in the face of those pressures. Important highlights include 1) what features would …
An Interview with Anne Beninghof: Co-Teaching Practices
Find out more about Anne at http://www.ideasforeducators.com/bring-anne-to-your-site.html
An Interview with Debbie Arechiga: Language Learners
Host Molly Rauh chats with Debbie Arechiga about meeting the needs of our language learners. Find out more about Debbie and her work at toolsforliteracy.com.
Unit Design with Adam Fachler
Host Molly Rauh has a conversation with Adam Fachler about designing curriculum and a solid unit.
This episode is a quick conversation that doesn't do the EMPOWER template justice. Listen in to get a…
An Interview with Danny Brassell (The Key Didn't Work)
Podcast host Molly Rauh sits down in the hallway of the Marriott hotel with Danny Brassell, author of "Read, Lead, and Succeed." Danny was the 2019 conference opening keynote speaker. We talk about c…
Making the Most of Your Conference Experience 2019
Want to know how to make the most of your 2019 CCIRA Conference experience? Get some quick tips from Molly and Emily about how they enjoy their conference.
Getting Kids Talking, Effectively
In this summary hosts Emily Bradley, a 5th grade teacher, and Molly Rauh, a middle school teacher, talk about discussion techniques they have tried to help their students grow in the art of conversat…
2019 Conference Chair Jessica Rickert
2019 CCIRA conference chair, Jessica Rickert, shares some highlight speakers attending the 2019 conference and reflects on her educational heroes.
Music clips from A. A. Aalto's Red Wing, from freemu…