Georgia Heard

Bringing Poetry into Everyday Life

Speaking Schedule 2011 & 2012

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My speaking schedule is not inclusive of work in local schools, board and other meetings, writing deadline time, volunteer work, family sports' schedules, etc. Days not scheduled below may look like free time -- please email me for availability.

2011

October
12-13 Cornerstone Literacy Fall Conference Columbus, Georgia
Essential Literacy Learning

20-21 The Innovative Learning Conference
The Nueva School Hillsborough, CA
www.nuevailc.org

24-25 Cobb County Georgia School District
Deepening Our Understanding of the Common Core State Standards
with Lester Laminack and Debbie Miller

November
2-3 The Wilson School St. Louis, MO
Poetry In-Service

9-10 Coral Springs School Florida
Poetry In-Service

December
1-5 Hong Kong International School
In-Service

6-7 and 14-15 Heinemann Webinar
3:00 - 4:15 and 6:00 - 7:15
Nonfiction Reading and Writing: Meeting the Common Core State Standards

2012
January
Writing Deadlines

February
2 CCIRA, Denver, Colorado: Digging Deeper Into Professional Knowledge

29 New England Reading Association (NERA), Webinar Series 1: A Unit of Study in Poetry: One Month, Unlimited Potential: 3:45 - 5:00

March
2 NAMTA Conference Portland, Oregon
Total Reading and Writing in the Montessori Context

10 - 11 Chapters International Workshop Prague, International School of Prague
Supporting Reading Comprehension and Improving the Quality of Writing through Poetry
http:/​/​chaptersinternational.com

7 & 21 NERA: Webinar Series 2 & 3: A Unit of Study in Poetry: One Month, Unlimited Potential: 3:45 - 5:00

26 - 29 American Embassy School, Cairo, Egypt

April
March 31 - 3 Near East South Asia Council of Overseas Schools (NESA) Spring Educators Conference, Athens, Greece

11 NERA: Webinar Series 4: A Unit of Study in Poetry: One Month, Unlimited Potential: 3:45 - 5:00

21 Bellingham, Washington Conference

28 - May 1 Bilingual and Immersion Education Sao Paulo, Brazil
Pathways to Bilingualism: Pedagogy, Best Practices and Accountability

October
18 - 21 Chapters International Conference
Reading and Writing Institute Bangkok, Thailand