Featured Speaker

Biography

Dr. Rhonda Bondie is an assistant professor of special education at Fordham University in New York City. She began her teaching career as an artist-in-residence and then became a special education teacher. She enjoyed over twenty years as both a teacher and administrator in K-12 urban public schools. Rhonda has been a faculty member at Harvard Graduate School of Education’s Project Zero Classroom for many years, where she has developed expertise in teaching for understanding, making thinking visible, and using protocols to build collaborative learning cultures. Rhonda’s innovative learning strategies have been published in books such as, Making Thinking Visible and Igniting Creativity in Gifted Learners, K-6: Strategies for Every Teacher and on web sites such as the National History Education Clearinghouse. Rhonda writes a monthly blog for New York City Public School teachers called the, Well Developed Classroom. Rhonda’s research focuses on sustainable differentiated instruction practices using self-regulated learning and building understanding with digital media.

General Session Presentation

Title: All Learners Learning Common Standards with Primary Sources

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In this full session symposium finale, teachers and administrators will discover how historical sources provide irresistible invitations to learning that support all students in achieving the Common Core Learning Standards. Attendees will explore hands-on strategies to help students with diverse learning needs read carefully, think strategically, and support claims with evidence from a text. Educators will come away having learned more about building understanding and differentiating instruction with primary sources.

Break-out Session (Grades 6-8)

We will explore learning routines that focus on CCSS instructional shifts including text dependent questions, close reads of accessible texts, and using evidence to support claims through hands-on collaborative learning routines.