1. EARCOS Weekend Workshop
Conferring in Writing: Your Best Friend
in Ensuring Student Achievement
Presented by Tammy Westrick
October 6-7, 2012
Hosted by International School Bangkok, Thailand
Workshop Description and Outcomes:
Conferring is one of the best ways to identify student strengths and areas of concern.
It allows us to differentiate our instruction and really target those skills and
strategies students need to be successful writers. This workshop will be directed at
conferring in writing. However, you will naturally be able to apply most skills and
strategies to other contexts, as well.
Intended Audience:
• Elementary Teachers K-5
• Instructional/Learning Coaches
• Support Teachers (Special Education/ESL)
• Administrators
Participants of this workshop will:
• Revisit the architecture of a conference and explore different conferring
organizational structures
• Explore the benefits of individual and small group conferences
• Learn how to move beyond using generic prompts by building writing content
knowledge in the genre being taught
• Consider ways to use of a variety of mentor texts in your conferences
• Analyze conferring data to determine next instructional steps
• Consider conferring notes as one piece of a body of evidence

2. EARCOS Weekend Workshop
Conferring in Writing: Your Best Friend in
Ensuring Student Achievement
Workshop Presenter: Tammy Westrick
Presenter Bio:
Tammy has been a Literacy/Instructional
coach for the last six years and has over 20
years of elementary classroom experience.
She currently works with teachers and
students as a Literacy Learning Coach at
International School Bangkok. As a
classroom teacher, Tammy found that her
conferring data was her best friend in
determining student needs and gathering
evidence of growth. She is excited to share
different ways to make conferring more
productive, effective and meaningful.
Workshop Information: Workshop Fee: USD 55
(inclusive of lunches, snacks and refreshments)
Dates: 6 - 7 October 2012
* If payment will be paid by check, kindly make your
Time: 08:00am – 03:00pm check payable to "International School Association",
please add USD 7.00 for bank service fee.
Registration: Registration deadline: September 21, 2012
Complete the online registration form at: Online Form
* If you have a problem filling registration online, please contact Ms. Didi at supasrin@isb.ac.th

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School Location and Address:
International School Bangkok (ISB)
39/7 Soi Nichada Thani, Samakee Road
Pakkret, Nonthaburi 11120, Thailand
Phone: (+662) 963 5800 www.isb.ac.th
Accommodations:
Participants are responsible for booking their own accommodations. We recommend
the Landmark Hotel. (See attached reservation form).
Transportation from Hotel to ISB & Vice Versa
Transportation will be provided between the Landmark Hotel and school. The exact
van schedule will be provided to the registered participants at a later date.
* Please note that transportation for participants is only available for those who booked their room
with the recommended hotel.