Powerful Thinking | LIVE Webinar - Session 1
2024-04-09 15:30 - 17:00 (America/Vancouver) | Webinar – Zoom
In the age of inquiry-based learning, how do we create a learning environment where students are re-thinking rather than simply re-telling? How do we provide enough structure AND flexibility for students to explore, stretch and reflect on their thinking? In this new webinar series, Adrienne Gear, will share ideas from her new book, Powerful Thinking, that will help you engage your students in constructing meaning and deepening understanding in all areas of the curriculum.
Using the key concepts and strategies from her book, Reading Power, Adrienne will share practical ways to create a “culture of thinking” in the classroom, not just in your literacy block but across all areas of your curriculum! She will share lessons to help bring knowledge-building into classrooms by using texts as tools to nudge students’ thinking through engaged listening and active conversations. Come to this session and leave with a list of practical strategies and engaging anchor books to help your students develop into powerful readers and thinkers!

Powerful Poetry | STUDENT Workshop - Session 1
2024-04-10 09:30 - 10:00 (America/Vancouver)

Powerful Thinking | LIVE Webinar - Session 2
2024-04-16 15:30 - 17:00 UTC | Webinar – Zoom

Powerful Poetry | STUDENT Workshop - Session 2
2024-04-17 09:30 - 10:15 (America/Vancouver)

Powerful Thinking | FREE Sneak Peek Webinar
2024-04-18 16:00 - 17:00 (America/Vancouver)
In the age of inquiry-based learning, how do we create a learning environment where students are re-thinking rather than simply re-telling? How do we provide enough structure and flexibility for students to explore, stretch, and reflect on their thinking? In this webinar, BC teacher and author Adrienne Gear will share ideas from her new book Powerful Thinking that will engage your students in constructing meaning and deepening understanding in all areas of the curriculum. She will share practical ways to help bring knowledge-building into classrooms, using texts as tools to nudge students’ thinking through engaged listening and talking. Come to this session and leave inspired to bring thinking into every corner of your classroom!

Earth Day 2024 | STUDENT Author Visit with Alison Gear
2024-04-22 09:30 - 10:15 (America/Vancouver)

Effective Primary Reading Instruction
2025-01-14 15:30 - 17:30 (America/Vancouver)
This stand-alone webinar will be LIVE on Tuesday, November 14th from 3:30pm to 5:30pm, Pacific Time.

What is the most effective way to teach reading in a primary classroom? Are foundational phonics skills sufficient for students to become fully literate? Where and how does comprehension fit?
Join BC author and educator Adrienne Gear as she explores these questions, discusses the latest research and trends in reading instruction, including ideas found in the new BC Ministry’s Learning in the Primary Years document, and shares her thoughts on what an effective primary reading program might look like.
This single webinar is filled with practical tips for building a holistic reading program, lessons, assessment templates, student reproducibles, and of course, Adrienne’s favorite primary reading ANCHOR BOOKS! Come to this webinar and leave feeling reset, recharged, and ready to be an effective, responsive reading teacher!

Pop-Up Poetry | Live Webinar
2026-04-01 15:30 - 17:30 (America/Vancouver)
This inspiring “pop-up” webinar, based on Adrienne Gear’s book Powerful Poetry, will help you and your students discover, experience and create poetry during National Poetry Month this April and beyond! The practical lessons shared will help you introduce the joy of poetry to your students and show you how a single poem can ignite an endless number of literacy lessons. Ideal for new and experienced teachers who are looking to bring the power of poetry into their classrooms!
