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Focused Intervention Seminar, Grades K-6

Support teachers who provide intervention instruction with this one- or two-day seminar. Created in consultation with Dr. Michael Opitz, this seminar is designed to empower teachers working with striving learners to differentiate instruction to individual learning needs. The "Formula for Success" lesson framework helps interventionists focus on specific learning targets and adapt instruction to maximize daily success for accelerated student progress. Strategies learned can support implementation of any intervention instructional resource. An optional day of classroom demonstrations provided by the professional development trainer is also suggested.

Objectives

Participants will:

• Learn essential elements of an RTI framework
• Explore strategies to engage and activate striving learners
• Discover how to analyze assessments to identify specific learning needs
• Learn intervention strategies specific to oral language, comprehension, vocabulary, phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, and writing
• Learn management strategies for record keeping, planning for differentiation, and communication between classroom and intervention professionals

One or Two Days - Additional Coaching Day Also Available
College Credit Pending

Reaching Struggling Adolescent Readers Workshop, Grades 5-12

Reaching Struggling Adolescent Readers Workshop provides practical strategies for working with students who are reading significantly below grade level. Teachers will explore how motivation impacts struggling adolescent readers and ways to engage students through proven strategies for building vocabulary, comprehension, and fluency.

Objectives

Participants will:

• Learn the specific instructional needs of struggling adolescent readers
• Explore research-based strategies that support struggling adolescent readers
• Discover how to apply reading strategies for struggling readers in the classroom
• Learn how these strategies transfer to test-taking situations

One Day
College Credit Available

Customized Middle and High School Professional Development, Grades 6-12

Customized consulting services for middle and high school educators can range from a one-day course to a long-term partnership that includes teacher coaching, demonstration lessons, and specialized course topics. A school or district's specific needs are used as the foundation for a comprehensive professional development action plan that will support teachers, coaches, and administrators. Recommended topics include algebra readiness, intervention, lesson design, differentiation, small group teaching, and distributive practice targeted at the needs of students.

Objectives

Participants will:

• Learn to use assessment tests to develop a plan to meet the specific remediation needs of students
• Use instructional strategies to build understanding of a topic through the use of models and games
• Employ a variety of strategies to build mathematical reasoning and problem solving skills
• Use skills lessons, problem-solving lessons, activities and mixed practice needed for success in middle and high school mathematics
• Focus on problem-solving strategies for approaching real-world situations

One Day
College Credit Pending

Using Technology to Enhance Learning for At-Risk Students, Grades K-12

This workshop will introduce participants to a variety of instructional strategies to be used with at-risk students that will enhance development of the higher order thinking skills necessary to be able to function effectively in the world. Participants will learn how to use technology to help students develop small-group cooperative learning skills to help them to learn from each other and raise student motivation. Focus is on maximizing student involvement in challenging, long-term projects that stress composition, comprehension, and application of skills in the context of working on authentic tasks.

Objectives

Participants will:

• Identify a wide variety of technology and online resources that can be used with students
• Facilitate the ways students obtain, organize, manipulate, and display information
• Simulate real-world environments and create actual situations for experimentation
• Improve student communication skills and develop positive cooperative learning relationships
• Enhance student engagement, productivity, and move students toward self-reliance
• Explore online resources that support at-risk students
• Learn time/classroom management strategies that maximize learning for every student
• Understand how to design projects that integrate a variety of disciplines
• Foster parental involvement and support

One Day
Participants must have access to a computer and the Internet.

Online Tools to Support Differentiated Instruction, Grades K-12

This workshop introduces participants to assessment, key principles, and management strategies for the complex differentiated instructional process. Participants will experience the important role technology plays in providing children with the appropriate scaffolding for their individual needs through web-based sites, activities, and professional development.

Objectives

Participants will:

• Examine the five essential components of differentiated instruction
• Understand what differentiated instruction is and what it isn't
• Examine the benefits and methods of differentiated instruction
• Recognize the importance of technology's role in differentiated instruction
• Examine and practice classroom management strategies
• Explore online resources and tools that support differentiated instruction

One Day
Participants must have access to a computer and the Internet.

Reading-Language Arts Intensive Intervention for Underperforming Students

This interactive and engaging professional development is designed for educators using Steck-Vaughn Gateways. This series of training opportunities combines the latest scientific research with best instructional practices to prepare teachers to accelerate the reading/writing achievement of struggling readers and English learners in grades 4-12.

This professional development is created and delivered by Action Learning Systems, the lead author of Gateways.

Get the expert Gateways coaching from the Gateways experts!

Objectives

Participants will:

• Utilize the assessment tools to place students and monitor progress
• Learn the essential elements of effective intervention instruction
• Practice routines and patterns built into Gateways instruction
• Discover how to accelerate student performance using best practices
• Plan faithful implementation of Gateways in the classroom from day 1

One Day
Participants must have Gateways.
College Credit Pending

Reading Advantage Workshop, Grades 6-12

Reaching at-risk students with high-interest reading materials at their instructional level is critical, as is having the instructional support needed to continually increase students' reading skills. Well-known author and teacher Laura Robb has worked with a team of experienced educators to bring you professional development that can turn their struggle into success.

Objectives

Participants will:

• Learn how to motivate struggling readers through the carefully designed instructional support in the Reading Advantage® program
• Discover specific instructional support for students who are reading below grade level
• Explore how placement tests and ongoing assessment can support instruction
• Learn how to group students for differentiated instruction and tailor instruction so every student experiences success

One or Two Days
Participants must have Reading Advantage® kits.
College Credit Available

Portals Intervention Workshop, Grades 4-8

The Portals Intervention Workshop is designed for educators using the Portals program featuring short graphic novels by Bill Labov. The workshop combines the latest scientific research in the field with best practices to prepare teachers to accelerate the reading achievement of struggling readers in grades 4-8. Teachers leave the workshop prepared to fully implement the Portals program to ensure student success.

Objectives

Participants will:

• Learn the essential elements of effective intervention instruction
• Apply the best practices found in Portals to ensure student success
• Utilize ongoing assessments to drive instruction

One Day
Participants must have Portals.
College Credit Pending

Soar to Success Institute, Level I, Grades K-8

During the two-day Soar to Success Institute, Level I, teachers will learn how to help struggling K-8 readers achieve grade-level success using the research-based materials in Soar to Success. Developed by reading authorities Dr. J. David Cooper and Dr. David Chard, this intervention institute uses role-playing, discussions, simulations, and coaching to support teachers in internalizing the instructional plan, ongoing assessments, and developing a plan for managing the curriculum in their buildings and classrooms.

Objectives

Participants will:

• Systematically teach phonemic awareness, phonics, and fluency
• Apply reciprocal teaching strategies to help struggling readers make more than adequate yearly progress
• Support comprehension with graphic organizers
• Conduct ongoing assessments to monitor student progress
• Appropriately select and release students for Soar to Success

Two Days
Participants must have the Soar to Success program
College Credit Available

Soar to Success Institute, Level II, Grades K-8

The Soar to Success Institute, Level II is designed to support educators in building capacity by preparing district personnel to become certified Level I trainers. During this advanced institute, participants will explore adult learning theory, engage in simulations, implement effective presentation skills, begin planning for their district training, and participate in extensive coaching.

Prerequisites for this institute include successful completion of the Soar to Success Institute, Level I, submission of videotaped lesson instruction, and at least one semester of experience teaching or coaching teachers using Soar to Success.

Objectives

Participants will:

• Recognize characteristics of adult learners and understand their impact on training
• Build effective presentation skills
• Effectively utilize simulations in institutes
• Be prepared to address difficult questions and challenging participants

Three Days
Participants must have already completed the Soar to Success Institute, Level I.
College Credit Available

Knowing Mathematics Institute, Level I, Grades 4-6

During the two-day Knowing Mathematics Institute, Level I, teachers will learn to support below-level math students by developing a profound understanding of fundamental mathematics. Developed in consultation with Dr. Liping Ma and Dr. Kathy Kessel, this highly interactive training offers opportunities for participants to engage in role-playing, discussions, simulations, and coaching activities that support teachers in internalizing the instructional plan found in the Knowing Mathematics program.

Objectives

Participants will:

• Determine student eligibility and placement based on specific program criteria
• Model and internalize instructional strategies and mathematical conversations
• Develop a profound understanding of fundamental mathematics

Two Days
Participants must have the Knowing Mathematics program.
College Credit Available

Knowing Mathematics Institute, Level II, Grades 4-6

The Knowing Mathematics Institute, Level II is designed to support educators in building capacity by preparing district personnel to become certified Level I trainers. During this advanced institute, participants will explore adult learning theory, engage in simulations, implement effective presentation skills, begin planning for their district training, and participate in extensive coaching.

Prerequisites for this institute include successful completion of the Knowing Mathematics Institute, Level I, submission of a videotaped lesson instruction, and at least one semester of experience teaching or coaching teachers using Knowing Mathematics.

Objectives

Participants will:

• Recognize characteristics of adult learners and understand their impact on training
• Build effective presentation skills
• Effectively utilize simulations in institutes
• Be prepared to address difficult questions and challenging participants

Three Days
Participants must have already completed the Knowing Mathematics Institute, Level I
College Credit Available

iSucceed™ Math Workshop, Grades 3-8

This hands-on, highly interactive workshop is designed specifically for teachers who are implementing iSucceed MATH. In this workshop, participants experience each component of the program, learning how to differentiate instruction for students who need math intervention. Time is spent with the diagnostic assessment tools, computer-based individualized instruction, teacher-facilitated small-group instruction, and options for extra practice and reteaching. Educators leave the workshop prepared to implement iSucceed MATH and help students reach grade-level math standards.

Objectives

Participants will:

• Learn best practices for math intervention in grades 3-8
• Discover how to use the iSucceed MATH program to meet the needs of RTI instruction
• Explore the components of iSucceed MATH
• Learn to use the Diagnostic Placement Test
• Learn how to monitor progress

Districts may purchase additional days of training. A webinar is also available for purchase.

One Day
Participants must have iSucceed Math and access to a computer.
College Credit Available