Program: Training & Consultation / Special Education
Audience: Core Content Teachers and Administrators of Grades 4-12
Dates: 10/10/2023 to 3/19/2024
This free IDEA funded training is appropriate for all core content teachers and administrators of grades 4-12. Participants will be provided applicable evidence-based strategies to strengthen their core instruction during the morning and will have collaboration and planning time in the afternoon.
**Participants are encouraged to attend all sessions, and ACT 48 hours for all sessions will be reported after the last session.**
Session #1: Before During, and After Reading Comprehension - Learn how to teach students to access their prior knowledge, set a purpose for reading, make connections, monitor their understanding, generate questions, stay focused, summarize, reflect, and respond to text in your content area.
Session #2: Close Reading and Responding with Evidence - Learn strategies that will help your students observe facts and details of a text through annotation, interpret their observations, and respond to questions using evidence from the content.
Session #3: Vocabulary - Students struggle with reading and understanding a text if they do not know the vocabulary. Learn how to explicitly teach relevant vocabulary from your content area to help students better comprehend their texts.
Session #4: Engagement with Reading, Writing, and Speaking - Increase student motivation and engagement through peer-mediated instruction, hands-on learning, and collaborative conversations.