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Other Training Courses
(Not eligible for NCBIDA scholarships)
CHARTWELL SCHOOL TEACHER TRAINING INSTITUTE
The Chartwell School Teacher Training Institute offers a professional development program for practicing educators who would like to learn more about best practices in the field of reading instruction and learning disabilities. All classes will be held at Chartwell School: 2511 Numa Watson Road, Seaside, California 93955
Practicum
This three-week practicum is an introductory course for classroom teachers, tutors, and educational therapists interested in prescriptive teaching. It will provide research-based reading instruction techniques for students who need structure to function successfully in all areas of language arts, including reading, writing, spelling, and speaking. Participants will learn about the components of the structured language training lesson plan, the methodology to teach a lesson, the philosophy behind the multi-sensory lesson, and the scope and sequence of linguistic information needed to teach at various levels.
Topics to be covered include:
- Multisensory training methods
- Structured language lessons
- Analysis of linguistic patterns found in English language
- Decoding strategies
- Encoding strategies using simultaneous oral spelling
- Six Kinds of Syllables, Four Rules of Syllabication
Dates: June 15-July 2
Hours: 9:00 am-12:00 noon
Tuition: $625
Instructor: Judy Gaughf, MeD
Dean of Students
Theory I: Psycho-Educational Testing
Topics to be covered:
- Three Profiles of learning disabilities - ADD, Dyslexia and Non-Verbal LD
- Dyslexia - demystifying reading difficulties
- Learned Helplessness and Attribution Training
- Diagnostic Teaching
Dates: June 15-June 19
Hours: 12:30-3:30 pm
Tuition: $225
Instructor: Kristen Atkins, MS, Director of Outreach
Theory II: Best Practices for Teaching Reading
Topics to be covered:
- National Reading Panel Study of Best Practices
- Phonemic Awareness
- Reading Comprehension
- Vocabulary
- Critique of Efficacy of State Standards
Dates: June 22-June 26
Hours: 12:30-3:30 pm
Tuition: $225
Instructor: Kristen Atkins, MS, Director of Outreach
Theory III: Early Identification, Assessment, and Intervention of Reading Difficulties
Topics to be covered:
- Early reading interventions, introduction to the DIBELS
- Fluency - Read Naturally and DIBELS
- Intervention Activities
- The Role of the Reading Coach
Dates: June 29-July 2
Hours: 12:30-3:30 pm
Tuition: $225
Instructor: Kristen Atkins, MS, Director of Outreach
Contact information:
Kristen Atkins, katkins@charwell.org, 831.394.3468 ext 1012
WILSON LANGUAGE
WRS Introductory Workshop / Applied Methods
Dates: August 5-7
Hours: 9:00 am to 3:30 pm
Tuition: $525.00 ($50 less with early registration – 3 weeks before course begins)
Location: Berkeley, CA, Doubletree Hotel and EMC Berkeley Marina
This 15-hour workshop presents multisensory structured language principles and techniques of the WRS program. It provides hands-on and practical training to teachers implementing the WRS Intervention Model. The training includes:
Workshop Topics:
- Reading research
- Principles of language structure
- How to teach language with direct, multisensory methods
- Program implementation
- Student placement, progress monitoring, and scheduling
- Five areas of reading; phonemic awareness, phonics, vocabulary, fluency, comprehension
For more information about this course, please visit the Wilson Language web site at http://www.wilsonlanguage.com/
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There are many opportunities for taking multisensory structured
language education courses in the Bay Area this summer.
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