New Webinar Series
Leading Quality Literacy Instruction for Secondary Teachers
with Lexie Domaradzki
- Spring 2012 -
Secondary teachers: February 29 and March 14
These webinars focus on instructional practices that may be required to help many students maintain or increase grade-level reading skills through 12th grade.
The six essential areas of growth in knowledge, reading, and thinking skills for grades 6 to 12 are reading fluency, vocabulary knowledge, content knowledge, higher-level reasoning and thinking skills, cognitive strategies specific to reading comprehension, and motivation and engagement.
While some students with serious reading difficulties will probably require instructional support in areas beyond strong vocabulary and comprehension instruction,(e.g., word-identification strategies), they will also require high quality instruction and significant practice in the areas described above if they are to close the gap toward grade-level reading skills. In this session, we will address those practices and essential areas of instruction for providing support for secondary students.
Target Audience: Secondary educators and administrators.
No charge for RAPPS district staff.
Explicit Instruction: Effective and Efficient Teaching
with Anita Archer -
February 8,22, March 7 ,21, and April 4
Explicit instruction is systematic, direct, engaging, and success oriented — and has been shown to promote student achievement for all students. This highly practical and engaging webinar series will give special and general education teachers the tools to implement explicit instruction in any grade level or content area.
Anita Archer is a leading expert, who will provide clear guidelines for identifying key concepts, skills and routines to teach; designing and delivering effective lessons; and giving students opportunities to practice and master new material.
One 500-level professional development credit is available in conjunction with this webinar series.
Required book: Explicit Instruction: Effective and Efficient Teaching
Using Technology to Differentiate Instruction
February 14, 21 and 28, March 6, 13 and 20
featuring Bill Ferriter and Alaskan Educators
How can technology help you engage ALL students in your classroom?
What technology tools are teachers using to differentiate instruction in Alaska’s classrooms?
We invite you to join us for an exciting six-part webinar series that explores how to meet the unique needs of Alaskan students through technology. Hosted by Doug Penn, District-wide Principal for the Baldrige-Award winning Chugach School District, this webinar series features a diverse group of exemplary Alaskan educators showcasing effective tools and web 2.0 processes they use with students.
The first two webinars will provide a foundation in differentiated instruction from teacher mentors in the Alaska Statewide Mentor Project, and an investigation of best practices with Web 2.0 tools from William Ferriter, a national presenter, practicing middle school teacher and the author of Teaching the iGeneration. The final four webinars will feature exemplary Alaskan educators sharing real-life effective practices and tools.
Two 500-level professional development credits are available in conjunction with this webinar series. 100 full scholarships available to attend this webinar series. Course materials provided at no cost to the first 50 enrolled.
Advancing Formative Assessment in Every Classroom: A Guide for Teacher Leaders and Site Administrators
with Julia Payne-Lewis -
February 16, March 1, 15 and 29
Formative assessment is an active, continual process in which teachers and students work together to gather evidence of learning. It is one of the best ways to increase student learning and enhance teacher quality. But effective formative assessment is not part of most classrooms, largely because teachers misunderstand what it is and don’t have the necessary skills to implement it.
This webinar series is based around the book Advancing Formative Assessment in Every Classroom by Connie Moss and Susan Brookart (ASCD, 2009). This series provides a practical guide for school leaders including strategic talking points, conversation starters, and ready-made tools needed to explain how formative assessment improves student learning and achievement.
One 500-level credit is available in conjunction with this webinar series.
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