|
(PD
Title No. REA3475) |
|
|
|
|
|
Proficiency
Level: Mastery |
|
|
Subject(s):Foreign Languages,Language
Arts and Reading,Guidance,Health Education,Industrial Education,Interdisciplinary,Leadership
Training,Multicultural Education,Music,Parent
Education,Psychology,Science,Social Science,Volunteer,Special Education,Technology,Computer
Education,Mathematics,Business,Art,Career Tech,Library Media,Basic Training,Physical Education,Standard
1 Planning for Continuous Improvement,Standard 2
Teaching and Learning,Standard 3 Human Resources Development,Standard 4 Diversity,Standard
5 Community and Stakeholder Relationships,Standard
6 Technology,Standard 7 Management of the Learning Organization,Standard 8 Ethics |
|
|
Grade(s): 5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12 |
|
|
Hours: 30.00 |
|
|
|
|
|
Description: This course focuses
specifically on supporting the academic development of students who are
competent decoders but who struggle to understand the meaning of what they
read. Participants will explore the different types of comprehension
difficulties students may face and will introduce a number of research-based
strategies to improve comprehension skills. Instructional strategies will
focus on building vocabulary skills, using teacher modeling, having students
work collaboratively, and building comprehension monitoring skills. As a
final project, participants will design and implement a lesson plan focused
on improving students’ reading comprehension. |
|
|
Pre-requisites: This is an introductory
course for teachers, technology specialists, curriculum specialists,
professional development specialists, or other school
personnel. Participants are expected to have regular access to
computers. In addition, participants should be proficient with
using email, browsing the Internet, and navigating to computer files. |
|
|
Objectives: This workshop will enable participants
to: |
|