NJ BRANCH IDA: Winter Institute Food For Thought Trainings Low Cost Seminars February 8, 2014 Snow Date February 22, 2014 You may register for one or more sessions by indicating the sessions, making out a check to NJIDA for the indicated amount of $25.00 per session and mailing this information with your check to: NJIDA PO Box 32 Long Valley NJ 07853 Location for all sessions at Somerset Hills School 206 Mt Horeb Rd, Warren, NJ 07059 ______Session 1: 9:00-10:30 I-Pads for Literacy Instruction (Katie Szajowski, MA, OG-T Reading Specialist Bernards Township SD) Explore the benefits of i-Pads in the Resource Center and share in the current apps used to teach essential literacy skills _____ Session 2: 9:00AM-10:30AM Assessing Students for Dyslexia (Jennifer Williams, LDTC, OG-TT, North Brunswick SD) Find out about various criterion and standardized assessments that determine dyslexia. Discuss why and how these assessments relate to areas of weakness in people with dyslexia. _____ Session 3: 9:00AM-10:30AM Orton Gillingham Learning Centers for the Resource Center (Amy Garner, MA, OG-Th) Having trouble individualizing Orton Gillingham Learning Centers in your classroom? Wondering which OG activity your students can do independently as you work with another group? See how to reinforce OG skills with Learning Centers. _____ Session 4: 9:00AM-10:30AM Project Read Linguistics (Susan Kemp, LDTC, Endorsed Project Read Consultant, Somerset Hills ) Learn how to use this Project Read strand to design reading instruction for intermediate and secondary level students.. _____ Session 5: 11:00AM - 12:30 PM From Struggling Student to Striving Advocate (Will Marsh, Union Catholic HS Senior, Coordinator Spotlight on Dyslexia) Share the journey of how a student with dyslexia became and advocate. Find out about his advocacy efforts, Spotlight on Dyslexia, his testimony at New Jersey Senate Education Committee for the definition of Dyslexia in NJ Code. _____ Session 6: 11:00AM-12:30PM Phonological Awareness and Its Impact on Decoding and Spelling (Elaine Russo, MA, OG-T, FDU adjunct) Overview theoretical framework, hierarchal phonological developmental levels, view multiple phonemic awareness activities for small group instruction. _____ Session 7: 11:00AM - 12:30 PM Spelling Red Words: Some Really Creative Strategies (Carol Radis, M.ED, DSC, Reading teacher, Craig School) Beyond the multisensory techniques used for red words, learn new strategies that assist the struggling speller acquire those non-phonetic red words. _____ Session 8: 11:00AM - 12:30 PM Comprehension Strategies for the Struggling Student Reading Fiction (Judy Shapiro, MS/LDTC, OG-THT, Co-Director Scotch Plains Dyslexia Center, FDU Adjunct) Explore methods effective in accessing and clarifying text for the reluctant reader. Activities and practice part of session. _____ Session 9: 1:00PM-2:30PM 3Rs of Effective Study Strategies Development: Research, Reliability and Reflection (Elizabeth Kenny-Foggin, MS, OG-TT, Special Education Teacher, Holmdel HS, FDU Adjunct) Will demonstrate how to effectively plan, create and implement study strategies to meet a diverse student population. Examples of high school student strategies and student feedback will be shared. _____ Session 10: 1:00PM-2:30PM How Does A Student Become His Own Advocate Anyway? (Linda Tyberghein, MA, DSC, Practicum Instructor, Northfield Dyslexia Center) At some point a student has to become his own advocate. Strategies for developing self-help skills to realize this goal will be covered. ______ Session 11: 1:00PM-2:30PM Navigating Informational Text, Strategies for the Struggling Reader (Judy Shapiro, Katie Szajowski) Demonstration of effective methods which access the cognitive know-how and structure of informational text; thereby, empowering a students with clearer comprehension. _____ Session 12: 1:00PM-2:30PM Assessing Students for Dyslexia (Jennifer Williams) Repeat of morning session. _____ Session 13: 1:00PM - 2:30 PM Spelling Red Words: Some Really Creative Strategies (Carol Radis) Repeat of morning session. ______ Session 14: 1:00PAM - 2:30 PM Orton Gillingham Learning Centers for the Resource Center (Amy Garner) Repeat of morning session. What is this WIFFT thing? Winter Institute Food For Thought When will it be held? February 8, 2013 (snow date, February 22, 2014 Where will it be held? At Somerset Hills School, 206 Mt Horeb Rd, Warren, NJ 07059 What will it cost? $25.00 per session How do I register? Print this flyer, check off seminars youd like to attend and mail to NJIDA PO Box 32, long Valley, NJ 07853 How can I get more information? Email judy jshapiro377@gmail or Christine [email protected] or Jen [email protected] Certificates of attendance for professional development hours will be issued.
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