Hill Center: Jim Wright's Workshops

On Wednesday 6 September 2017, Jim Wright presented the evening training Parent as Coach: How to Help Your Child Develop Independence with Homework for the Hill Center in Durham, NC. Here are resources from that workshop:

• PowerPoint Deck: Parent as Coach: How to Help Your Child Develop Independence with Homework

• Handout 1: Homework Routine: Student Checklist
• Handout 2: Homework Contracts: Tapping the Power of Parents
• Handout 3: Getting Children to Do Their Homework: Positive Parental ‘Nudges’

• Free or Inexpensive Rewards for Parents. Psychologist Dr. Laura Riffel generated this very useful list of reward ideas for younger and older children.
• Finding the Spark: How to Use 'Growth Mindset' Statements to Motivate Your Child. This handout introduces parents to the growth-mindset research and offers guidance in how to use growth-mindset statements to encourage and motivate. Useful for homework!

On Thursday 7 September 2017, Jim Wright presented the full-day workshop Implementing a Comprehensive Tier One Reading Approach for Elementary Schools for the Hill Center in Durham, NC. Here are resources from that training:

• PowerPoint Deck: MTSS: Implementing a Comprehensive Tier 1 Reading Approach for Elementary Schools

• Workshop Handout 1: RESOURCES
• Workshop Handout 2: WORKBOOK

• HELPS Reading Tutoring Program

• Analyzing Student Behavior: A Step-by-Step Guide

1. Provide Strong Core Instruction to the Whole Class

• How to Implement Strong Core Instruction: Direct Instruction Checklist (Interactive Form)
• What Works Clearinghouse Practice Guide: Foundational Skills to Support Reading for Understanding in Kindergarten Through 3rd Grade
• What Works Clearinghouse: Review Reading Curriculum Programs

• Numbered Heads Together: Cooperative Learning Activity

• How To: Use Accommodations With General-Education Students:Teacher Guidelines
• Helping Students to Retain Skills and Content: Classroom Ideas

2. Understand & Accept Role as Intervention ‘First Responder’

3. Define the Academic Problem(s) in Clear & Specific Terms

• How To: Define Academic Problems: The First Step in Effective Intervention Planning

4. Develop an Appropriate Small-Group or Individual Intervention Plan Matching the Student Problem(s)

• Classroom Academic Interventions Page

• Florida Center for Reading Research: Student Center Activities

• Planning the Gradual Release of Responsibility on Tier 1/Classroom Intervention Plans

5. Write Down the Intervention Plan Before Implementing

• Tier 1/Classroom Intervention Planning Form (Google Docs)

6. Collect Data to Monitor & Judge Student Progress

• How to Track Classroom Reading Interventions

Acquisition: Measure Mastery

• Cumulative Mastery Record Form (Interactive)

Fluency: Measuring proficiency

• DIBELS NEXT Formative Literacy Assessments: K-6

Comprehension: Measuring retention of assigned readings

• Oral Retell with Rubric: Here are sample rubrics: Teachers College; Reading A-Z

Generalization: Measuring applied use of literacy skills

• Think-aloud Checklists. A free web app, Self-Check Behavior Checklist Maker, allows teachers to customize a checklist of any kind (including a think-aloud checklist. Check out the manual for the app.