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:
- Handout 1: Homework Routine: Student Checklist [2]
- Handout 2: Homework Contracts: Tapping the Power of Parents [3]
- Handout 3: Getting Children to Do Their Homework: Positive Parental ‘Nudges’ [4]
- Free or Inexpensive Rewards for Parents. [5] 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. [6] 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 [7]
1. Provide Strong Core Instruction to the Whole Class
- How to Implement Strong Core Instruction: Direct Instruction Checklist (Interactive Form) [12]
- What Works Clearinghouse Practice Guide: Foundational Skills to Support Reading for Understanding in Kindergarten Through 3rd Grade [13]
- What Works Clearinghouse: Review Reading Curriculum Programs [14]
- Numbered Heads Together [15]: Cooperative Learning Activity
- How To: Use Accommodations With General-Education Students:Teacher Guidelines [16]
- Helping Students to Retain Skills and Content: Classroom Ideas [17]
2. Understand & Accept Role as Intervention ‘First Responder’
3. Define the Academic Problem(s) in Clear & Specific Terms
4. Develop an Appropriate Small-Group or Individual Intervention Plan Matching the Student Problem(s)
5. Write Down the Intervention Plan Before Implementing
6. Collect Data to Monitor & Judge Student Progress
Acquisition: Measure Mastery
Fluency: Measuring proficiency
Comprehension: Measuring retention of assigned readings
- Oral Retell with Rubric: Here are sample rubrics: Teachers College [26]; Reading A-Z [27]
Generalization: Measuring applied use of literacy skills
- Think-aloud Checklists. A free web app, Self-Check Behavior Checklist Maker [28], allows teachers to customize a checklist of any kind (including a think-aloud checklist. Check out the manual [29]for the app.