Oklahoma Virtual Charter Academy: Jim Wright's Workshops

On Friday 21 February 2014, Jim Wright presented workshops for elementary and secondary staff from the Oklahoma Virtual Charter Academy in Choctaw, OK. Here are handouts and resources shared at the trainings.

MORNING WORKSHOP: ELEMENTARY STAFF: The Elementary Teacher as Academic Intervention ‘First Responder’

PPT: The Elementary Teacher as Academic Intervention ‘First Responder’ [1]

Elements of Effective Core Instruction:

DIRECT INSTRUCTION CHECKLIST: How To: Deliver Direct Instruction in General-Education Classrooms [2].

How to Structure Classroom Interventions:

How To: Improve Academic Interventions: 7 Big Ideas [3]
How To: Create a Written Record of Classroom Interventions' [4]
Classroom Intervention Planning Sheet [5] [in RTF/MS Word format]. This 1-page form is an organizer to help teachers to easily document Tier 1 (classroom) interventions.

Here are links to some interventionists discussed at the training:

Effective Elements of Writing Instruction [17]
Sentence-Combining [18]

Online Tool: Academic Intervention Planner [19]

Here are skills-checklists:

Check out these interactive tools to create student materials:

Behavior Report Card Maker [24]
Academic Survival Skills Checklist Maker [25]
[24]Self-Monitoring Checklist Maker [26]
Intervention Finder for Academics [19]
Intervention Finder for Behavior [27]
Accommodations Finder [28]
Jackpot Reward Finder [29]

3 websites with good research-based intervention ideas:

Intervention Central [30]
Evidence-Based Intervention Network [31]
Cognitive Strategy Instruction [32]

Curriculum-Based Measurement: Sample Measures and Norms
CBM Type	Online CBM Application	CBM Directions & Norms
CBM: Letter Name Fluency & Letter Sound Fluency	Letter Name Fluency Generator [33]	LNF/LSF: Directions & Norms [34]
CBM: Oral Reading Fluency	Reading Passage Generator [35]	Oral Reading Fluency: Directions & Norms [36]
CBM: Maze Passages (Comprehension)	Maze Passage Generator [37]	Maze: Directions & Norms [38]
CBM: Early Math Fluency	Early Math Fluency Generator [39]	Early Math Fluency: Directions & Norms [40]
CBM: Math Computation	Math Worksheet Generator [41]	Math Computation: Directions & Norms [42]
CBM: Written Expression	Writing Probe Generator [43]	Writing: Directions & Norms [44]

AFTERNOON WORKSHOP: SECONDARY STAFF: Finding the Spark: How to Give Students the Tools to Manage Their Own Learning

PPT: Finding the Spark: How to Give Students the Tools to Manage Their Own Learning [45]

Resources for Student Self-Monitoring:

Here are ideas for understanding and using accommodations in the classroom:

Accommodations: Definition, how to use, examples [51]

Resources for Student Self-Management

Resources for Student Motivation

Six Reasons Why Students are Unmotivated (and What to Do). [54] Review the six most common reasons for poor motivation and how teachers can increase student engagement.
How to Build a Positive Motivation Trap. [55]This guide discusses how to make instruction more motivating by linking it to student interests.
Behavioral Momentum: High-Probability Requests [56]

Check out these interactive tools to create student materials:

Here are examples of student-managed interventions:

Reading Reflection Pause [11]. This intervention appears as the third idea in this larger collection of reading-comprehension fix-up skills.
Reading Comprehension: RAP (Read-Ask-Paraphrase) [12]
Ask-Read-Tell (ART) [13]
Question Generation [57]
Math Self-Correction Checklists [16]

Here are online 'beep tapes' that students can use to self-monitor their behaviors:

Fixed-Interval Audio Tapes (MP3 files) [58]

Non-Compliance.

'Catalytic Comments' [59]: Here are 10 teacher communication tools that can help to increase student compliance.

http://www.jimwrightonline.com/mixed_files/ovca/intv_accomm_mod_definitions_examples_guidelines_for_use.pdf