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Reading ASSIST® Institute Current Course Schedule
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Wilmington Office Courses
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RAPS Intervention Training (formerly Basic Training):
This training provides educators with the knowledge base, curriculum and materials necessary to provide an effective Tier III Intervention to struggling readers. RAPS: Reading ASSIST ® for Primary Students is a research based multisensory structured language curriculum designed for students who need explicit instruction in all skill areas that contribute to competent reading.
| Class Name |
Dates |
Times |
Hrs. |
Fee |
| RAPS Intervention Training |
January 13 – April 14 |
Tuesdays
9:30 AM – 12:45 PM |
33 |
$700 |
| RAPS Intervention Training |
February 3 – March 26 |
Tuesdays and Thursdays
6:00 PM – 8:30 PM |
33 |
$700 | *All training fees are waived with an active volunteer tutor agreement.
DIBELS Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills and Response to Intervention (RTI)
| Class Name |
Description |
Times |
Hrs. |
Fee |
| DIBELS Essentials |
This two day workshop will provide the research and background that supports using DIBELS as both a screening assessment tool and as a way to monitor progress of students receiving interventions. Administration and scoring of all the valuable DIBELS measures will be taught. |
Wed., Jan. 28 and Thurs., Jan. 29
8:30 AM – 4:00 PM |
12 |
$200* |
Current Wilmington Courses cont’d.
| Class Name |
Description |
Dates & Times |
Hrs. |
Fee |
Alphabet and
the Reading
Processing
System |
This course explores creative multisensory approaches to teaching letter recognition, letter naming, and letter sequencing with classroom-tested activities. Highlights of the best scientific research on effective reading instruction and how the brain reads will also be presented. |
Wed., Mar 11
8:30 AM – 11:45 AM
Sat., May 9
8:45 AM – 12:00 PM |
3 |
$60 |
Phonological
Awareness |
This class will provide activities to use with all stages of phonological awareness as well as a review of the current research. |
Mon., Jan. 26
8:30 AM – 4:00 PM
Sat., May 2
8:45 AM – 4:15 PM |
6 |
$90 |
| 4M |
This class will address a systematic, sequential, approach to teaching the individual speech sounds. Emphasis will be placed on developing an awareness of the mouth positions that create the speech sounds. |
not currently
scheduled |
6 |
$150 |
Sound
Symbol |
This class will provide instruction in a direct explicit, systematic and sequential approach to teaching phonics. |
Mon., Feb. 9
8:30 AM – 4:00 PM
Sat., Apr. 4
8:45 AM – 4:15 PM |
6 |
$90 |
Reading
Fluency |
Learn how to measure your student’s fluency, set goals for improvement, and the research based methods to develop fluency for all readers. |
Wed., Mar. 11
12:45 PM – 4:00 PM
Sat., May 9
12:45 PM – 4:00 PM |
3 |
$60 |
Structural
Analysis |
In this module, participants will learn the six syllable types that form the framework for the spelling patterns of words in our language and aid in determining the vowel sound. The principles of syllable division will be taught as well as the role of accent in multisyllable words. Participants will learn about the prefixes, roots, and suffixes that comprise a large percentage of multisyllable words and how knowledge of these morphemes is an additional aid in decoding. Finally, the spelling rules that apply to adding suffixes to the words will be taught. |
Sat., Feb. 7
8:45 AM – 4:15 PM
Wed., Apr. 8
8:45 AM – 4:15 PM |
6 |
$90 |
| Vocabulary |
In this module, participants will become familiar with current research in the field with particular attention to the work of Isabel Beck, Andrew Biemiller, and Steven Stahl. Strategies for effective vocabulary instruction in all content areas will be presented, along with numerous opportunities for “hands on” learning activities for participants. |
Mon., Feb. 23
8:30 AM– 4:00 PM
Sat., Feb. 28
8:45 AM– 4:15 PM |
6 |
$90 |
| Comprehension |
In this class, participants will develop an understanding of the fundamental systems that enable efficient text comprehension and explore research-based methods for effective instruction. |
Wed., Dec. 3
8:30 AM – 4:00 PM |
6 |
$150 |
Milford Office Courses
| Class Name |
Dates |
Times |
Hrs. |
Fee |
| RAPS Intervention Training |
January 29 – April 16 |
Thursdays
9:30 AM – 12:45 PM |
33 |
$700 | *All training fees are waived with an active volunteer tutor agreement.
DIBELS Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills and Response to Intervention (RTI)
| Class Name |
Description |
Times |
Hrs. |
Fee |
| DIBELS Essentials |
This two day workshop will provide the research and background that supports using DIBELS as both a screening assessment tool and as a way to monitor progress of students receiving interventions. Administration and scoring of all the valuable DIBELS measures will be taught. |
Tues., Feb. 3 and Wed., Feb. 4
8:30 AM – 4:00 PM |
12 |
$200 |
Current Milford Courses cont’d.
| Class Name |
Description |
Dates & Times |
Hrs. |
Fee |
Alphabet and
the Reading
Processing
System |
This course explores creative multisensory approaches to teaching letter recognition, letter naming, and letter sequencing with classroom-tested activities. Highlights of the best scientific research on effective reading instruction and how the brain reads will also be presented. |
Sat., Mar. 28
8:45 AM – 12:00 PM
Wed., May 6
8:30 AM – 11:45 AM |
3 |
$60 |
Phonological
Awareness |
This class will provide activities to use with all stages of phonological awareness as well as a review of the current research. |
Sat., Jan. 31
8:45 AM – 4:15 PM
Tues., May 5
8:30 AM – 4:00 PM |
6 |
$90 |
| 4M |
This class will address a systematic, sequential, approach to teaching the individual speech sounds. Emphasis will be placed on developing an awareness of the mouth positions that create the speech sounds. |
not currently
scheduled |
6 |
$150 |
Sound
Symbol |
This class will provide instruction in a direct explicit, systematic and sequential approach to teaching phonics. |
Fri., Dec. 5
8:30 AM – 4:00 PM |
6 |
$150 |
Reading
Fluency |
Learn how to measure your student’s fluency, set goals for improvement, and the research based methods to develop fluency for all readers. |
Thurs., Dec. 11
8:30 AM – 11:45 AM |
3 |
$75 |
Structural
Analysis |
In this module, participants will learn the six syllable types that form the framework for the spelling patterns of words in our language and aid in determining the vowel sound. The principles of syllable division will be taught as well as the role of accent in multisyllable words. Participants will learn about the prefixes, roots, and suffixes that comprise a large percentage of multisyllable words and how knowledge of these morphemes is an additional aid in decoding. Finally, the spelling rules that apply to adding suffixes to the words will be taught. |
Sat., Dec. 6
8:30 AM – 4:00 PM
Wed., Dec. 10
8:30 AM – 4:00 PM |
6 |
$150 |
| Vocabulary |
In this module, participants will become familiar with current research in the field with particular attention to the work of Isabel Beck, Andrew Biemiller, and Steven Stahl. Strategies for effective vocabulary instruction in all content areas will be presented, along with numerous opportunities for “hands on” learning activities for participants. |
Tues., Feb. 10
8:30 AM – 4:00 PM
Sat., Apr. 25
8:45 AM – 4:15 PM |
6 |
$60 |
| Comprehension |
In this class, participants will develop an understanding of the fundamental systems that enable efficient text comprehension and explore research–based methods for effective instruction. |
Wed., Feb. 11
8:30 AM – 4:00 PM
Sat., May 16
8:45 AM – 4:15 PM |
6 |
$90 |
Please call Judy Tomlan @ 302-425-4080, email judy@readingassist.org or Click Here to Register. *FEES WAIVED FOR CURRENT VOLUNTEER TUTORS.
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