This workshop is NOT eligible for Professional Development Funds.

TARGET AUDIENCE:
Superintendents, curriculum directors, principals, special education directors, school improvement chairs K-12, general and special education teachers K-12, and other RTI team members.

THE WORKSHOP:
All of us work throughout our careers to do things that promote higher student achievement. Some of those things work; most do not. Why is this quest so difficult? We can conquer this conundrum with a reliance on data-based decisions and a focus on improving instruction. If we have the will, we can improve the achievement of all, some, and few of our students.

This session will address the necessary school culture that is foundational in implementing Response to Intervention. Based on Dr. Kukic’s extensive career in educational leadership and school change at state and national levels, he believes every organization is perfectly aligned for the results it gets. There are no surprises. In this workshop he will integrate the work of educational researchers and leaders including Marzano, DuFour, Schmoker, Reeves, and others to help participant teams begin the process of realigning their school culture for optimal results.

PRESENTER:
Stevan Kukic, Ph.D., is Vice President of Strategic Education Initiatives for Sopris West Educational Services. He has a Ph.D. from the University of Utah in School Administration and earned his M.A. in School Psychology and B.A. in Psychology at UCLA.

COST:
$50.00 for individuals to register

$25.00 each only when registering in a team of two or more, preferably with an administrator.

**IMPORTANT!** If registering as a team, please enter the name of your team member in the "Special Needs/Comments/Requests" box, which is located at the bottom of the registration page.

.5 SB-CEUs will be offered, pending approval.

This workshop is NOT eligible for Professional Development Funds.

Target Audience: (Teams of two) General education teachers 3-12, special education teachers 3-12, reading coaches, teacher consultants, interventionists, speech-language pathologists, LD, CI, ASD and EI staff, other RtI team members, and staff at MiBLSi schools.

THE WORKSHOP:
This two-day training will be held on November 17 & 18, 2009.

Corrective Reading is a comprehensive intervention program designed for students in grades 3-12. It targets students who are reading one or more years below grade level and has been research validated with students with disabilities (LD, EI, ASD, CI) who are in special education classrooms.

The 3 essential goals of the program are increasing reading accuracy (decoding), developing reading fluency, and building reading comprehension. Corrective Reading can be implemented in small groups (5- 15 students) or whole-class format. Each lesson is 45-minutes in length and intended to be taught by teachers 4-5 times per week.

This TWO-DAY workshop will train teachers to use Corrective Reading, Decoding A-B2 and Comprehension A-B1 as a small group intervention to accelerate the reading achievement of students performing significantly below grade level.

PRESENTER: Dr. Maria Collins, SRA/McGraw-Hill Consultant

DATES: November 17 & 18, 2009

COST: $1565.00 includes registration, meals and teacher materials for the following levels: Decoding A, Decoding B1, Decoding B2, Comprehension A and Comprehension B1.

DISCOUNTED COST FOR MACOMB COUNTY STAFF: $300.00!

Price includes training for TWO participants and ONE set of shared materials.

Any two people from the same building who can share one set of teaching materials may be a team.

Cost for one person is the same amount. Schools must purchase student books and workbooks in order to implement the program (per pupil cost for 5 levels: textbooks & workbooks $110.00)

**IMPORTANT!** There will be ONE set of materials per teams of two. Each person must register individually. When registering, please enter the name of your team member in the "Special Needs/Comments/Requests" box, which is located at the bottom of the registration page.

.5 SB-CEUs will be offered, pending approval.

This workshop is Not eligible for Professional Development Funds.

There are TWO offerings for this course. Please select only ONE.

TARGET AUDIENCE: First Grade general education, special education teachers, speech-language pathologists and support staff who work with at-risk first grade students.

In this session, teachers and their teams will learn to implement this 20 week peer-assisted literacy program that enhances existing reading curricula by including fun phonemic awareness and reading fluency tasks.

This program will be presented by a teacher and speech-language pathologist who use the program. Participants will receive management ideas and student folders to get started.

Please note that a manual is REQUIRED for this workshop. If you do not already have a manual, you may purchase one. Please select that option when registering online and one will be ordered for you.

Please be sure to select the appropriate manual! There will be NO exchanges.

The First Grade PALS manual is for a first grade teacher´s use for large room instruction.

The Small Group Instruction manual is for staff members such as SLPs or TCs.

COST: $25.00 = Registration fee
(only for those bringing their own manual)

$85.00 = 1st Grade PALS or Small Group Instruction manual & registration fee
($60=manual + $25=registration fee)

DISCOUNTED COST FOR MACOMB COUNTY STAFF:
$10.00 (if bringing manual)
$40.00 (training & manual)

.3 SB-CEUs pending approval.

This workshop is Not eligible for Professional Development Funds.

Target Audience: Preschool teachers (Michigan School Readiness, ECDD, and Head Start teachers), paraprofessionals, speech-language pathologists, school psychologists & administrators supporting preschool programs.

Get It, Got It, Go! (GGG) is an assessment tool for measuring individual growth and development in vocabulary and phonemic awareness of preschool aged children. GGG is often thought of as a preschool version of DIBELS (Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills). It is a quick, efficient, and repeatable measure of preschool children´s growth over time toward the important developmental outcome of learning to read. This workshop will be a hands-on workshop with much opportunity to learn and practice administering the measures. Participants will leave with skills and tools necessary to begin assessment!

Cost: $40.00

Optional materials will be available for purchase at a later date. Cost to be determined.

.5 SB-CEUs & .5 ASHA CEUs pending approval.

This workshop is Not eligible for Professional Development Funds.

There are TWO offerings for this course.Please select only ONE.

Target Audience: Kindergarten general education, special education teachers, speech-language pathologists and support staff who work with at-risk kindergarten students

In this session, teachers and their teams will learn to implement this 20 week peer-assisted literacy program that enhances existing reading curricula by including fun phonemic awareness and reading fluency tasks.

This program will be presented by a Kindergarten teacher and speech-language pathologist who use the program. Participants will receive management ideas and student folders to get started.

Please note that a manual is REQUIRED for this workshop. If you do not already have a manual, you may purchase one. Please select that option when registering online and one will be ordered for you.

Please be sure to select the appropriate manual! There will be NO exchanges.

The K-PALS manual is for kindergarten teachers´ use for large room instruction.
The Small Group Instruction manual is for staff members such as SLPs or TCs.

COST: $25.00 = Registration fee (for those bringing their own manual)

$85.00 = K-PALS or Small Group Instruction manual & registration fee
($60=manual + $25=registration fee)

DISCOUNTED COST FOR MACOMB COUNTY STAFF:
$10.00 (if bringing manual)
$40.00 (training & manual)

SB-CEUs pending approval.

This workshop is Not eligible for Professional Development Funds.

TARGET AUDIENCE: (teams of two) General education teachers Pre-K through 2nd grade, speech-language pathologists, special education teachers Pre-K through 2nd grade, literacy coaches, teacher consultants, other RTI team members, and staff at MiBLSi Schools.

THE WORKSHOP:
Language for Learning explicitly teaches words, concepts, and statements important to both oral and written language. It emphasizes the meanings and uses of vocabulary words that are important for following instructions, answering questions, and solving logical problems. Language for Learning builds proficiency in oral language, vocabulary, and world knowledge. It provides students with a secure foundation on which essential reading and writing skills can be developed. This course will provide practice with the Language for Learning materials and direct instruction teaching techniques.

THE PRESENTER: Dr. Maria Collins, SRA/McGraw-Hill Consultant

COST: $850.00 includes training for TWO participants and ONE set of shared materials.

DISCOUNTED COST FOR MACOMB COUNTY STAFF: $300.00!

Any two people from the same building who can share one set of teaching materials may be a team.

Cost for one person is the same amount.

**IMPORTANT!** BOTH participants must register to secure seating. When registering, please enter the name of your team member in the "Special Needs/Comments/Requests" box, which is located at the bottom of the registration page.

.5 SB-CEUs & .5 ASHA CEUs pending approval.

This workshop is NOT eligible for Professional Development Funds.

Target Audience:
PALS 2-6 is designed for classroom teachers of students in grades 2-6.

THE WORKSHOP:
Peer Assisted Learning Strategies (PALS) is a whole class, peer-tutoring reading supplement that utilizes four research-based strategies:
-Prediction relay (using prior knowledge to predict)
-Repeated reading
-Retell
-Paragraph Shrinking (summarizing and identifying main idea)
Students read from teacher-selected material, follow scripted coaching prompts, and provide corrective feedback when working with their partners. PALS is designed to be implemented 3 days per week for 35 minutes. Students enjoy working with their classmates and look forward to participating. PALS is a research-validated program with documented improvement for above average, average, below average, and learning disabled readers. Participants will leave with hands-on experience necessary to implement all components of PALS.

PRESENTERS: Gloria Johnson and Jim Weaver, MiBLSi State Trainers

DATE: November 6, 2009

DISCOUNTED PRICE: $40.00! includes registration, teacher manual and meals.

.5 SB-CEUs will be offered for $15.00 (this includes transcript via email)

This workshop is NOT eligible for Professional Development Funds.

Target Audience: General education teachers grades 1-3, special education teachers grades 1-8, reading specialists, reading coaches, teacher consultants, pyschologists, and speech-pathologists serving older students who have not mastered phonics skills usually taught in grades 1-3.

THE WORKSHOP:
Phonics for Reading is a small group, supplemental phonics program delivered through direct teacher instruction. The program has three levels beginning with short vowels and consonants and ending with instruction of vowel combinations and prefixes/suffixes needed in reading multisyllabic words. Phonics for Reading delivers direct instruction in phonics, provides word recognition and spelling instruction, plus story reading and independent activities.

PRESENTERS: Gloria Johnson and Jim Weaver, MiBLSi State Trainers

COST:
$90.00 (Macomb), $200.00 (outside Macomb) includes registration, 2 teacher guides, 1 sample student book and meals. Following the workshop, schools must purchase student books in order to implement the program (Student books $39.95 per 5-Pack)

.5 SB-CEUs will be offered for $15.00 (includes transcript via email)

This workshop is Not eligible for Professional Development Funds.

Target Audience: Early Childhood Educators, Parents, School Psychologists, School Social Workers, and Speech-Language Pathologists working with children ages 4 to 8 years old.

This training will teach early childhood educators the PBS approach as it relates to young children for the purpose of implementation in early childhood classrooms. Participants will learn about the research regarding behavior concerns in child care programs across the county.

The definition of “behavior” will be understood by all who attend and participants will hear how PBS will make significant differences in the lives of young children. Participants will have an opportunity to learn and practice the application of PBS for their classrooms. Additionally, a self-assessment tool will help in determining how much of PBS the audience is already doing and what they might want to do differently to enhance relationships, improve environments and teach young children new skills through PBS.

All participants will receive the training notebook and Positive Behavior Support for Young Children document published by the State of Michigan Department of Education.

Cost: $40.00. Includes continental breakfast, lunch, and training materials.

SB-CEUs and SSW CEs pending approval.

This workshop is Not eligible for Professional Development Funds.

Target Audience:This presentation is for participants who already have introductory knowledge of Positive Behavior Support.

THE WORKSHOP: Participants attending this training will increase their understanding of School-wide Positive Behavior Support from a national perspective. They will learn how to overcome barriers to implementation, how to achieve staff buy-in; how to maintain/sustain PBS in their school, how to increase parent participation and the ways it will impact Positive Behavior Support!

THE PRESENTER: Dr. Robert March
Dr. March works extensively as a consultant and trainer for educators across the United States, South America and Europe. His areas of expertise include school-wide behavior support; functional behavior assessment; meeting the education needs of students identified with emotional and behavior disturbances; linking assessments; strategies to intervention; curricular and instructional adaptation; and curriculum development for students with disabilities.

Cost: $20.00

.3 SB-CEUs approved.

TARGET AUDIENCE:
Members of Macomb County school-based teams that work in schools implementing school-wide positive behavior support.

DESCRIPTION:
These meetings offer the PBS team member an opportunity to network and learn with colleagues from other districts about ongoing efforts implementing school-wide PBS.

Participants are not required to attend all meetings.

COST:
These network meetings are FREE, lunch will be provided, but online registration is mandatory, in order to attend.

This workshop is Not eligible for Professional Development Funds.

Target Audience: General Education Teachers, Title I teachers, special education teachers, ELL teachers, reading specialists, paraprofessionals, school psychologists, speech pathologists, and administrators.

The Read Naturally program provides a method to improve reading fluency. The Read Naturally program combines three powerful strategies for improving fluency: teacher modeling, repeated reading, and progress monitoring. This hands-on software training will teach you the importance of attaining fluency and how fluency directly correlates with comprehension.

Each participant will receive their own copy of the Read Naturally Software Edition Self Study Workbook and CD. *Please note that the CD is a tutorial and not the software required to implement the Read Naturally program.

Participants attending this training will learn to:
1. Combine the research-based strategies of teacher modeling, repeated reading, and self-monitoring of progress to significantly improve fluency in developing readers.
2. Use detailed procedures to implement the Read Naturally Software Edition program.
3. Improve students´ ability to read sight words.
4. Individualize instruction in a group situation.
5. Motivate developing readers to become excited about reading.
6. Improve students´ ability to read with expression.
7. Teach students to set goals and take ownership of their learning.
8. Significantly improve students´ test scores.
9. Involve parents in a meaningful way.
10. Assess and place students in appropriate reading levels.
11. Adjust students´ reading levels and goal rates to accelerate their reading achievement; and
12. Use the Read Naturally strategy as an ongoing assessment and conferencing tool.

*Discounted Price: $35.00! for MACOMB COUNTY STAFF

$75.00 cost for out-of-county staff

Choose only ONE of the offerings for this course.


.5 SB-CEUs approved.

This workshop is Not eligible for Professional Development Funds.

TARGET AUDIENCE: (Teams of two) education teachers K-2, special education teachers K-6, literacy coaches, LD, CI, ASD and EI staff, teacher consultants, speech-language pathologists, other RTI team members, and staff at MiBLSi schools.

THE WORKSHOP:
This two-day training will be held on January 7 & 8, 2010.

Experience outcomes that would otherwise not be possible. Through comparative research, Reading Mastery Signature Edition has been proven to help students decode and comprehend the meaning of print effortlessly, even students who are seriously at risk of failure or have disabilities. In Reading Mastery Signature Edition decoding and comprehension are taught explicitly and systematically.

This TWO-DAY workshop will train teachers to use the Reading Mastery Level K and 1 programs through hands-on active practice. Teachers will learn to apply direct instruction techniques to accelerate the acquisition of literacy skills for their students and enhance their understanding of direct instruction teaching techniques.

THE PRESENTER: Dr. Maria Collins, SRA/McGraw-Hill Consultant

COST: $1310.00
Price includes teaching materials, workshop, and breakfast & lunch for both days of training, but does NOT include student materials.

Price includes training for TWO participants and ONE set of shared materials.

*DISCOUNTED COST FOR MACOMB COUNTY STAFF: $300.00!

Any two people from the same building who can share one set of teaching materials may be a team.

Cost for one person is the same amount.

**IMPORTANT!** Both team members must register. When registering, please enter the name of your team member in the "Special Needs/Comments/Requests" box, which is located at the bottom of the registration page.

SB-CEUs & ASHA CEUs pending approval.

TARGET AUDIENCE: Principals, general educators, school improvement teams, special educators, Title 1 staff, literacy coaches, all related service providers, curriculum and special education directors – any persons involved in planning or implementing an RTI approach to instructional decision making.

DESCRIPTION: These separate meetings for elementary and secondary schools offer an opportunity to network and learn with colleagues from across the county related to implementing an RtI approach to instructional decision making. Topics such as universal screenings, three-tired decision-making, progress monitoring, curriculum-based measurement, research-based interventions, and grade-level meetings.

FACILITATORS:
Grace Velchansky, Language Arts Consultant
Maureen Staskowski, Speech-Language Consultant
Jason Novetsky, School Psychology Consultant

These network meetings are FREE, but online registration is mandatory, in order to attend.

*Please be sure to register correctly ~

*ELEMENTARY staff
register for morning Sessions,
8:30-10:30 a.m.

*SECONDARY staff
register for afternoon Sessions,
12:00-2:00 p.m.

This workshop is Not eligible for Professional Development Funds.

Target Audience:
MiBLSi and RtI Teams, general education teachers, special education teachers, reading specialists, literacy coaches, psychologists, and speech-language pathologists serving grades 4 through 6.

The Workshop:
INTERMEDIATE REWARDS is a short-term intensive intervention program designed to teach students the necessary pre-skills for decoding multisyllabic words. It is a highly effective research-validated curriculum that utilizes explicit strategies and daily practice to improve oral and silent reading fluency.

Learn the program delivery model. Leave the workshop ready to implement this scientifically-based intervention with enough materials for a group of 10 students.

Cost: $220.00
*Includes registration, materials, & meals.

SB-CEUs and ASHA CEUs are pending approval.

This workshop is Not eligible for Professional Development Funds.

Target Audience:
MiBLSi and RtI Teams, general education teachers K-3, reading specialists, literacy coaches, psychologists, providers of Tier II reading intervention, and speech-language pathologists.

The Workshop:
This scientifically-based program takes literacy instruction to the next level for those students who can demonstrate beginning levels of phonemic awareness and who know some letter names and sounds. The explicit 5-step program helps students develop word identification, oral reading, and spelling skills. According to the authors, the lessons take only 30-40 minutes daily and can be used as a primary reading program, or in conjunction with any core reading program. The six levels of reading instruction build on each other and increase in complexity, as students progress through the program.

Learn the program delivery model and create your classroom kit.

Leave the workshop ready to implement this scientifically-based intervention!

Presenters:
Dr. Maureen Staskowski & Ginny Axon

Cost:
$175.00 registration, kit, & manual**
Or
$95.00 if bringing own manual
(cost includes registration & kit)

**The "Road to Reading" manual is REQUIRED for this workshop. You may purchase one or bring your own. If necessary, a few participants from the same building may share a manual.

**If registering for the $95 fee, please indicate under "Special Needs/Comments" whether you will be bringing your own book or who you will be sharing the book with. The "Special Needs/Comments" box is located at the bottom of the page when registering.

.5 SB-CEUs and ASHA CEUs are pending approval.

This workshop is NOT eligible for Professional Development Funds.

TARGET AUDIENCE: Preschool teachers, Kindergarten or first grade teachers, speech-language pathologists, reading specialists, and other team members involved with literacy.

THE WORKSHOP: Learn an approach to teaching narratives to enhance your students’ oral language, listening and reading comprehension. This can be used with whole classes or for children at-risk. The presenter will demonstrate this hands-on approach to narrative development using children’s literature and Braidy the Story Braid – a manipulative doll that represents the detailed parts of a narrative. The presenter will also outline methods for data collection & progress monitoring to track student improvement and inform instruction. Use this approach with small or large groups of children in general education classrooms identified as “at risk” as well as with students identified with disabilities.

PRESENTER: Maryellen Rooney Moreau

COST:
Macomb County Teams of 2 = $150.00

Out of County Teams of 2 = $300.00

Price includes training for TWO participants and ONE set of shared materials.

Any two people who can share materials may be a team.

Cost for one person is the same amount.

**IMPORTANT!** When registering, please enter the name of your team member in the "Special Needs/Comments/Requests" box, which is located at the bottom of the registration page.

.5 SB-CEUs and ASHA CEUs will be offered, pending approval.

This workshop is Not eligible for Professional Development Funds.

Target Audience: 6th through 8th grade general and special educators, school psychologists, school social workers, and counselors.

THE WORKSHOP: Second Step: Student Success Through Prevention, a violence prevention/social skills curriculum for Grades 6 -8, teaches skills to promote school success and prevent bullying, substance abuse and violence. The Second Step Staff Training focuses directly on how to teach this curriculum in a classroom (or agency) setting. Participants will receive hands-on experience with their grade level curriculum materials, and particular emphasis will be placed on how to teach skills in empathy and communication, bullying prevention, problem-solving, emotion management and substance abuse prevention. Participants will also learn how to target and reinforce student use of these skills.

All participants receive hands-on experience and practice with the curricula and related teaching techniques. These small and large group activities provide opportunities for the instructor to directly observe participant progress and provide timely, appropriate feedback.

THE PRESENTER:
Committee for Children
Seattle, Washington

Cost: $20.00

.5 SB-CEUs approved.

This workshop is Not eligible for Professional Development Funds.

Target Audience: Pre/K through 5th grade general and special educators, school psychologists, school social workers, and counselors.

THE WORKSHOP: Second Step, a violence prevention/social skills curriculum for Preschool through Grade 5, teaches skills to reduce impulsive and aggressive behavior in children and increase their level of social competence. The Second Step Staff Training focuses directly on how to teach this curriculum in a classroom or agency setting. Participants will receive hands-on experience with their grade-level curriculum materials, and particular emphasis will be placed on how to teach skills in empathy, impulse control, problem-solving and anger management. Participants will also learn how to target and reinforce student use of these skills.

All participants receive hands-on experience and practice with the curricula and related teaching techniques. These small and large group activities provide opportunities for the trainer to directly observe participant progress and provide timely, appropriate feedback.

THE PRESENTER:
Committee for Children
Seattle, Washington

Cost: $20.00

.5 SB-CEUs approved.

This workshop is NOT eligible for Professional Development Funds.

Target Audience:
Principals, general and special educators, teacher consultants, speech-language pathologists, school psychologists, and special education administrators.

Description:
By popular demand, Dr. Mark Shinn will return to Macomb Intermediate School District to share the latest research, practice and theory as it relates to curriculum-based measurement and written language.

Dr. Shinn is an internationally known speaker, professor, researcher and practitioner in the field of Response to Intervention.

Cost: $25.00

.5 State Board CEUs pending approval

The MISD will provide, upon request with advance notice, appropriate auxiliary aids and services as necessary to afford a qualified individual with a disability equal opportunity to participate in the services, programs and activities conducted by the district. For information regarding workshops or online registration please contact Lynn Brown at 586-228-3492.