Self-Coaching
The Fluency Fast Guide to Self-Coaching is for experienced TPR Storytelling teachers. Most have participated in coaching at a workshop or summer conference but would like to continue throughout the year. The contributions and ideas of current and former Fluency Fast teachers made up the process shared in this book.
The Ebook, The Fluency Fast Guide to Self-Coaching is available as a PDF, for Kindle, and for Amazon. $19.99 . Preview the Table of Contents
Independent Study, purchase the book and the pre-recorded webinars together, including 2019 guest speakers. $149.00
Or join live self-coaching. Each week a guest speaker who is an expert in TPRS / CI Teaching will answer questions. You will have weekly assignments with the goal of making your life easier and your job easier. This is not more — it’s less. It eliminates the inefficiency that makes you feel like you are working your tail off teaching, but it’s not getting into your students. $350.00
2020 Self-Coaching for Middle and High School Teachers ($350.00) (On sale through January 15th. $150 or $125 with Comprehensible-Online registration.
8 week live log-in webinar with Karen Rowan and guests, January 20th- March 9
This course is for middle or high school classroom teachers in their first, second or third year of teaching with TPRS and Comprehension-Based Teaching approaches.
Group size is limited. Guest Speakers: Alina Filipescua, Sabrina Sebban-Janczak, Linda Li, Carla Tarini, Leslie Davison, Karen Lichtman, Ali Eustice, Adriana Ramirez, Andrea Schweitzer
One hour live webinar per week plus access to all other available webinars and the Self-Coaching book.
From Step-by-Step Hand-Holding to Independent Self-Coaching……
Read the Fluency Fast Guide to Self-Coaching
Week 1: Input Monday, January 20th, 5:30pm Mountain time
Week 2: Comprehension. Monday, January 27, 5:30pm Mountain time
Week 3: Individual Goals. Sunday, February 2, Noon Mountain time
Week 4: Classroom Management. Sunday, February 9, Noon, Mountain time
Week 5: Sunday, February 16, Noon Mountain time
Week 6: Monday, February 24, 5:30pm Mountain time
Week 7: Monday, March 2, 5:30pm Mountain time
Week 8: Monday, March 9, 5:30pm Mountain time (special guest interviews from Central States). Submit questions in advance.
Other topics TBD by group after Week 3, Individual Goals.
Teaching a novel, Using Visual Images, StoryAsking, Writing Class Stories, Starting an FVR library
Watch webinars
Self-Coaching (Karen)
Classroom Management (Mary Holmes and Jon Cowart)
Reader’s Theater (Karen)
Personalization (Karen)
Picturetalk / Visual Images (Amy Vanderdeen)
Diversity in the Classroom (Rachelle)
Elementary (Jason Fritze and Amy Vanderdeen) (Note, there is a separate Elementary Self-Coaching Webinar track)
Self-Coaching 2019 Recordings of:
Justin Slocum Bailey
Mary Holmes
Faith Laux
Amy Vanderdeen
New webinars coming soon:
Input-based Games
Others TBA (Classroom Libraries and FVR / Teaching a novel / All Krashen webinars are available to all participants at any time. Secret Facebook group, Zoom Conferences and Webinars 2-4 University Credits available, $62 per credit hour
Guests experts will join webinars live to answer questions and provide expertise on various aspects of classroom teaching such as classroom management and getting to 90% target language.
Topics range from getting started 2nd semester, how to set up a Free Voluntary Reading Program, How to use Movietalk / MovieAsk, How to do PQA and personalize stories, How to write class stories, How to coach actors, How to do Reader’s Theater, How to find materials. Specific course content will be decided on by participants.
**All participants are encouraged to sign up for Comprehensible Online, the Online training conference in February, March and April, 2020.
Participants have access to these bonuses:
Discounts on class sets of readers
Discounts on audio books and E-books and completed Teacher’s Guides
The Fluency Fast Guide to Self-Coaching, free
$229.00 price of Comprehensible Online is $204 with coupon code CI20 through January 15th
https://comprehensible.online
2020 Self-Coaching for Elementary Teachers ($250.00)
One hour live webinar per week plus access to all other available webinars and the Self-Coaching book. $250.00. On sale for $125 through January 15th. $100 with Comprehensible Online registration.
From Step-by-Step Hand-Holding to Independent Self-Coaching……
Guest Speakers: Erika Peplinski, Linda Li, Niki Tottingham, Leslie Davison, Alina Filipescua
Week 1: Input Tuesday, January 21st, 5:30pm Mountain time
Week 2: Comprehension. Tuesday, January 28, 5:30pm Mountain time
Week 3: Individual Goals. Sunday, February 2, 10:30am Mountain time
Week 4: Classroom Management. Sunday, February 9, 10:30am, Mountain time
Week 5: No class. Watch Elementary Webinars with Jason Fritze and Amy Vanderdeen
Week 6: Tuesday, February 25, 5:30pm Mountain time
Week 7: Tuesday, March 2, 5:30pm Mountain time