Teacher Training and Inservices

The National TPR Storytelling Conference, 2019, Itasca, Illinois, July 7-11
with Fluency Fast pre-conference in Spanish, Mandarin or French
keynote speaker:  Dr. Bill VanPatten

CI Mitten, April, 2019
keynote speaker: Dr. Stephen Krashen

The International Forum of Language Teaching, Mexico
keynote speaker:  Dr. Stephen Krashen

School Teacher Training Packages
with Fluency Fast

Comprehension-Based Training for World Language Teachers
Elementary through High School, All Languages

• Real results. Real fluency. Happy teachers. Proficient, bilingual students.
• Complete training in Comprehension-Based Teaching
• Reading is crucial: the missing link in foreign language education
• Personalizing lessons to decrease attrition and improve retention of material
• On-going Teacher Training that results in real, measurable academic achievement

​This training package provides on-going support and continued expert training for school districts that wish to implement Comprehension-Based training district-wide. Training for second language, bilingual ed, ESL (or ELA) teaching methodology that allows for rapid language acquisition through ample access to comprehensible input. Teachers will be trained not only in how to successfully create a Comprehension-Based program, but how to sustain it through peer-coaching. At the end of the training period, teachers will be able to work together to help each other. This is in-service training that results in long-term change through a complete paradigm shift and consistent teacher support. Most importantly, the impact of the training is measurable on student achievement.

Contact us for pricing details for our

• One-day in-service
• Two-day in-service
• 6-month training package
• School year training package (materials included)

*We provide support to school districts applying for grants. In many cases, all of our training program can be covered by available grants.

6 month TPRS training package

• Two 2-day workshops at your school
• Effective Vocabulary Acquisition
• Creating a reading program that will raise reading scores
• Increasing student buy-in through personalization
• Classroom demos at your school (Teachers observe)
• One-on-one with school admin
• Online workshop training web site link
• Advanced techniques for improving your program
• Alignment with the National Standards
• Assessment Strategies
• Coaching in classrooms (Teachers participate)
• Free Beginning Spanish Class for parents, classroom teachers, staff, community members with minimum 100 participants (local media encouraged to attend)

Includes:
Facebook Professional Development support for teachers in your school district. On-going support by our community of 9000 teachers. In the event that the 6 month period covers summer months, the time can be suspended and re-started at the following school year.)

Full school year training package

• 6 month training package plus…
• Additional one-one one with admin for evaluation process
• Additional online webinars
• 3-day workshop at your school
• In-service for new teachers (in case of teacher attrition.)
• In-service for experienced TPRS teachers: Coaching for Coaches,
• Learning to peer coach and mentor each other. Peer-Coaching Training creates a sustainable program
• Coaching in classrooms (depending on the size of the district more coaching days can be added)
• Leadership support (Teachers will be encouraged to and supported in presenting at local, state and national conferences and contributing to the larger professional community. Previous participants in this training have presented at the National TPRS Conference, The International Forum on Language Teaching, the Agen Workshop in France, the American Council on the Teaching of Languages and Cultures and state conferences and have had articles published in language teaching journals.)

​Also includes:

• 3 free registration vouchers to a Fluency Fast class in any language during the designated 12 month period. ($1000-$1200 value)
• 6 classroom sets of readers ($1100 value)
• 20 copies of Fluency Through TPR Storytelling ($360 value)
• Guide to Self-Coaching, one copy per teacher
• Reader’s Theater Webinar
• Personalization Webinar
• Access to New York Proficiency and Regents pre and post tests to demonstrate achievement by students

Does Professional Development Get Results?

Research shows that teachers believe professional development is not helpful and there is little measurable impact on student achievement. Professional Development has to be relevant to subject matter, sustained and sustainable and systemic, so that administrators, students and parents are working cooperatively. This training is designed as an effective Professional Development that is built in cooperation with teachers.

 

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