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Professional Development E-Learning

RLAC is now offering many of our graduate level courses and workshops as live E-Learning Webinars! Chat and ask questions as you learn from the comfort of your own home.

E-Learning

Supporting Struggling Adolescent Readers: Greek & Latin Roots

Learn how the study of prefixes, suffixes and Greek and Latin root morphology provides a sophisticated method of teaching decoding and encoding to middle and high school students. Approximately 65% of all reading done at these levels comes from the Greek and Latin layer of language. Learn engaging multisensory strategies to enhance reading, writing, spelling and fluency while expanding vocabulary, spelling, comprehension and preparedness for state standardized tests as well as the ACT and SAT.
When: 1st Offering: May 8 & 10, 2012, 4 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.  EST
2nd Offering: September 18 & 20, 2012, 4 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.  EST
Where: Anywhere with an internet and phone connection
Recommended Materials: Word Roots A1 and B1
Speaker: Phonics First Certified Instructor
Cost: $50
Who should participate? Teachers grades 6-12, Special Education Teachers, Intervention Specialists, Reading Specialists, Curriculum Directors, Tutors and Parents.

This class coupled with the Syllabication Strategies class (see above) provides teachers of struggling middle high school readers with powerful intervention tools to meet a variety of needs.

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Multisensory Spelling

Fluent and accurate spelling not only helps students focus on the message they are trying to convey with fewer interruptions to the writing process, it also reinforces reading fluency. In this workshop, participants will learn multisensory teaching strategies and techniques that can be incorporated into a variety of language arts programs to help students spell phonetic and non-phonetic words with accuracy and recall.
When: September 25 & 27, 2012, 4 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.  EST
Where: Anywhere with an internet and phone connection
Speaker: Phonics First Certified Instructor
Cost: $50
Who should participate? Teachers grades K-12, Special Education Teachers,  Intervention Specialists, Reading Specialists, Curriculum Directors, Tutors and Parents.

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Phonics First Foundations Basic

This on-line version of our traditional introductory course provides teachers with a solid understanding of the basic elements of the Phonics First multisensory reading and spelling approach (based on Orton-Gillingham methodology). Course content includes: alphabet and phonemic awareness strategies; the three-part drill for structured review; tactile/kinesthetic spelling techniques for phonetic and non-phonetic words and beginning syllabication for multisyllabic words.
When: 1st Offering: April 10, 12, 17, 19, 24, & 26, 2012
2nd Offering:October 9, 11, 16, 18, 23, & 25, 2012 
Where: Anywhere with an internet and phone connection
Time: 5 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.  EST
Speaker: Phonics First Certified Instructor
Cost: $700 (Includes all Phonics First Materials)
Who should participate? Teachers grades K-4, Special Education Teachers, Reading Intervention Specialists, Curriculum Directors, Administrators and Tutors.

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Phonics First Foundations Level I*

This is a continuation of the Phonics First Foundations Basic and completes the Level I coursework. This course extends the content of Foundations Basic to include higher-level phonics skills for decoding and encoding, additional spelling rules and higher-level syllabication strategies.
When: November 6, 8, 13 & 15, 2012
Where: Anywhere with an internet and phone connection
Time: 5 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.  EST
Speaker: Phonics First Certified Instructor
Cost: $135 (Utilizes materials from Foundations Basic)
Who should participate? Teachers grades K-5, Special Education Teachers, Reading Intervention Specialists, Curriculum Directors, Administrators and Tutors.

*Pre-requisite: Phonics First Foundations Basic

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Unlocking Unfamiliar Words: Syllabication Strategies for Success

Syllabication instruction teaches struggling readers strategies to decode multisyllable words quickly and accurately. Students learn to systematically break a multisyllabic word into small, manageable syllables, identify the vowel sounds within each syllable and read the word. This workshop provides teachers with an understanding of the syllabication process and in-depth instructions for teaching structured, sequential, and cumulative lessons to students.
When: 1st Offering: November 20th & 27th,  4 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.  EST
2nd Offering: November 20th & 27th,  6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.  EST
Where: Anywhere with an internet and phone connection
Materials Included: Phonics First Foundations for Syllabication including: Syllabication Guide, Syllabication Reference Cards, Student Worksheets and Answer Key
Speaker: Phonics First Certified Instructor
Cost: $75
Who should participate? Teachers grades 2-12, Special Education Teachers, Intervention Specialists, Reading Specialists, Curriculum Directors, Tutors and Parents.

This class coupled with the Supporting Struggling Adolescent Readers: Greek and Latin Roots class (see below) provides teachers of struggling middle and high school readers with powerful intervention tools to meet a variety of needs.

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Preparing Early Readers: Phonological Awareness


This session is pre-recorded to allow you to listen at your own convenience.

Research demonstrates a direct correlation between a child developing strong phonological awareness skills and becoming a highly-skilled reader. This workshop will cover the background of knowledge for early reading development, the progressing levels of phonological awareness instruction critical in developing successful readers and a range of targeted and purposeful activities to teach these critical foundational reading skills. The content corresponds to the English Language Arts focus areas in the new Common Core State Standards Foundational Reading skills for Kindergarten and beginning of first grade. This is an excellent opportunity to ensure a student’s Reading Readiness as they enter into Kindergarten.
Where: Anywhere with an internet and phone connection
Materials Included: Phonemic Awareness, Phonemic Awareness in Young Children - A Classroom Curriculum, Getting Ready to Read
Speaker: Ingrid Hartig, M.A.T.
Cost: $100
Who should participate? Classroom teachers K-1, K-2 Resource and Special Education teachers, Title I teachers, ELL teachers, Intervention Specialists, Reading Specialists, Curriculum Directors, Tutors, Paraprofessionals and Parents.

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