Train-The-Trainer: Science Of Reading, Best Practices For Literary Success

Presented by Heather Kenny
Outstanding Educator, Author, and K-2 Science of Reading Expert

Specifically Designed for Teacher Leaders, Professional Development Trainers, Literacy Coaches, Reading Specialists, and Administrators Serving Grades K-2

Train your staff on techniques that are consistent with reading science to build foundational skills among all students and support the literacy success of students at-risk for reading difficulties
Build your K-2 teachers' expertise with research-based assessment and instructional strategies to identify students' specific needs and provide early intervention
Practical suggestions for instructing K-2 students based on targeted needs, including explicit, systematic, cumulative instruction in all five pillars of reading
Receive key information on how to deliver high-quality, engaging, and effective training sessions to your K-2 staff

Practical Ideas and Strategies

Is your school or district implementing, transitioning to, or refining foundational instruction aligned with the Science of Reading? National presenter and science of reading expert Heather Kenny has developed a fast-paced, practical, train-the-trainer opportunity to help you train your teachers in using proven literacy strategies that help all your students experience literacy success. In this two-day institute, you'll learn the most up-to-date information on reading science along with a wealth of proven strategies and resources designed to help you offer the best possible literacy instruction to all of your young learners.

The most current information on reading science and the principles of structured literacy as well as highly practical ways to build capacity for long-term literacy success will be explained in very practical terms. You will learn numerous targeted interventions to help staff maximize their teaching time and improve literacy outcomes for all students, including those at-risk for reading difficulties.

You'll leave the institute with tips, strategies, and extensive resources to aid you in training or coaching other educators in your school or district in best literacy practices.

A Practical, Two-Day Train-the-Trainer Institute to Train Your K-2 Teachers in Helping Struggling Readers Experience Greater Success

Send one or more staff members or teacher leaders to this training program and they will return to your school(s) with professional development strategies and resources to support and train your staff to better facilitate high-quality reading instruction aligned with reading science. Participants will learn:

Ready-to-use tools and techniques to support your staff in implementing instructional practices aligned with the Science of Reading
Practical strategies for strengthening and differentiating instruction to improve word recognition skills, spelling, reading fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension for all learners
Dozens of free resources – videos, lessons, tutorials, reproducible materials – to create a diverse wealth of instructional resources your team can use for readers at various levels
Practical, formative assessment ideas your school can use to monitor learning and support progress monitoring
Tips, shortcuts and ways to better use technology in providing structured literacy interventions

This Two-Day Train-the-Trainer Program is Cost Effective

If you are interested in providing high-quality training to support your teachers, school(s) or district in implementing practices consistent with the Science of Reading, this is the perfect opportunity. Send one teacher, a coach, or a team and they will leave with an extensive digital resource training handbook filled with the tools needed for their own training, along with access to a companion web-based link filled with additional resources and a PowerPoint template to use and adapt to meet the needs of your own training. The focus of the two-day training will be on how to implement highly effective, explicit and systematic instruction related to all five pillars of reading.

Support and Train Your Teachers on Best Practices in Science of Reading

Send one or more staff members or teacher leaders to this training program and they will return to your school(s) with highly practical professional development resources and strategies ready to use in supporting young learners. Participants will leave the institute with:

Tips for developing and delivering high-impact training for all your K-2 teachers
What the Science of Reading is, and what instruction aligned with reading science looks like in grades K-2
Outstanding research-based teaching techniques and tools for how to better support teachers in kindergarten through second grade in reinforcing and strengthening students' reading proficiency
The latest information on brain pathways critical to orthographic mapping and what this means for instructing a wide range of young learners
Simple ways to determine the critical reading needs of students in your classrooms and how to group for instruction based on these needs
How to more easily assess your students' skills in the most important areas related to early reading, decoding and spelling
How to facilitate the implementation of structured literacy in grades K-2
Specific activities to accelerate the literacy learning of all students and especially those at-risk for reading difficulty
How to implement appropriate interventions within an RTI or MTSS model
Dozens of K-2 classroom-tested strategies to build capacity for students' long-term literacy success
Proven instructional routines that build robust early reading and spelling skills
How and when to use multimodal instruction to aid in the retrieval of developing reading and spelling skills
Step-by-step guidance for facilitating training on classroom routines that you can easily incorporate into your current early literacy instruction
The most current information on fluency and which features of instruction lead to instant word recognition
How to deliver innovative and effective job-embedded professional development on Science of Reading for your K-2 staff
How to adapt current resources so that they are used appropriately, in a manner consistent with reading science
How to scaffold teacher development on Science of Reading in K-2 classrooms
Classroom-proven techniques to maximize literacy block time
All participants will leave with an extensive digital resource training handbook filled with tools needed for your own trainings, including tips for training your staff

A Message From Your Seminar Leader

Dear Colleague:

As K-2 educators, we are charged with providing our young students with the strong foundation of literacy skills that they need to be successful in school and in life. That means aligning our instruction with the science of reading.

Thanks to the latest research findings, we better understand how reading occurs in the brain, why some students have trouble in learning to read, and what type of instruction K-2 students need to get off to the best possible start. We have the knowledge we need to help our young learners develop the robust foundational skills that are so critical for long-term reading success. Perhaps the best news of all is that these highly effective, research-based techniques are empowering for students and rewarding for teachers!

Over the course of my career, I have amassed a wealth of highly practical information, resources, strategies, tips, and techniques that can help you optimize your literacy instruction. Join me at this unique, two-day train-the-trainer institute to discover valuable tools and practical strategies that your schools can use immediately to accelerate the literacy development of your K-2 students and prevent or address reading difficulties. You'll also walk away with tips, tricks, and resources for training your colleagues in these highly effective practices.

I am excited to spend two days with your team of reading educators and teacher leaders, talking about the science of reading, and sharing teacher-friendly, time-efficient strategies that you can take back to your districts, schools and classroom to help your students thrive. I look forward to meeting you at the institute!

Sincerely,
Heather Kenny

P.S. As an experienced teacher educator, I understand the unique challenges your team faces in meeting the needs of struggling readers. This train-the-trainer institute is designed to give your staff what they need to help K-2 students find a pathway to reading success!

Who Should Attend

Teacher Leaders, Professional Development Trainers, Literacy Coaches, Reading Specialists, and Administrators Serving Grades K-2

Special Benefits of Attending

Extensive Digital Resource Handbook
Each participant will receive an extensive digital resource handbook giving you access to countless strategies. The handbook includes training resources to help you and your staff with:

Practical, research-based teaching techniques and classroom activities aligned with reading science and based on the principles of structured literacy
Important information on the how, what, and why of the Science of Reading, and how to implement it in the K-2 classroom
Information to share with colleagues on reading pathways in the brain and how to help students build those pathways for long-term literacy success
Ready-to use games and activities to help you and your K-2 colleagues reinforce critical early literacy skills

For in-person seminars, registrants will also receive a printed copy of the resource handbook as long as their registration is received in the BER office at least 15 calendar days before the event.

Share Ideas
This institute provides a wonderful opportunity for participants to meet and share ideas with other educators interested in improving their literacy instruction for young learners.

Consultation Available
Heather Kenny will be available for consultation regarding your questions and the unique needs of your own program.

On-Site Training Guarantee

BER is not a booking agency that just finds a presenter who presents on the topic you requested. Rather, we only recommend highly experienced BER presenters who have consistently received outstanding evaluations from educators attending their trainings.

Consequently, we provide a strong program guarantee.

We guarantee you'll be fully satisfied or you'll owe us nothing after your on-site training event.