Two-Day Event: Increasing the Success of Your SPECIAL EDUCATION Program For Students With Learning Disabilities (Grades K-12) Presented by Holly Porter Outstanding Special Education Teacher, Leader, and National Presenter

Specifically Designed for K-12 District and School Leaders and Leadership Teams: District Special Education Leaders, Principals, Special Education Teachers, Resource Teachers, Special Education Department Heads and Other Specialists That Support Students With Learning Disabilities

• Discover the essential elements of highly effective special education programs designed to better support students with learning disabilities
• Enhance your staff's skills to maximize learning outcomes for students with learning disabilities ... Boost your expertise!
• Impactful strategies that can be tailored to meet the unique needs of your students with learning disabilities, including Specially Designed Instruction techniques, practical modifications and accommodations, effective co-teaching approaches, student grouping strategies, collaboration skills, and more
• Leave with a plan to strengthen your special education program by implementing high-leverage practices and a wide range of intentional strategies ... Targeted to the specific needs of your program

Practical Ideas and Strategies

Learn practical ideas and strategies to boost the overall success of your special education program for students with learning disabilities in this dynamic, two-day institute led by national presenter and author Holly Porter. This hands-on experience will equip you and your team with strategies to help your special education teachers renew and refine their skills to better support students with learning disabilities. Learn practical methods for assessing and improving instruction based on outcomes for students with learning disabilities. This two-day opportunity will give you the time and space you need to critically examine your current special education program— including resource rooms and co-teaching approaches— through the lens of the latest research on high-leverage practices. Learn how to implement meaningful improvements that will have a lasting impact on your program and your students.

Over the course of two days, you'll learn proven strategies that drive greater success for students with learning disabilities and explore how to intentionally implement them in your school or district. You and your team will walk away with a wealth of actionable ideas and a comprehensive digital resource handbook to support your implementation. Don't miss this chance to collaborate with Holly and your fellow educators and leaders to refresh your approach and maximize achievement for your students with learning disabilities.

A Practical, Two-Day Institute Focused on Supporting Students With Learning Disabilities

Plan to attend as a special education teacher, school team, department team, district team, or as a school/district leader to gain specific strategies to increase the effectiveness of your special education program for students with learning disabilities. You will learn how to build on the success of your current program, identify the key components that have the greatest impact on student achievement, and find specific areas you need to target for implementation and improvement. Leave equipped with effective strategies and ready-to-use practices to help you accelerate achievement for all students with learning disabilities in your schools and classrooms.

Develop a Plan to Improve Your Special Education Program ... Elevate Your Educators' Expertise to Better Service Students With Learning Disabilities

Discover the attributes of highly effective special education programs and how to integrate them into your own program. Over two immersive days, you'll gain a wealth of strategies to increase success for students with learning disabilities, implement powerful collaborative instructional techniques that address diverse learning needs, and improve access to the curriculum for students with learning disabilities.

Go beyond the fundamentals of Specially Designed Instruction with brain-based engagement and assessment methods designed to better motivate and support students with learning disabilities. Learn how to enhance co-taught classrooms with smart planning strategies, streamline data collection for IEPs and classroom instruction, and strengthen collaboration for better student outcomes. You'll leave with practical, research-backed techniques and an extensive digital resource handbook to help you bring these strategies to life in your school or district.

Two-Day Intensive Special Education Institute

Here's what you'll learn:

• Essential elements of effective special education programs that increase success for students with learning disabilities— and how to apply them in your school or district
• Best practices of highly effective special education teachers when supporting students with learning disabilities
• A wide range of Specially Designed Instruction strategies for students with learning disabilities in resource rooms, general education settings, and co-taught classrooms
• High leverage practices every special education teacher should implement for improved student outcomes
• Dynamic assessment techniques to gather meaningful student data and adjust instruction accordingly
• Evidence-based strategies to strengthen students' skills in reading, writing, and math
• Proven methods for effective collaboration and communication between special education and general education teachers
• Practical ways to ensure students with learning disabilities are actively engaged and progressing in the general education curriculum
• Differentiation techniques that promote rigor and higher order thinking skills
• Formative assessments to quickly gauge student understanding and adjust instruction
• Engaging instructional methods for students with learning disabilities
• Strategies for using Specially Designed Instruction to improve achievement and progress on IEP goals
• Effective grouping structures to optimize learning experiences for students
• Techniques for teaching students how to collaborate and work effectively in groups within a co-taught setting

A Message From Your Seminar Leader

Dear Colleague:

Supporting students with learning disabilities is both meaningful and rewarding, but comes with challenges and responsibilities for the educators that serve them. With the wide range of learning disabilities and unique strengths among our students, as special educators we require a diverse set of effective and intentionally designed strategies and resources to ensure every learner reaches their full potential. Building a strong special education program involves being better equipped with tools that not only boost individual student success for students with learning disabilities but also improves our impact across our schools and districts.

I designed this two-day institute to help special education teachers, school leaders, and teams reach actionable strategies that they can implement immediately to help boost school success for students with learning disabilities. Over the course of two interactive days, you will gain valuable insights, refine your instructional approach, and leave feeling inspired and confident in your ability to create a meaningful plan for your classroom, school, and district.

I invite you to join me and your fellow special education colleagues from across the country as we collaborate, share expertise, and discuss innovative solutions to strengthen learning experiences for our students with learning disabilities. I plan to share proven techniques, resources, and practical strategies that can be easily customized to meet the needs of your students and programs. The result will be a plan of action for successfully transferring and tailoring these strategies to meet the needs of your own settings.

I look forward to seeing you there!

Sincerely,
Holly Porter

P.S. You will leave this two-day institute with a refreshed toolbox to help you better support your students with learning disabilities!

Who Should Attend

District and School Leaders and Leadership Teams: District Special Education Leaders, Principals, Special Education Teachers, Resource Teachers, Special Education Department Heads and Other Specialists That Support Students With Learning Disabilities

About BER Live Online Events

With the current health challenges, all BER in-person PD events are currently being presented in a Live Online format:

• Outstanding Instructors
  All programs are led by outstanding BER national trainers
• Extensive Resource Handbooks
  You'll have access to an extensive digital Resource Handbook before, during and after your seminar
• Highly Interactive
  You'll be able to ask questions in real time and interact with the instructor and other participants
• Program Guarantee
  As we have for 49 years, we guarantee the high quality of our programs. If you are not satisfied, we'll give you a 100% refund.

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:

• Descriptions and examples of effective Specially Designed Instruction in action
• Co-teaching lesson plan templates and ways to manage flexible grouping best practices
• Specially Designed Instruction tools and reproducibles
• Ready-to-use instructional strategies to support Differentiated Instruction
• Compiled list of all the technology resources and tools to assess andengage students

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.

Consultation Available
Holly Porter will be available to answer your specific questions and the unique needs of your own special education program.

Semester Credit Option
Up to four graduate level professional development credits are available with an additional fee and completion of follow-up practicum activities. Details for direct enrollment with University of Massachusetts Global, a nonprofit affiliate, will be available at this program.

Meet Inservice Requirements
Participants of both the Live Online Seminar and those completing the Recorded Version online can receive a certificate of participation that may be used to verify five continuing education hours. State CEUs are available for both versions of the course. For specific details, visit www.ber.org/ceus.

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