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Professional Development Institutes
Interested in brushing up on your classroom practices? Need to learn some new strategies for helping your students achieve success?
We offer Institutes that have been developed using research based materials, and as such meet the criteria for federal NCLB funding.
All programs are conducted in a small group atmosphere, allowing for extensive personal attention and grade-alike conversations.
Institutes are useful to administrators, teachers, teams of teachers, and other staff.
Success Attributes Institute: Research to Practice
(suitable for all professionals – teachers, administrators, psychologists, tutors – working with students of any grade level)
Success is more than academics! Explore the research from Frostig’s 20-year longitudinal study and gain new insight for helping children become successful adults (in terms of employment, pursuit of higher education, independent living and positive family and social relationships). Learn activities to embed into your existing curriculum, attach to a character education program, or build your own program from scratch to foster these attributes.
Monday – Wednesday
June 28 – 30, 2010
8:30 AM – 3 PM
The Success Attributes
Self Awareness
Pro-activity
Perseverance
Goal Setting
Support Systems
Emotional Coping Strategies
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Access to Reading: Meeting the Needs of All Learners in the K-6th Grade Classroom
(Kindergarten – 6th grade teachers)
3 CEU units available through Cal State LA
Whether you’ve been teaching 30 years or only just started, join us to be reenergized, refreshed and reminded why you chose teaching as your profession. Teachers love this Institute!
Intensive 5 day Institute focused on helping teachers build a strong literacy program, especially helpful for students struggling with grade level proficiency. Information shared supports all reading curriculums.
Monday – Friday
July 26 – 30, 2010
8:30 AM – 3 PM
Curriculum Modules
Foundations of Literacy
Instructional Strategies for Decoding & Reading Comprehension
Assessment & Diagnostic Tools & Techniques
Grouping for Reading Instruction
Curriculum Modifications for Struggling Learners
Organizing for Instruction
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Middle School Institute: Success for Struggling Learners Across Content Areas
(6th – 9th grade teachers)
2 CEU units available through Cal State LA
Do you find working with adolescents frustrating? Here’s a program offering new strategies to turn those days in your classroom into rewarding experiences. So whether you teach Language Arts, Math, Science, Computers, or any other subject you will benefit from the information and experience of this Institute.
Intensive 4 day Institute, designed for Middle School teachers, but also applicable in lower high school levels. Information is presented in manageable chunks, with many opportunities for discussion and practice in content area groups. Brain breaks and hands-on activities to use with students are woven throughout. Teachers leave with a multitude of easy to implement strategies to meet the needs of the wide range of learners in their classrooms.
Monday – Thursday
August 9 – 12, 2010
8:30 AM – 3 PM
Curriculum Modules
Typical & Atypical Adolescent Development
Understanding Struggling Learners
Effective Instructional Strategies & Interventions
Balanced Approach to Assessment
Fostering Success Attributes
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Customized Professional Development
We are also available for individualized programs and consultation at your school site. We can tailor a program to meet your schedule and staff needs. Please click on the Customized Professional Development or School Consultation links on the left.
contact Jean Petersen at 626-791-1255 or jean@frostig.org to inquire about any of these programs
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