Catching Up FIRST GRADE Students Who Have Fallen Behind

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Are you struggling with ways to provide targeted, engaging First Grade instruction in the face of a growing gap in your students' academic achievement? Are you struggling with how to catch up First Grade students who have fallen behind? If so, you won't want to miss this seminar by outstanding teacher Cathy Collier. The focus of this seminar is on the most effective, innovative instructional strategies specifically for helping catch up your First Grade students who have fallen behind. Cathy's ideas are practical, innovative, and academically rich. Learn how to provide the instructional supports necessary to meet each of your First Grade students right where they are and to strengthen their progress. Discover an array of strategies for targeting your instruction to meet the varied needs of your First Grade students who have fallen behind.

Join Cathy for a day filled with the best, cutting-edge strategies and approaches for helping students who are behind in First Grade to catch up. You will leave with a multitude of rich tasks, meaningful activities and unique ideas that can be easily adapted to your own learning environment.

I always knew I would be a teacher. What I didn't know is just how quickly the time would fly by! It is hard to imagine that I've been following my passion to teach students to read for this long, but each of the moments of success my First Grade students experienced has been, and continues to be, the greatest thrill in the world. It is that thrill that keeps me going!

Drawing on my experience with First Graders, I am excited to share the progress struggling students are making, the confidence they build in themselves as readers, and the ways in which practical, explicit instruction can effectively prevent them from falling too far behind. It is my pleasure to share a wealth of ideas, tools and techniques to target and help your first graders catch up.

Throughout this fast-paced day, I will provide you with practical, efficient and effective instructional ideas that can be implemented in any instructional setting. We will focus on how reading, writing, and math strategies impact your First Graders' achievement.

Please join me for a high-energy day filled with practical strategies, activities, tips, and tools you will be eager to implement in your classroom. I look forward to sharing this day with you!

You'll leave with numerous ideas you can use immediately.

P.S. You will leave with an extensive digital resource handbook and free downloadable materials filled with "do-it-tomorrow" ideas and strategies to help target and significantly increase the reading of your First Graders.

First Grade Teachers, Instructional Aides, Title I Staff, Instructional Coaches, and Administrators Who Work With First Grade Students

Extensive Digital Resource Handbook Each participant will receive an extensive digital resource handbook giving you access to countless strategies. The handbook includes:

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 seminar provides a wonderful opportunity for participants to share ideas with other educators interested in enhancing their First Grade program.

Consultation Available Cathy Collier will be available for consultation regarding your questions and the unique needs of your own 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.

What you'll learn

• The most effective teaching strategies to catch up your First Graders who have fallen behind
• Engaging instructional techniques and model lessons to rapidly close the achievement gap and help students master key grade level academic skills
• Practical methods for assessing, managing and building your First Graders' skills to prepare them for on-level instruction in all content areas
• Receive an extensive digital resource handbook full of strategies and resources to help you catch up First Graders who have fallen behind