WORKSHOPS

Carroll Math Summer Seminar

Orton-Gillingham - Beyond the Basics Seminar

Assessment of Reading, Language, and Learning Abilities - Part I

Assessment of Reading, Language, and Learning Abilities - Part II

Transform Your Curriculum with Digital Storytelling

Building a Strong Foundation for Learning and Understanding: Cognitive Development

Note Taking for Middle School Students with Language-Based Learning Difficulties

Case Consultations in Neuropsychological Assessment

• CarrollMath Summer Seminar
  June 28 - July 2, 2010
  

The Carroll School is hosting the Annual Math Seminar, an interactive five-day session geared to professionals who teach or supervise math. For further information:
View the CarrollMath Summer Seminar Web Page
CarrollMath Summer Seminar Registration Form

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• Orton-Gillingham - Beyond the Basics Seminar
  Presenter: Isabel Wesley, Fellow, AOGPE
  August 2 - 5, 2010, 8:30 am - 3:30 pm

Beyond the Basics is designed for individuals who have successfully completed an Orton-Gillingham course of at least 60 hours. This four-day seminar focuses on syllabication, advanced word attack skills, and morphology. The group will work with Anglo-Saxon, Latin and Greek morphemes, accent patterns, and their application to reading, writing, spelling, and vocabulary development. In addition, the seminar includes strategies for reading fluency and comprehension, plus the application of Orton-Gillingham to small group instruction, and working with older students. Background reading and lesson preparation are required.

26 PDPs

Fee: $515
Two graduate credits available.

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• Assessment of Reading, Language, and Learning Abilities - Part I
  Presenter: Isabel B. Phillips, Ed.D.
  August 2 - 3, 2010
  8:30 am - 3:00 pm
  

This workshop is for professionals who want to make discerning use of test results to maximize student academic progress, but do not have specific knowledge of what these tests measure or how to analyze and critique the results.

It will expose participants to the rationale behind a broad range of tests commonly used in the evaluation of children and adults with reading, language, and related learning difficulties. Specifically included are: tests of achievement, cognitive and perceptual abilities (including but not limited to memory, attention, and executive functioning), reading and underlying language processing skills (including but not limited to phonemic awareness, phonics and word analysis skills, vocabulary, reading and listening comprehension, spelling and writing).

Selected case studies will serve to demystify the basic statistical concepts and illustrate a variety of student profiles, offering participants the opportunity to apply their knowledge in a collaborative setting among peers. Participants will leave with a working knowledge of sample test batteries, as well as an understanding of the implications of specific test profiles for strategic instructional programs and plans.

Note:  Participants are invited to continue with Part II of the Assessment series (see below), but Part I may also be taken separately.

Fee: $275                                                12 PDPs

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• Assessment of Reading, Language, and Learning Abilities - Part II
  Presenter: Isabel B. Phillips, Ed.D.
  August 4, 2010
  8:30 am - 3:00 pm
  

This workshop is open to professionals only and is a continuation of the previous two-day workshop on Assessment. It offers more in-depth and hands-on access to specific tests discussed in Part I.

The day will begin with an overview of the tests selected for closer examination. Next, working in pairs, participants will examine sample items on selected tests from Part I of the Assessment Workshop, gain exposure to the administration guidelines and procedures for testing, and analyze the task demands of the items on each subtest selected for inquiry. This will lead to a stronger understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of the various test instruments.

While participants will gain some collaborative exposure to and practice with the item content of many tests, this workshop is not designed as a training and will not qualify professionals to administer any of the tests under investigation. Instead, the workshop is designed to empower educators to become better informed consumers of test reports that diagnose reading, language, and learning abilities.

Note:  Participation in the previous two-day workshop (Part I) is a pre-requisite for enrollment this workshop.

Fee:  $140                                                6  PDPs (in conjunction with Part I)

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• Transform Your Curriculum with Digital Storytelling
  Presenter: Tracy Sockalosky
  August 5-6, 2010
  8:30 am - 3:00 pm
  

In an age of budget cuts, finding ways to enrich your curriculum is not always an easy feat. Fortunately, there are several FREE web-based applications that enable you to improve your teaching and your students’ learning. Digital storytelling provides teachers the opportunity to more easily create dynamic, universally-designed lesson plans, and also engages the learner in ways that traditional academic tasks do not. Applications explored in this workshop will include VoiceThread, iMovie, ToonDoo and many more. Participants will learn the fundamentals of these programs and will engage in guided practice utilizing these programs to develop lessons.

Fee:  $200                                                12  PDPs

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• Building a Strong Foundation for Learning and Understanding:
  Cognitive Development at Carroll
  Presenter: Kathryn Lyslo
  August 9, 2010
  8:30 am - 3:00 pm
  

The Cognitive Development program at Carroll is a new initiative that began as part of the math program, and is now being expanded to address more areas of thinking and problem solving.  This workshop will introduce teachers, faculty, and interested parents to the Cognitive Development program.  Topics will include the specific cognitive domains and how they affect academics, the "thinking school" approach to problem solving and learning, and how this approach leads to foundational understanding of concepts through developmentally meaningful activities.

Fee:  $140

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• Note Taking for Middle School Students with Language-Based Learning Difficulties
  Presenter: Theresa Gregory
  August 9-10, 2010
  8:30 am - 3:00 pm
  

This workshop stems from research that identifies note taking from lecture as a critical skill for academic success and suggests that students with learning disabilities experience more difficulties than others in developing this skill. A sequence of basic note taking skills is presented. Recommendations for explicit instruction and integration into content area classes are delineated. Examples of strategies and sample worksheets are included. Although the presenter developed this approach with middle school students, the concepts and strategies are appropriate for high school students, as well.

Fee:  $200                                                12  PDPs

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• Case Consultations in Neuropsychological Assessment:
  How to Interpret Test Reports for Instructional Planning
  Facilitator: Isabel B. Phillips, Ed.D.
  September 22, October 6, October 20, November 3, and November 17, 2010
  Wednesdays, 4:00 – 6:00 pm
  

This series combines confidential case presentations with lively discussion of strategies for improving reading and language-related skills in children and adults.  Through a collaborative exchange of information from research and collective clinical/teaching experience, participants will sharpen their professional skills in interpreting neuropsychological test reports and brainstorming the most efficient and effective interventions for readers and learners with special needs.

This five-session series is designed for teachers, tutors, special educators and liaisons, speech-language pathologists, reading specialists, and school administrators.  Participants may submit test reports for group discussion in advance, or come as participant observers as relevant cases are discussed.

NOTE:  This series presumes basic understanding of the fundamentals of assessment and some experience in reviewing test reports.   The three-day Assessment Workshops offered in August (Parts I and II) offer excellent preparation for this Case Consultation series, but are not required.

Fee: $275 for the series                        10 PDPs
(not available as individual sessions)
Limited to 20 professionals

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