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First Friday Faculty Focus: Empowering Houston Educators All Spring |
GTEC Presents
First Friday Faculty Focus: Empowering Houston Educators ALL Spring
Join us for Golding Touch Education Consulting's "First Friday Faculty Focus" sessions, tailored to empower Houston's educators all spring semester! We're offering STAAR prep sessions for grades 3 to 12, designed to boost student achievement and confidence. Additionally, primary teachers can attend our literacy intervention sessions to develop impactful strategies for their classrooms. Don’t miss out on these professional development opportunities happening on the first Friday of every month!
speaker: malene golding
 Malene Golding
Malene Malene Golding, M.Ed, is a certified Master Reading Teacher and Reading Specialist who has been a professional educator for over twenty years, teaching, coaching, managing reading and writing teachers, administrators and specialists and taught preservice teachers as an adjunct professor.
 Monique Johnson
Monique Johnson is a educator for 20 plus years and worked in several public-school districts and private schools. Monique has a passion for Middle school however has worked in Elementary, High School and Secondary (College). Served as a teacher, instructional coach, curriculum manager, professor, and education consultant. Her motto is all students can learn regardless of their circumstances.
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Description: This session is designed for teachers in grades 3-8 and focuses on integrating reading and writing strategies across all subject areas—math, science, and reading—to support student growth and prepare them for success on the STAAR assessments. Participants will explore effective, practical strategies that align with the STAAR’s rigorous demands, including close reading, analytical writing, and academic vocabulary development, all tailored to subject-specific content.
Objectives:
Teachers will…
Teachers will…
- Understand the role of literacy in all content areas and its impact on STAAR performance.
- Learn and apply specific reading and writing strategies for math, science, and reading that improve student comprehension and communication of content knowledge.
- Explore how to incorporate academic vocabulary and writing prompts within math and science lessons.
- Develop tools to scaffold complex texts and support student writing that meets STAAR's analytical and explanatory expectations.
STAAR Series Session 1 - Growing Readers and Writers Across the Curriculum: Preparing for STAAR in Texas
$300.00
$250.00
This session is designed for teachers in grades 3-8 and focuses on integrating reading and writing strategies across all subject areas—math, science, and reading—to support student growth and prepare them for success on the STAAR assessments. Participants will explore effective, practical strategies that align with the STAAR’s rigorous demands, including close reading, analytical writing, and academic vocabulary development, all tailored to subject-specific content.
Learning Objectives:
- Understand the role of literacy in all content areas and its impact on STAAR performance.
- Learn and apply specific reading and writing strategies for math, science, and reading that improve student comprehension and communication of content knowledge.
- Explore how to incorporate academic vocabulary and writing prompts within math and science lessons.
- Develop tools to scaffold complex texts and support student writing that meets STAAR's analytical and explanatory expectations.
Methods of Payment
** IF YOU ENCOUNTER ANY ISSUES DURING REGISTRATION PLEASE CONTACT US. **
Option 1 - Credit Card Purchases(s)
Click on the "Register Now" button for the session(s) you want to purchase. When you are finished selecting all session(s), choose the "CART" option on the left of the screen. Then, follow the instructions to complete registration. (If registering someone else, please add the participant's name(s) and email address(es) to the "Notes" field on "Check Out.").
For schools that prefer an invoice, please send request(s) to [email protected] . Invoices must be paid by credit card at least eight (8) days in advance of the first Session.
Option 2 - Pay by Check
To pay by check, request an invoice at [email protected]. Check(s) must be received eight (8) days before the first session begins.
Please review Terms and Conditions listed below.
Option 1 - Credit Card Purchases(s)
Click on the "Register Now" button for the session(s) you want to purchase. When you are finished selecting all session(s), choose the "CART" option on the left of the screen. Then, follow the instructions to complete registration. (If registering someone else, please add the participant's name(s) and email address(es) to the "Notes" field on "Check Out.").
For schools that prefer an invoice, please send request(s) to [email protected] . Invoices must be paid by credit card at least eight (8) days in advance of the first Session.
Option 2 - Pay by Check
To pay by check, request an invoice at [email protected]. Check(s) must be received eight (8) days before the first session begins.
Please review Terms and Conditions listed below.
Golding Touch Education Consulting LLC believes in using research based instructional strategies and best practices to provide reading and writing instruction that sticks. Our professional development sessions focus on building teacher capacity and expanding teacher's strategy tool kits in engaging and interactive ways.
Terms & Conditions
"No one gets up in front of a classroom of students intending to do a bad job. Every teacher wants students to be successful. As long as they're willing, we can help them make it happen.”
