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STAAR Series Session 2 -Unlocking Potential: STAAR Prep for Struggling Readers and Writers |
GTEC Presents
Unlocking Potential: STAAR Prep for Struggling Readers and Writers
Date: January 6, 2025, Time: 8:00 – 11:00
Location: HCDE (Harris County Department of Education), 6300 Irvington Blvd., Houston, Texas 77022
Date: January 6, 2025, Time: 8:00 – 11:00
Location: HCDE (Harris County Department of Education), 6300 Irvington Blvd., Houston, Texas 77022
Description: This session focuses on evidence-based strategies to enhance comprehension, fluency, and written expression for students who are not yet meeting grade-level expectations, with a special emphasis on preparing for the STAAR assessments. Participants will gain practical tools and resources to implement in their classrooms, fostering a supportive and enriching learning environment that addresses the specific demands of the STAAR assessments. Don’t miss this opportunity to enhance your teaching strategies and help every student succeed!
Key Topics Include:
- Boosting Reading Comprehension: Learn techniques to help students understand and retain complex texts across subjects, ensuring they are equipped for STAAR reading sections.
- Improving Fluency: Discover activities and practices that build reading speed and accuracy, crucial for performing well on timed STAAR tests.
- Enhancing Written Expression: Explore effective methods to support students in organizing and expressing their thoughts in writing, aligning with STAAR writing prompts and requirements.
STAAR Series Session 2: Unlocking Potential: STAAR Prep for Struggling Readers and Writers
$350.00
$300.00
Date: January 6, 2025 Time: 8:00 – 11:00
Location: HCDE (Harris County Department of Education), 6300 Irvington Blvd., Houston, Texas 77022
Join us for an engaging professional development session dedicated to Supporting Struggling Readers and Writers for teachers in grades 3 to 8. This session focuses on evidence-based strategies to enhance comprehension, fluency, and written expression for students who are not yet meeting grade-level expectations, with a special emphasis on preparing for the STAAR assessments.
Objectives:
- Enhance Reading Comprehension Skills: Teachers will learn and apply evidence-based strategies to help students better understand and retain complex texts, ensuring they are prepared for STAAR reading sections.
- Improve Student Fluency: Educators will discover and implement activities and practices that increase reading speed and accuracy, which are crucial for students to perform well on timed STAAR tests.
- Develop Written Expression Techniques: Participants will explore methods to support students in organizing and expressing their thoughts effectively in writing, aligned with STAAR writing prompts and requirements, while also learning how to provide quick and actionable feedback to improve students' writing within a shorter time frame.
STAAR Series 2025 - ALL Sessions
$900.00
$750.00
This includes registration for all three sessions:
Unlocking Potential: STAAR Prep for Struggling Readers and Writers
Date: January 6, 2025, Time: 8:00 – 11:00am
Location: HCDE (Harris County Department of Education), 6300 Irvington Blvd., Houston, Texas 77022
Writing with Precision: Enhancing Short and Extended Responses
Date: February 7, 2025 Time: 8:00 – 11:00am
Location: HCDE (Harris County Department of Education), 6005 Westview Dr., Houston, Texas 77055
Countdown to STAAR: Essential Last-Minute Prep
Date: March 7, 2025 Time: 8:00 – 11:00am
Location: HCDE (Harris County Department of Education), 6005 Westview Dr., Houston, Texas 77055
speakers:
 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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Methods of Payment
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Option 1 - Credit Card Purchases(s)
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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.
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"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.”
