"Leave No Child Behind" Workshop Series

Signed into law on January 8, 2002, the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 is “the most sweeping reform of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) since ESEA was enacted in 1965.” Unfortunately, this important and powerful legislation threatens to sweep up many schools and students right along with the reforms it is designed to implement. So we’ve designed a unique set of workshops to help teachers and students deal effectively with the pressures and performance goals of this rigorous and complicated policy.

Leave No Reading Behind

What are the key elements struggling readers need to succeed? And how can those elements be taught in ways that are both efficient and effective? Those are the two key questions we answer in this workshop. Too often, kids who fall behind — or start out behind to begin with — end up being left behind simply because we aren’t able to focus on their unique needs. In this workshop, we’ll look at key aspects of efficient assessment that help us identify key instructional goals. Then we’ll identify the strategies we need to address those goals quickly and completely. We’ll look at more efficient approaches to phonemic awareness and early sound-symbol instruction, and the quickest ways to improve comprehension and fluency. We’ll also look at key test taking skills to make sure that the improvements students show in the classroom show up in your test results as well.

Leave No Math Behind

Because of its highly cumulative nature, kids who start off slow in math tend to stay slow — or get even slower — as time goes by. How do you break this cycle? How do you catch kids up in less than one year to get them ready for tests that seem many years beyond their ability level? In this workshop, we’ll look at some of the common problems kids have with math and the key strategies we can use to help them make up for lost time by ending their confusion and helping them build the confidence they need to master skills quickly.

Leave No School Behind

For most of us, teaching is an individual sport: we go into our rooms, close our doors, and teach the best way we know how. But insuring that large groups of diverse learners consistently meet the requirements of Adequate Yearly Progress is a school-wide issue that takes teamwork and planning. Based on a unique and proven model for successful organizational change, this workshop will help your school define clear goals and identify the practices, policies, and procedures you need to achieve them.