DIRECT INSTRUCTION TRAINING

We offer training in the Direct Instruction Method of teaching reading for teachers, paraprofessionals, building substitutes, youth organization staff, and child care instructors. These trainings take place in the educational institution or by on-line courses.

INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES

All children can be taught. Instructional delivery, how to teach reading, determines success in teaching and learning. The instructional strategies taught are aligned with the Direct Instruction Method that emphasizes well-developed and carefully planned lessons designed around small learning increments and clearly defined and prescribed teaching tasks. These encompass explicit, systematic, intentional modeling, and immediate feedback as instructional strategies in teaching phonemic awareness, phonics, blending and word reading, and comprehension.

COURSE OF ACTION TO LITERACY

Course of Action to Literacy (COALT) is a Seven Module Virtual Course.

Module 1: How do Students Learn to Read?

Module 2: The Direct Instruction Approach

Module 3: Practice the Sounds

Module 4: Teaching Phonemic Awareness

Module 5: Teaching Letter-Sound Correspondence

Module 6: Teaching Blending and Word Reading

Module 7:  Corrections and Immediate Feedback