READING & COMPREHENSION STRATEGIES
Many elementary students struggle to understand what they are supposed to do as they learn to read strategically.
Using Tanny McGregor’s Comprehension Connections: Bridges to Strategic Reading, teachers will learn how to make abstract reading strategies, such as schema, inferring, and visualizing, concrete for their K-5 students through visual, tangible, everyday lessons.
When: Saturday Morning (9:00am – 12:30pm)
Where: Room 203
Who: Teachers, Grades K-5
INCREASING STUDENT ENGAGEMENT THROUGH COOPERATIVE LEARNING STRUCTURES
Decades of research has indicated that cooperative learning is a powerful tool in setting up a classroom. However, structures and activities must be crafted with key cooperative learning components in mind to truly engage students in rigorous, meaningful work. This training will introduce participants to those key components and engage participants in multiple structures they can use day one.
- Teachers will be able to articulate the purpose and benefits of using cooperative learning structures.
- Teachers will be able to apply new knowledge by planning at least one cooperative learning structure for the first week of school
When: Saturday Afternoon (1:30pm – 5:00pm)
Where: Room 203
Who: Teachers, Grades 3-12
Cindi joined the Arizona Charter Schools Association in 2015, bringing with her 21 years of experience as a classroom teacher, instructional coach, professional development trainer, and leadership team member in both Arizona and Colorado. While in Colorado she lead 52 district schools in meeting rigorous Annual Measurable Achievement Outcomes for over 2000 English Language Learners, and provided district-wide training to teachers during implementation years for both Common Core and Colorado English Language Proficiency standards. She also served on the Board of Directors for the Colorado Association for Bilingual Education, and was selected as the Colorado representative for the World Class Instruction and Design (WIDA) consortium’s Assessment Committee in Washington D.C. Most recently Cindi supported urban schools in downtown Phoenix as both an administrator and instructional coach where 88% of her teachers met or exceeded growth for their students as measured by Galileo. Cindi earned her M. Ed. in Elementary Education from Grand Canyon University, her B.A. in Multicultural Education from Arizona State University. She also holds several certifications as a trainer. Cindi is passionate about utilizing data and research-based practices to support educators and students in closing achievement gaps, and she holds an indelible belief that all teachers and their students are capable of learning and succeeding every day.