Spring Educational Workshop - presented by the Slingerland Institute for Literacy
Join us for the 2016 Spring Meeting & Educational Workshop - Friday, April 22nd to Sunday, April 24th.
The Educational Workshop, scheduled for Saturday April 23, 2016, is being presented in cooperation with Slingerland® Institute, Hamlin Robinson School and the Washington Branch of the IDA.
The Educational Workshop will focus on gathering the appropriate tools in your assessment toolbox . . . resulting in providing you tools that target individual student needs and appropriate instruction. Through interactive presentations you will determine:
● The type of assessments that SHOULD be included in your toolbox and the difference between them
● How to interpret assessments
● How performance can change over time
● How to communicate assessment results to parents and students
● How to use data to summarize strengths and weaknesses
● How assessments can inform your instruction
Featuring presentations by respected educators in the multisensory field:
Nancy Cushen White, Ed.: Dr. Nancy Cushen White is a Clinical Professor at the University of California San Francisco, Department of Pediatrics, a teacher, and a learning disabilities specialist. She has a private practice, assessing and remediating language based learning problems and consulting with both public and independent schools. She serves on the Board of the Slingerland Institute and is a former member of the Board of Directors of the International Dyslexia Association (IDA). Additionally, Dr. White has more than thirty years experience in public schools as classroom teacher and program consultant in special education curriculum with San Francisco Unified School District. She has served on advisory and content review panels for California Commission on Teacher Credentialing, Curriculum Commission, and CA Department of Education.
Bonnie Meyer: Bonnie Meyer currently serves as the Executive Director and as a member of the Faculty Senate of the Slingerland® Institute for Literacy. She is also the Vice Principal and Reading Specialist at Our Lady of the Lake Parish School in Seattle, WA. She has worked with dyslexic students since 1986 and is the parent of an adult dyslexic son. She is also serves as the secretary of the Washington Branch of the International Dyslexia Association. She is Certified Slingerland Instructor of Teachers and is a certified D.I.B.E.L.S. trainer. She has spent 30 years training teachers and teaching students. Prior presentations include the IDA, WABIDA, and Teacher Excellence Day for the Archdiocese of Seattle.
Kathleen Conklin: Kathleen Conklin is a first grade teacher at a private Catholic school in Seattle. She has a BA in English and Elementary Teaching Certification with a Reading Endorsement from Gonzaga University and a MA in Curriculum and Instruction in Reading from Grand Canyon University. Kathleen is a director for The Slingerland Institute for Literacy and a member of their Faculty Senate Executive Committee. Kathleen is also the vice-president of the Washington Branch of the International Dyslexia Association. She presented at both the 2013 and 2014 National IDA conferences, focusing on strategies to best meet the reading, writing, and communication needs of dyslexic and SLD students in the regular classroom. Kathleen is currently seeking her Principal Certification at Seattle Pacific University and has been working closely with her school’s Student Success Team to develop an implementation plan for a comprehensive support program in middle school.
To register:
https://www.regonline.com/builder/si...ventID=1786760
L. Elyce Newton
Office Administrator/Marketing & Technology Manager
Slingerland® Institute for Literacy
12729 Northup Way, Suite 1
Bellevue, WA 98005
(425) 453-1190 phone
(425) 635-7762 fax
www.slingerland.org
elycen@slingerland.org
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