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NY Educator Publication write up!

Training Dates: 

Fast ForWord – Professional Development

Encourage classroom teachers to attend!

Facilitator: Beth Greer, Scientific Learning Training Consultant

Topic: Wrapping Up the Year- Steps to Take

Date:  Tuesday, April 6th, 2010

Time:  3:30-5:30 pm  

Location:  Levy School, Fellows Avenue and Harvard Place               

(Attendees will be paid the hourly contractual rate)

Mark Your Calendars for June 15^th- Annual Awards Ceremony and Celebration. Your principals are invited to Join us!!!

llJoin us for a sharing session on Fast ForWord and we’ll talk about how to integrate Fast ForWord into the curriculum ll Meet other Fast ForWord coaches llExplore strategies for success with elementary and secondary students ll

Meet with other schools using Fast ForWord! Find out about how to accelerate learning for Fast ForWord students!

 registration- 435-6358

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MARCH 5, 2010:  Join us for our afterschool inservices with Beth Greer.  Personalized and pertinent information and assistance, right at your fingertips. Next one is March 9. Call 6358 to register.

Jan. 8, 2010: OMG! It's a whole new year!  There are some schools that are finally joining our Fast ForWord family.  Keep in touch and let us know how you are doing!

Dec. 1, 2009:  This month's workshop is about how to integrate  the skills used in Fast ForWord in the curriculum and how to plan for instruction.  Get great information and get paid, too! Held at Levy Dec. 8 at 3:30 ....See you there!

Nov. 1, 2009:   Be sure to take advantage of the afterschool workshops Colleen is running once a month.  This month the workshop is about interventions and how to use them. Contact jdavidson to register.

October 14:  Get your names to me if you are a current FF coach in your school even if you did it last year.  I am collecting names for our FF list serv.  Everyone thought it was a great help to keep up with any PD trainings and mtgs.  I can't let you know if I don't get your name!

September 18:   Welcome to the new schools that have just come on board!  These schools have been uploaded with the new web based Fast forWord portal and have found that there are a few different things about them.  They do have the newer versions of Language and Language to Reading (versions 2). But fear not , veteran schools, the games work with the same skills in the same ways with the same sounds...just different game names and graphics.   basically, just easier for IT dept to service the programs. 

With two full 2 day sessions of initial training behind us at the very beginning of the school year,  we are looking 'forword' to the new schools and new  students getting into the programs. Keep me in touch with your progress and let me know how I can help.

 August 24:  School is about to begin shortly and schools will be enrolling long lists of students.  If you need some help or just a refresher for how to do this, just contact Chris Monroe at cmonro21. 

Please remember when enrolling your students to fill in all appropriate demographic data including grade, race and special designation...( diagnosis not necessary.)  We would like all district data to be accurate and up to date.  Thanks!

 Some videos to watch: Brain Science : use of FF with 9th grade ELA students- Bartlett HS

 Keep in mind that your teachers and parents want to know about FF, too.  Use these power points to show during a teacher meeting or parents' open house.  Call Chris if you want to  have help with this overview.

At the beginning of the year, give your teachers and/or parents a survey about the students that are enrolled in our program.    teacher survey    Parent survey  Plan ahead to include an overview of Fast ForWord for your first Parent's night.  Call Chris for some resources.  Give your teachers a presentation with the Reading Brain or Willie Brown videos.

For new FF coaches and veterans: We will be beginning a FF Forum support group shortly.  Keep your eyes on this page.

For exporting student data from one school to another click here.

July 1:  The second annual Syracuse Circle of Learning for Fast For Word was a huge success.  So many coaches, administrators and interested staff attended that we ran out of gift bags.   We had several sessions of information an plenty of time for networking and sharing ideas.  That's what it's all about...SHARING IDEAS! There are many new schools joining the FF community and it was great to see the pending coaches take such a motivated interest in getting and making plans.  We look 'forword' to a great summer and are renewed for our implementations in the Fall.  

June 6:  Lists of the students that Scientific Learning has as your enrolled kids have been sent to every building.  Please correct any enrollments that are not appropriate.  Please complete your students demographic information if you have not already.  Finish out your kids so that they can take the RPI tests before the last day of school.  Complete the requested information about your kids on the spreadsheet sent if your kids are possibly moving on to another school.  This is not information we can get from Scilearn or progress tracker so that we can transfer files between schools if necessary.