Events for November 2024

This session, presented by Dr. Heidi Beverine-Curry, is designed for administrators, classroom teachers, special educators, and interventionists that collect normed oral reading fluency (ORF) data (or who are thinking about it!) and want to better understand its usefulness. Learn why ORF data is so important, what it can tell you, what it cannot, and get some tips about making data collection and analysis more efficient.

These Experts Explain Series sessions are presented in partnership with the Indiana Department of Education.

Working memory is not a passive observer in the learning process — it is the gatekeeper, the active participant, that determines the extent and quality of our learning. It is a critical element that impacts why the learning process can be more labor-intensive for some students than others. By understanding the limitations of working memory, we can make sense of students' challenges when transitioning from acquisition to fluency, from fluency to generalization, and from generalization to adaptation. This is a critical consideration for educators and instructional designers for guiding the development of instructional strategies and materials that foster learning.

In this session, presenter, Dr. Jamey Peavler, will model how to use diagnostic reading and spelling assessments to identify next steps in our literacy instruction. The focus will be on applying information gained from these assessments to classwide purposes such as designing a classwide intervention, forming small groups, and adjusting Tier 1 instruction. This session will be most beneficial for K-3 classroom teachers, coaches and school leaders. These Experts Explain Series sessions are presented in partnership with the Indiana Department of Education.