Professional Development 2018-2019

Professional Development

2018–2019

Get all the strategies you need to help your students succeed!

New Editions + HITT:

• New workbooks, products, and training for 2018 • Introducing: HTT (The Handwriting nteractive Teaching Tool™)

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Learn about the NEW Screener of Handwriting Proficiency

Great Value!

Over $1500 in FREE materials included with the K–5 Handwriting Workshop.

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Innovative teaching strategies you can implement the very next school day NEW EDITIONS, NEW PRODUCTS! Our workshops, led by certified handwriting specialists, feature leading strategies, provide effective instruction, and give you an interactive experience with our tools for immediate implementation.

Our hands-on, interactive workshops feature: 

Proven, practical instruction on new editions of our workbooks, teacher’s guides, and digital instruction tools

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Multisensory activities and products for active teaching of handwriting

and keyboarding

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Tools for whole classroom use, 1:1 settings, and small group intervention

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Opportunities to network with peers, sample our new products, and find

out how we’re reimagining handwriting instruction for the digital age

The right workshop is waiting for you! p. 2 Pre-K Readiness & Writing

p. 5 K–5 Keyboarding & Digital Citizenship

p. 3 Pre-K Literacy & Math

p. 6 Handwriting Assessment

p. 4 K–5 Handwriting

pp. 7–9 Workshop Pricing and Schedules

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What’s new?

INTRODUCING: Handwriting Reimagined

Our workshops have never been more engaging!

New Editions New Handwriting Without Tears® student workbooks and teacher’s guides feature simplified teaching guidelines and lesson plans—plus, a digital teaching component that offers interactive content!

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HTT (The Handwriting nteractive Teaching Tool™) Bring your handwriting instruction to life with our digital resources for teaching.Handwriting Without Tears workbook lessons. Reduce teacher prep time and enhance the power of the interactive whiteboard (IWB)!

Building Writers Student Workbooks Building Writers offers engaging prompts for supplemental practice.

Build versatile writers and support your curriculum with narrative, opinion, and information writing activities.

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Grade Level: Transitional Kindergarten

KICK START KINDERGARTEN TEACHER’S GUIDE

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Handwriting Without Tears®

The Kick Start Kindergarten student workbook and teacher’s guide for transitional kindergarten bridge the gap between Pre-K and kindergarten with developmentally appropriate activities for writing capital letters, lowercase letters, and students’ names in title case.

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Pre-K Readiness & Writing Morning Session | 3.5 Contact Hours

Discover new strategies and hands-on materials to teach pre-writing and school readiness skills.

At the end of this half-day workshop, you will be able to: 

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Plan your instruction based on developmental stages for writing readiness and foster important social-emotional skills in a developmentally appropriate way

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Use My First School Book and Kick Start Kindergarten to help children progress from tracing their letters and numbers to writing their names and becoming familiar with lowercase letters

ONLY $230 with early bird pricing

Includes $145 of FREE materials

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Pre-K Literacy & Math Afternoon Session | 3.5 Contact Hours

Learn how multisensory teaching strategies and playful manipulatives can energize your early math and literacy lessons.

At the end of this half-day workshop, you will be able to: Implement effective, hands-on strategies that build early literacy and math concepts

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K–5 Handwriting Full Day | 6.5 Contact Hours

Gain the skills and knowledge to effectively teach and remediate handwriting. Students of all learning abilities will be able to master handwriting skills while becoming confident communicators.

At the end of this full-day workshop, you will be able to: Implement, teach, and remediate handwriting using effective, step-by-step lesson plans that incorporate active teaching, multisensory strategies, and differentiated instruction

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Our K–5 Handwriting Workshop now features the new editions of Handwriting Without Tears student workbooks, HTT (The Handwriting nteractive Teaching Tool™), and K–5 Building Writers workbooks.

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K–5 Keyboarding & Digital Citizenship Virtual | 2.5 Contact Hours

There’s no better way to go digital than by going virtual!

Our virtual workshops happen online in real time.

At the end of this virtual workshop, you will be able to:

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Learn the developmental progression of keyboarding skills to ensure student success

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Review student lessons and learn how to seamlessly implement them into your instructional day and computer-based testing prep

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Maximize the following educator resources to foster success: lesson previews, teacher’s guides, and digital citizenship lessons

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Use robust reporting tools to adapt and differentiate keyboarding instruction so students meet grade-level benchmarks

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(One 1- year license for each grade [K–5])

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Handwriting Assessment Full Day | 7 Contact Hours

Join us to learn strategies to assess and remediate handwriting.

The Handwriting Assessment Workshop will help you evaluate a range of developmental levels for your students.

At the end of this full-day workshop, you will be able to: Administer and score the Pre-K Assessments, the Screener of Handwriting Proficiency, and The Print Tool® and choose remediation materials and strategies based on results

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Describe the seven basic handwriting components essential to handwriting success

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Understand different handwriting curricula, discover new handwriting resources, and use The Print Tool with various populations Identify the benefits and process of becoming a certified handwriting specialist for evidence-based practice

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CHECK READINESS

(See Readiness & Writing Pre–K Teacher’s Guide) 1. Name 6 Pictures Ask, “What is this?”

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Ask, “What is this?”

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Directions

• Fold on the dotted lines.

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Early Bird Rate

INDIVIDUAL WORKSHOPS

Regular Rate

30+ days in advance

Group Rate

5 or more

Pre-K Readiness & Writing

$230

$265

$210

Pre-K Literacy & Math

$215

$250

$195

K–5 Handwriting

$300

$335

$280

K–5 Keyboarding & Digital Citizenship VIRTUAL

$110

$130

N /A

Handwriting Assessment

$220

$245

$200

Early Bird Rate

Regular Rate

Group Rate

COMBINED WORKSHOPS

30+ days in advance

Fan Favorite

5 or more

$360

$400

$340

Pre-K + K–5 Handwriting (Three Workshops)

$525

$585

$505

Pre-K Readiness & Writing + K–5 Handwriting

$395

$455

$375

Full Day Pre-K

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Pre-K & K–5 Handwriting Workshop Schedule Pre-K Readiness & Writing: Day One, Half Day, Morning Session (see p. 2 for objectives) Pre-K Literacy & Math: Day One, Half Day, Afternoon Session (see p. 3 for objectives) K–5 Handwriting: Day Two, Full Day (see p. 4 for objectives) ARIZONA

Phoenix December 7–8 February 15–16

ARKANSAS

Little Rock October 12–13 February 15–16

CALIFORNIA

Anaheim March 22–23 Los Angeles October 19–20 Oakland November 16–17 San Francisco October 5–6 March 8–9 San Jose January 25–26

IDAHO

Boise October 26–27

ILLINOIS

Chicago November 2–3 January 25–26

INDIANA

Indianapolis October 5–6

IOWA

Des Moines March 15–16

LOUISIANA

New Orleans March 1–2

MAINE

Portland October 19–20

COLORADO

Denver November 9–10 March 22–23

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Washington March 15–16

MASSACHUSETTS Boston October 14–15* March 24–25*

MICHIGAN

Detroit November 16–17 Grand Rapids March 1–2

FLORIDA

Fort Lauderdale October 26–27 Miami February 15–16 Orlando November 9–10 March 29–30

MINNESOTA

Minneapolis November 2–3 February 8–9

MISSOURI

Kansas City November 16–17 Saint Louis February 22–23

GEORGIA

Atlanta November 9–10 January 25–26

NEW YORK

Albany October 26–27 New York City October 28–29* February 3–4*

NORTH CAROLINA Raleigh March 8–9

NORTH DAKOTA Fargo October 19–20

OHIO

Cincinnati March 29–30 Columbus Nov. 30–Dec. 1

OREGON

Portland November 2–3

PENNSYLVANIA Philadelphia/ King of Prussia Nov. 30–Dec. 1 February 22–23

RHODE ISLAND Providence February 8–9

SOUTH CAROLINA Charleston October 5–6

TENNESSEE

Nashville October 12–13 February 1–2

NEW JERSEY

East Rutherford October 12–13

*Sunday–Monday Workshop

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TEXAS

Dallas/Fort Worth November 9–10 February 8–9 Houston October 5–6 December 7–8 March 29–30 San Antonio March 1–2

WASHINGTON Seattle October 26–27 February 1–2

WISCONSIN

Madison October 19–20 March 15–16

CANADA

Calgary February 22–23 Toronto November 2–3 March 8–9

K–5 Keyboarding & Digital Citizenship Workshop Schedule K–5 Keyboarding & Digital Citizenship: Virtual (see p. 5 for objectives) VIRTUAL

October 3 October 9 October 17 October 25 November 1 November 7 November 15 November 29

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Handwriting Assessment Workshop Schedule Handwriting Assessment: Full Day (see p. 6 for objectives) ARIZONA

MASSACHUSETTS

COLORADO

NORTH CAROLINA

Boston February 24*

Phoenix November 2

Charlotte November 9

Denver January 25

OREGON

FLORIDA

Portland February 22

Orlando March 15

PENNSYLVANIA Philadelphia/ King of Prussia October 19

TEXAS

Houston November 16

CANADA

Edmonton October 12

*Sunday Workshop

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