Professional Development |Summer-Fall 2019

Professional Development Summer–Fall 2019

Receive over $1,800 in FREE materials at our K–5 Handwriting Workshop + Virtual PD Hub Membership!

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Do you have the latest strategies and tools to take your teaching to the next level?

Attend a workshop to: 1. Discover easy-to-implement, effective teaching strategies that boost student performance.

2. Network with other educators.

3. Learn best practices for school readiness, handwriting, and keyboarding instruction.

4. Experience hands-on training with our products and get your questions answered by our curriculum experts.

5. Receive hundreds of dollars in FREE materials and a complimentary membership to our NEW Virtual PD Hub.

Check out all our workshop offerings! p. 2 K–5 Handwriting

p. 5 Pre-K Literacy & Math

p. 3 K–5 Keyboarding & Digital Citizenship

p. 6 Handwriting Assessment

p. 4 Pre-K Readiness & Writing

pp. 7–9 Workshop Pricing and Schedules

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What’s new?

Virtual PD Hub + Coaching Check out our NEW Virtual PD Hub that brings proven methodology, handson strategies, and tips from experts right to you. By attending an in-person workshop, you’ll get unlimited access to a variety of training resources that provide additional PD support throughout the year.

Learn more at LWTears.com/PDHUB.

HTT: The Handwriting nteractive Teaching Tool™ Discover HTT, our new digital instruction tool that brings learning to life and reduces prep time with multimedia options to teach and demonstrate letters and numbers.

Explore HTT at LWTears.com/HTTJULY.

New Keyboarding Enrichment Activities Sign up for our Keyboarding Without Tears Virtual Workshop to explore our NEW keyboarding enrichment activities.

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Professional Development | K–5 Handwriting Full Day Workshop | 6.5 Contact Hours

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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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Promote independent writing skills beyond handwriting workbook instruction Use the Handwriting Without Tears unique instructional approach and stages of learning, and be introduced to our two handwriting assessments (the NEW Screener of Handwriting Proficiency and The Print Tool®) Navigate Handwriting Without Tears digital teaching technology and hands-on resources to facilitate engaging lessons

ONLY $300 with early bird pricing

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Professional Development | K–5 Keyboarding Virtual Workshop | 2.5 Contact Hours

Discover effective strategies to developmentally teach pre-keyboarding, keyboarding, and digital citizenship skills to your students.

At the end of this virtual workshop, you will be able to: Learn the developmental progression of keyboarding skills to ensure student success

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Preview student lessons and NEW enrichment activities to learn how to seamlessly implement them into your instructional day and computer-based testing prep

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Review educator resources: lesson previews, teacher’s guides, reports, and digital citizenship lessons

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Leverage student progress report to help meet grade-level benchmarks

Plus, you’ll preview our new enrichment activities that feature teacher created content, dictation and note-taking practice, and independent writing!

ONLY $110 with early bird pricing

ncludes $160 of FREE licenses* (One 1-year license for each grade [K–5]) + Virtual PD Hub Membership!

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Professional Development | Pre-K Readiness & Writing

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 to help children progress from tracing their letters and numbers to writing their names

ONLY $230 with early bird pricing

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Professional Development | Pre-K Literacy & Math Afternoon Workshop | 3.5 Contact Hours

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Pre-K Language & Literacy Program

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ONLY $215 with early bird pricing

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Professional Development | Handwriting Assessment Full Day Workshop | 7 Contact Hours

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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.

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Administer and score the Pre-K Assessments, the NEW 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

ONLY $220 with early bird pricing

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Ways to save: Register early with promo code WSJULY19E to get $35 off in-person workshops*

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INDIVIDUAL WORKSHOPS

Early Bird Rate

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

$110

$130

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$220

$245

$200

Early Bird Rate

Regular Rate

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K–5 Keyboarding VIRTUAL

Handwriting Assessment

COMBINED WORKSHOPS Fan Favorite

30+ days in advance

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

Combine for extra savings!

*Offer valid for in-person workshops only. Offer expires October 31, 2019.

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Pre-K & K–5 Handwriting Workshop Schedule Pre-K Readiness & Writing: Day One, Half Day, Morning Session (see p. 4 for objectives) Pre-K Literacy & Math: Day One, Half Day, Afternoon Session (see p. 5 for objectives) K–5 Handwriting: Day Two, Full Day (see p. 2 for objectives) ARIZONA Phoenix September 20–21

CALIFORNIA

Anaheim July 26–27 October 25–26 Los Angeles September 27–28 Oakland October 11–12 San Diego November 22–23 San Francisco September 6–7 San Jose July 17–18

COLORADO

Denver September 20–21 November 15–16

CONNECTICUT Hartford August 23–24

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Washington July 31–August 1

FLORIDA

Ft. Lauderdale July 10–11 Miami October 4–5 Orlando August 2–3 October 18–19

GEORGIA

Atlanta July 24–25 November 1–2

ILLINOIS

INDIANA

Indianapolis July 12–13 October 18–19

IOWA

Des Moines October 11–12

LOUISIANA

New Orleans October 25–26

MAINE

Portland August 2–3

NEW JERSEY

East Rutherford September 27–28 Princeton July 19–20 November 1–2

NEW YORK

Albany October 18–19 Buffalo August 16–17 Long Island August 9–10 New York City November 15–16

NORTH CAROLINA MARYLAND

Baltimore October 11–12

MASSACHUSETTS Boston September 20–21

MICHIGAN

Detroit October 11–12 Grand Rapids September 6–7

Charlotte September 13–14 Raleigh July 26–27

OHIO

Cleveland September 13–14 Columbus November 15–16

OKLAHOMA

Oklahoma City August 2–3

MINNESOTA

OREGON

MISSOURI

PENNSYLVANIA

Minneapolis September 6–7 November 8–9

Kansas City September 27–28 St. Louis August 9–10

NEW HAMPSHIRE Concord July 26–27

Portland July 10–11 December 6–7

Philadelphia/ King of Prussia November 22–23 Pittsburgh July 19–20

SOUTH CAROLINA Columbia July 12–13

Chicago July 24–25 October 4–5

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TENNESSEE

Memphis September 20–21 Nashville October 25–26

TEXAS

Austin November 8–9 Dallas/Fort Worth September 13–14 December 6–7 Houston July 31– August 1 October 18–19 San Antonio October 4–5

UTAH

Salt Lake City September 27–28

VIRGINIA

Richmond July 12–13

WASHINGTON Seattle August 7–8 November 1–2

WISCONSIN

Madison October 25–26 Milwaukee July 17–18

CANADA Calgary September 13–14 Toronto October 4–5 Vancouver July 19–20

K–5 Keyboarding Virtual Workshop Schedule K–5 Keyboarding: Virtual (see p. 3 for objectives) VIRTUAL

July 25 August 6 August 15 August 21 September 12 October 17

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

MASSACHUSETTS

TENNESSEE

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

NEW YORK

TEXAS

Los Angeles July 10

Washington October 25

GEORGIA

Atlanta September 27

Boston November 22

New York September 6

NORTH CAROLINA Raleigh November 8

Nashville July 26

CANADA

Toronto September 20

Dallas/Ft. Worth July 19 Houston October 11

WASHINGTON Seattle October 18

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