Learning Without Tears Professional Development | Winter 2019

Professional Development Winter 2019

Fresh Strategies, Fresh Start Start the new year with new training for your classroom!

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Happy New Year!

-2019-

Ring in the new year with top tips from our experts for teaching Pre-K, handwriting, and keyboarding.

The school year is in full swing, but the calendar year is just beginning!

Start the year off right and experience: • P roven, practical instruction on our workbooks, teacher’s guides, and digital instruction tools • M ultisensory activities and free materials for teaching handwriting and keyboarding • Strategies you can implement the very next day • Hands-on practice with our products and peer networking

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?

Make sure to check out our: New Editions The 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!

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 Build versatile writers and support your curriculum with narrative, information, and opinion/argument writing activities that are great for supplemental practice.

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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: 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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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.

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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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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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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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INDIVIDUAL WORKSHOPS

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Pre-K Readiness & Writing

$230

$265

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Pre-K Literacy & Math

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K–5 Handwriting

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K–5 Keyboarding & Digital Citizenship VIRTUAL

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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) ALABAMA

Mobile May 17–18

FLORIDA

Miami February 15–16 Orlando March 29–30

ARIZONA

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GEORGIA

Atlanta January 25–26 April 26–27

ARKANSAS

Little Rock February 15–16

ILLINOIS

Chicago January 25–26 April 5–6

CALIFORNIA

Anaheim March 22–23 Los Angeles May 31– June 1 Oakland May 3–4 San Francisco March 8–9 San Jose January 25–26

COLORADO

Denver March 22–23

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Washington March 15–16

MINNESOTA Minneapolis February 8–9 May 3–4

MISSOURI

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Nashville February 1–2

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MARYLAND

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CANADA

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New Orleans March 1–2

Baltimore May 3–4

Boston March 24–25*

MICHIGAN

Grand Rapids March 1–2

New York City February 3–4* April 12–13

Raleigh March 8–9

Cincinnati March 29–30

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Madison March 15–16

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

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

FLORIDA

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NEW YORK

San Francisco April 5

Denver January 25

Orlando March 15

Boston February 24*

Omaha May 3

OREGON

Portland February 22

New York April 24

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