Professional Development for Educators

Save yourself the planning!
​Ask me to facilitate your Professional Learning Communities (PLCs). Book me for a PA Day workshop or a series of EA training sessions. All professional development is tailored to your needs.
The following have been tried and tested in schools:

Emergent Literacy Fundamentals

Designed specifically for educational assistants, but open to all interested school staff, this series of 10 after-school sessions will prepare educators to work with students who use augmentative or alternative communication (AAC). Below are the topics covered. This can also be used for a full-day or two half-day PA Day sessions. Fees may vary. Hybrid model available. ​​Contact m​e for details. I can send you a quote once I know your situation.

1. What's the point of literacy?
2. Symbols, Talkers, and Core Words
3. Motivate, Model, Move Out of the Way
4. Sensory Considerations
​5. Beyond Tracing and Matching

6. Alphabet Access and Awareness
7. Reading is an Action Word
8. Know What They Know (Assessment)
9. Attributing Meaning
10. Video Feedback

Universal Design for Learning

Designed for a professional learning community of 8-10 classroom teachers, but open to resource teachers and administrators, this series of six half-day sessions will take teachers through the Shared Beliefs of the Learning for All K-12 document (Ministry of Education, Ontario, 2013), examples of various UDL frameworks (CAST, Katz, Moore), student profiles and class profiles (with a focus on Armstrong's Neurodiversity in the Classroom, 2012). Finally, teachers will have an opportunity to design instruction for their own students using planning templates designed by Shelley Moore, PhD.

Fees depend on location, time commitment, and school needs. Hybrid model available.
References available upon request. Contact me for me information.