The two-day ELLM/Plus training is offered three times during the school year.
ELLM/Plus Two-Day (6 hours each day) In-Depth Training is designed to help participants become skilled in implementing ELLM/Plus in their classrooms. Participants will learn how to use Instructional Packets as well as the many resource materials included in the ELLM/Plus Curriculum Kit. They Participants will have multiple opportunities to practice and receive feedback on key instructional strategies. They also will learn how to make their classrooms learning rich and fun for their children.
Topics Covered
• Using the ELLM/Plus Monthly
Instructional Packets to organize and implement literacy and language instruction each day
• Setting up classrooms that promote learning and positive interactions.
• Planning and scheduling daily learning activities
• Helping children build their background knowledge and vocabulary
• Using informal assessment to scaffold learning
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• Promoting children’s language and
literacy development through adult-child and child-children conversations
• Connecting home and school learning
• Planning the ELLM/Plus day
• Effective use of the Teaching Table (small group instruction)
• Integrating the curriculum across the content areas.
• Building children’s background
knowledge through one-on-one conversations and small group discussions
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Two-Day Training
Date/Time: Fall: Monday and Tuesday August 17-18, 2009 8:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Winter: Thursday and Friday January 7-8, 2010 8:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Spring: Monday and Tuesday April 5-6, 2010 8:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Location: University Center, University of North Florida 12000 Alumni Drive Jacksonville, Florida 32224*
Cost: $457 per participant (includes training and materials) Minimum of 8 participants required
Please call Howaida Mousa, Senior Grants Specialist, (904.620.2496) for Registration Information
*Training outside the Jacksonville area requires travel costs determined by length and location of training. |
