Audio Conference registrants will receive an e-mail a few days before the event with complete instructions on how to participate. You'll be given a unique Event I.D. and PIN that entitles you to a single phone-line connection to access the audio portion of the event. The instructions also will include steps to retrieve the speaker's hand-outs.

LRP's Audio Conferences are the perfect way to train both new and seasoned staff. All you need is a conference room with a speakerphone and invite as many others as you'd like.

March 24, 2010 • 12 - 1:30 p.m. ET
RTI in Secondary Schools:
Key Literacy Strategies for Middle and High School Programs
Presented by Dr. Denise Gibbs

To comply with NCLB and IDEA mandates regarding research-based reading instruction, many states and districts are embracing RTI through a multi-tiered reading model — originally designed for early reading intervention. But middle and high school students have unique reading needs. So how do you tailor an RTI framework to serve them effectively?

In this 90-minute, interactive audio conference, Dr. Gibbs will share insights gained through research and hands-on experience, showing you the components needed to implement RTI at your school district’s secondary level as well as how to:

         •     Analyze your current adolescent literacy program, including content
               area instruction as it relates to RTI parameters

         •     Use RTI to improve academic performance of all students and
               achieve AYP literacy-related objectives

         •     Identify struggling readers using existing data from high-stakes testing

         •     Identify additional data that can maximize efficacy of intervention
               selection and literacy outcomes

         •     Incorporate literacy instruction in all curricula by encouraging and
               equipping faculty members to participate in your school’s literacy and
               RTI framework

         •     Recognize research-based reading intervention strategies specific to
               middle and high school students

         •     Select specific adolescent literacy intervention programs and materials
               from commercially available resources

         •     Evaluate and create progress monitoring tools specific to adolescent
               literacy goals

Plus, time for Q&A gives you the chance to ask Dr. Gibbs your specific questions.

                    

Dr. Denise Gibbs serves as an RTI, reading and special education consultant in middle and high schools across the country. Having retired from teaching, Dr. Gibbs is director of the Alabama Scottish Rite Foundation Learning Centers. She has served as president of both the Alabama Branch of the International Dyslexia Association and the Speech and Hearing Association of Alabama; and is a Fellow of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. The author of LRP’s Leading the Dyslexia Challenge: An Action Plan for Schoolwide Identification and Intervention (2004) and RTI for Middle and High School: Strategies and Structures for Literacy Success (2009), Dr. Gibbs conducts workshops and professional development programs throughout the country on a range of topics including RTI, core reading instruction, strategic content teaching, the three-tiered model and dyslexia.

This Audio Conference will be recorded and CDs will be available for purchase. Reserve your CD now or call toll-free 1-800-341-7874.

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