What a great launch on September 30th at Byrne Creek. Thanks to all of you who made it after a long day of work. Discussion ranged from review of student selection criteria, intervention boxes, new assessment binders to support milestones of where our students are, to connecting with our colleagues at all the sites. Individuals…
September – Welcome Back
Welcome back to another year of exciting things to discover. While I love the summer as a time for rejuvenation and wanderings of a different pace, September always brings a crispness in the air and a sense of quiet anticipation. We’re launching some things that are a little different this year, which will make life…
Summer daze…
Wow, school has come to an end for another year and summer has arrived. Time for a bit of relaxation and rejuvenation. Thanks to everyone for completing the surveys, and sending in their yearend data. And a huge Thank You all for your unending dedication to our students.
Advisory Committee – Meeting Minutes
June 23, 2010 minutes
Year End Procedures
Hi Everyone, The days are counting down and summer is almost upon us. Thank you all for your hard work in supporting our students in Fast ForWord.
June 17th Fast ForWord Training
June 17th is Training/Learning Day! Schou – TLC (9:00-3:00) This is another opportunity for expanding your team – for any teacher, EA, administrative staff, support staff in your building (currently running Fast ForWord).
Surveys – Collecting Stories
Here are the surveys (pdf) for you to download. Hoping to collect all by Friday June 4th. Please send to Schou – Attention Janet.
Kurzweil Journey Update
Hi All, Many of you are trying out the many complexities of the program and doing a great job! Some of you are finding ARC challenging to negotiate – remember that the Main library houses the actual kes files specifically created for you by colleagues across the province. As well this area has many other…
Kurzweil – Learning Session 2 (from here to there..)
Session 2 is Monday May 3rd (3:30-5:30pm) at Schou. Please bring your manual, a flashdrive (if you have one) as well as any questions that you may have during your time of exploration at school. We will start by revisiting some highlights of our first session and then move forward.
Intervention – Clunks
A number of extra interventions were provided in your packages at the Participants meeting. Instructions for the Clunk Visual is now posted under INTERVENTIONS tab.
Bridging Reading with Kurzweil
So why Kurzweil? While students are exercising their brain with Fast ForWord, the need for practice with reading comprehension continues. This part of literacy is challenging as you need to have the student work within their ‘just right text’ zone. Otherwise, the student ends up expending critical brain energy on decoding and never getting to the…
Reaching the Milestones…
Some of you are on your second round of students and are compiling (or have already compiled) a picture of your students’ progress. In our meetings onsite, many of you have mentioned how you or other teachers have noticed a change in behaviours (increased engagement, some motivation, increased focus and on-task behaviours, and a belief…
All Participants Meeting – Time to Share
Hi Everyone, Just a reminder that our Fast ForWord participants meeting is scheduled: TUES. APRIL 13, at 4PM at Byrne Creek – Centre for Dialogue. Light Refreshments will be served. Please email Chris Charles (no later than April 2) with the names of your staff who will be attending. Agenda – FF Participant meeting AGENDA…
Next Meeting of Advisory Group – Mon April 26
Next meeting of Advisory Committee : Mon April 26 (3:30-5:30) BSB rm2
Kurzweil 3000 – Learning Sessions
Hi Everyone, For those sites who have recently bought or are putting in the paperwork for Kurzweil, the Learning Sessions (2) have been set for Tues. March 23 and Tues. April 20 (3:30-5:30 – Schou TLC). Please note that the sessions are coordinated with: Session 1 – (prior to installation) introduction to the program, setting up…