ER&D Courses for Fall 2024

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Checks and Registration Form must be in the Union Hall TWO WEEKS prior to the start of the class. Please do not jeopardize the class by registering too late. All classes are held at the Union Hall.

Thinking Math K-2  

Sundays - November 3rd, 10th, 17th and December 8th.

8:00am- 3:30pm (2 CRD, 30 PDU)

Instructor(s): Denise Dunlop, Heather Mader

In this course, you’ll learn about counting, numeration, place value, and number sense. Additional topics included are addition, subtraction, patterns and relationships in number, measurement, and geometry. Just like all Thinking Math courses, Thinking Math K-2 focuses on the situational context of word problems. The course stresses the understanding and recording of student thinking, balancing conceptual and procedure learning, and mathematical justification.  This course has no prerequisites. Thinking Math courses can be taken in any order and the content can be transferred to other grades and content areas.

English as a New Language 101

Saturdays - November 2nd, 9th, 16th and 23rd.

8:00am- 3:30pm (2 CRD, 30 PDU)

Instructor(s): Maria Gentoleo, Kathie Waigand

This course is designed for K-12 mainstream or general education teachers and paraprofessionals of English language learners who have little to no information or preparation to work with this rapidly growing population of students. There are four sections (modules) that will include research-based information on second-language acquisition; information about the cultural, academic, and linguistic diversity of ELLs, and a range of strategies and skills to differentiate instruction for ELLs while maintaining academic rigor. 

Reading Comprehension Instruction

Sundays - October 6th, 13th, 20th and 27th.

8:00am - 3:30pm (2 CRD, 30 PDU)

Instructor(s): Melinda Garcia

This course focuses on how children learn to read and the best ways to teach reading from kindergarten to the end of the primary grades.

Foundations I

Saturdays - October 5th, 12th, 19th and 26th.

8:00am - 3:30pm (2 CRD, 30 PDU)

Instructor(s): William Kostomiris

This course is designed to help teachers improve their effectiveness. All of the resources used in the course originated from a sound research base. The information presented in the course was collected from leading researchers in the field and provides “best practice” in a wide variety of classroom management and instructional strategies. The research used in the course is validated every two years to be certain that it is still viable.

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