Reading Staff Development
Staff Development topics are based on the needs identified by the school. Sample topics offered by ARS Educational Services to schools are listed below for teachers of Kindergarten through Grade Five.
K-2 Teachers
Elementary School Teachers
K-2 Teachers
- Improving the Ability to Read Words
- Teaching Phonics from a Multicultural Perspective
- Assessing Phonemic Knowledge
- Using Running Records to Assess Reading Performance
- Improving Comprehension through Story Structure
- Implementing the Language Experience Approach
Elementary School Teachers
- Diagnosing Reading Problems in the Classroom
- Using Corrective Reading Strategies
- Using Critical Literacy and Process Drama to Deepen Comprehension
- Increasing Reading Fluency
- Improving the Teaching of Vocabulary
- Implementing Problem-based learning (PBL)
- Getting Boys Interested in Reading
- Using Literature to Teach Social Consciousness