BRATTLEBORO — The Pool Learning Center, a nonprofit which assists individuals with dyslexia, will host “Proven Interventions for Struggling Readers,” a workshop for teachers, paraprofessionals, parents, and interested individuals on Thursday, May 26, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., at the Marlboro College Graduate Center on Vernon Street.
Young learners need a variety of opportunities in order to learn to read - a combination of guided, shared and independent reading. This is called “balanced” literacy instruction. Struggling readers require explicit instruction in order to develop the skills and strategies to become proficient, according to a news release.
In order to meet the needs of struggling readers, teachers must be able to identify the obstacles standing in their way. They need to be diagnostic in their observation and assessment of a student's reading. Ongoing, daily observations/assessments are what drive instruction.
According to the news release, this workshop will provide attendees with summative and formative assessment tools, methods of analyzing errors, and fun and engaging activities that will motivate and meet the needs of struggling readers.
Angelique Colford, M.Ed. will present the full-day workshop. Colford is a middle school special-education teacher and the director of the Pool Learning Center. She has 30 years of teaching experience at every level of education, and is a trained reading recovery teacher and teacher of Orton-Gillingham Instruction.
A light breakfast and full lunch will be served. Each participant will receive a certificate for continuing education credits.