Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons Paired with Visual Phonics 

You have completed the See the Sound: Visual Phonics training, now what? Take it to the next level by pairing Visual Phonics with Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons. RMTC-D/HH is pleased to announce training in this evidence-based supplementary intervention for professionals currently working with students who are deaf or hard of hearing in the state of Florida. Please join us for this opportunity to earn up to four recommended hours of in-service points for participation in this live, online professional learning.

Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons is a complete, step-by-step program that shows teachers how to simply and clearly teach their students to read. Twenty minutes a day is the standard for implementation, and within 100 teaching days, the research suggests students will be decoding on at least a second-grade reading level. This program is a scripted, easy-to-follow, and enjoyable way to help students to gain the essential skills of reading.

This four-hour online training will give you all the tools you need to start implementing the intervention in the classroom the next day. RMTC-D/HH will provide participants with the book Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons and ongoing coaching, as requested, for effective implementation and progress monitoring data collection.

Objectives:

Upon completion of this training using the Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons paired with Visual Phonics intervention, participants will be able to:

1. apply the intervention to English/Language Arts (ELA) instruction to his/her school setting in alignment with B.E.S.T. standards,

2. utilize a progress monitoring protocol to determine mastery of phonics skills while using the intervention, and

3. write a lesson plan in the local district’s format based on student data.

The session will not be recorded and transcripts will not be available after the event.

Automatic speech recognition captions will be provided in the Zoom environment. 

Candace McIntire is a Deaf Education and Training Specialist with the Resource Materials and Technology Center for the Deaf/Hard of Hearing, a statewide discretionary project of the Florida Department of Education Bureau of Exceptional Education and Student Services (BEESS). She earned her bachelor’s degree in Special Education with a concentration in Deaf Studies from the University of North Florida and a master’s degree in Deaf Education: ASL/English Bilingual Early Childhood Education from Gallaudet University. She has used Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons paired with Visual Phonics in both a listening and spoken language educational environment and in an ASL/English bilingual educational environment. Her education experiences include over 10 years in deaf education. She joined RMTC-D/HH in 2019. Candace’s current professional concentrations focus on strategies and interventions for students who are deaf and hard of hearing and language development, including listening and spoken language and ASL/English bilingualism. 

Training Reminders

• Arrive early. RMTC-D/HH staff will open the room 15 minutes before we begin for sound checks, questions, and technical assistance with the tools we will be using throughout this training (Zoom, LiveBinder).

• Make sure your Zoom is up-to-date. We will be using many features in the Zoom environment including the chat box, breakout rooms, captions, and reactions. Participants may also want to utilize the "pin" feature to keep the presenter visible, as we will have up to 50 people in the room. An updated Zoom app will ensure participants are able to access all the features.

• This is a video-on training. Participants will be practicing hand movements and interacting with colleagues throughout this training. Please make sure you have adequate lighting so we can see your smiling face and your background contains only people and pets who are willing to be a part of our training. 

• Plan to stay for the whole event. 

Inservice Points

If participants wish to earn inservice credits towards the renewal of a Florida Educator’s Certificate, it is recommended that they contact the school district’s professional development office BEFORE beginning a course to verify the requirements that must be fulfilled. RMTC-D/HH will provide a certificate upon completion of the course and submission of any follow-up activity requirements. The suggested inservice points for this training is 4 points based on attendance.

Participants will need access to;

• a device with a high-speed internet connection (fast.com results should be over 5-10 Mbps.), 

• adequate lighting in order to be seen on screen, and