Academies & Institutes
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Presenter:
Dr. William Bender
Workshop Time: 9:00 am -
4:00 pm each day
Registration time: 8:30 am
Registration fee: $295,
$249 for Texas ASCD members
Postponed - To be Rescheduled
Beeville ISD
AC Jones High School - 1902 North Adams - Beeville, TX 78102
| Contact Texas ASCD to schedule this session in your area - 1-800-717-2723 |
Summary:
RTI: Teaching for the Next Century!
In consultation with TEA, Dr. Bender has developed a series of strategies for preparing educators for the newly emerging perspective of response to intervention. Using ideas from his book on that topic, he walks participants through the RTI process using the three tier model adopted in Texas, and presents the tough issues, and possible pitfalls, while advocating RTI as the most effective teaching model for struggling students. Educators from various districts discuss their district's plans in an information sharing session in the afternoon, with Dr. Bender responding to various ideas. Educators will leave with the tools to work with their faculty to prepare for RTI district wide implementation.
Don't Teach Harder, Teach Smarter
In this workshop, Dr. Bender uses techniques from his best selling professional development book, Differentiated Instruction for Students With Learning Disabilities, Second Edition, to explain how to plan a differentiated lesson, based on techniques from the latest brain compatible instruction research. Dr. Bender discusses those modifications on particular students in the class, including gifted students and students with ADHD, BD, or LD. Teachers and Administrators participate in numerous demonstrations for all grade levels, including movement-based instruction across the grade levels, using songs/chants, novelty to facilitate high impact teaching, and motivational strategies. In the afternoon, teachers work in small groups and develop a differentiated 10-day unit of instruction on the topic of their choice, thus providing an experiential basis for their work.
Dr. Bender
Dr. Bender is a national leader in instructional tactics, with an
emphasis on Differentiated Instruction, Response to Intervention, Brain
Compatible Instruction and Classroom Discipline. He has an innate
ability to use a combination of practical strategies and easy humor,
and educators in his workshops perch on the edge of their seats, eager
to hear the knowledge Dr. Bender has mastered. Dr. Bender
believes his job is to inform audiences across the nation of
innovative, up to date information, based on current research. He is
able to convey this information in an entertaining and motivating
fashion throughout his presentation.
Dr. Bender began his education career in a Junior High School in a
Resource classroom working with adolescents with behavioral disorders
and learning disabilities. He then received his Ph.D. in Special
Education from the University of North Carolina. Currently, Dr. Bender
is a Professor of Special Education at the University of Georgia. He is
also a presenter at individual workshops in many schools and
conferences across the nation and in Canada. Dr. Bender has written
over 60 published articles and a dozen books with topics such as: Differentiated Instruction for Students
with Learning Disabilities; Relational Discipline; Reading Tactics for
Elementary Students with Learning Disabilities, Differentiated
Instruction in Math, and
Response to Intervention: A Practical Guide for Every Teacher.
Who Should Attend:
Teachers and Administrators.
