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Date(s) - Tuesday, January 9, 2024 - Tuesday, May 14, 2024
10:00 am - 11:00 am
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Register your paraprofessionals today for the Spring 2024 Instructional Aides Academy! Instructional aides play an increasingly critical role in the classroom, supporting the teacher and helping students learn academically and behaviorally. Therefore, instructional aides must understand how to support the teachers and the students best. Texas ASCD is ready to help.
In this academy, instructional aides will meet virtually to receive training on building a solid relationship with the teachers they are supporting and developing a cadre of instructional strategies to use when working with students in small groups. There will be a total of 12 one-hour sessions.
Session Dates:
Jan. 9: Education 101: Building a Relationship with the Teachers
Jan. 16: Classroom Management in Small Group Instruction
Jan. 23: High yield Instructional Strategies: Questioning Strategies
Feb. 6: TEKS study
Feb. 13: Think-Pair-Share and Wait Time
Feb. 20: Lesson Cycle
Feb. 27: Vocabulary Development
Mar. 5: Visual Learning Tools (Graphic Organizers)
Mar. 26: Providing Clear Feedback
Apr. 2: Interactive Notebooks
May 7: Basic Reading Skills
May 14: Reading for Understanding
Sessions are recorded.