Professional Development Services

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Educational Resources Group, Inc. will customize professional development services to meet the needs of your teachers, administrators, and classroom support personnel.

We will provide on-site school, district, or regional based professional development and follow-up consulting.

Below are only some of the services we provide. We are dedicated to meeting your needs for all subject areas in grades K-12.

• Best Practices in the Classroom (i.e. research-based teaching and management strategies appropriate for all levels)
• Implementing Academic Standards
• Developing Appropriate Assessments (i.e. formative and summative, rubrics, standards-specific and multi-level based on the revised Bloom's Taxonomy)
• Differentiated Instruction (i.e. working with AYP subgroups for targeted instruction, flexible reading groups and multi-level learning centers)
• Flexible Grouping for Reading and Math Instruction Using Data Collection
• Phonemic Awareness
• Phonics and Working with Words (decoding and spelling)
• Reading Comprehension (through multiple types of texts and genres - i.e. basal selections, novels, trade books, textbooks, etc.)
• Content Area Literacy
• Vocabulary Building and Fluency Development
• Trait-Based Writing Assessment and Instruction
• Writing Process
• Rigor and Relevance (Higher Order Thinking Skills, Brain-Based Instruction)
• Performance Assessment Development
• Data Analysis (disaggregating data to plan instruction and monitor progress to include teacher made assessments, MAP, PACT)
• Integrating Social Studies and Science with Reading and Writing Instruction
• Reading and Writing Across the Curriculum
• Balanced Literacy Strategies
• Building Blocks® Kindergarten Model
• Four Blocks® Literacy Model (Primary Grades)
• Big Blocks Literacy Model (Upper Grades)
• Curriculum Mapping
• ESOL
• Mathematics (including 4-Frame Math Model)
• Science
• Social Studies
• Brain Research
• Administrative Services (i.e. strategic planning, scheduling for more effective time on task, school/district program reviews, planning staff development - short and long term)
• ADEPT Observations and/or Team Leader

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The 4-Frame Math Model is not connected to nor a part of the Four Blocks® Literacy Model by Patricia Cunningham and Dorothy Hall, published by Carson-Dellosa Publishing Company, Inc.

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