Teaching What Works! Professional Development Services

As educators, you find yourselves in a dynamic and demanding profession. Increased emphasis on standardized test results, multi-tiered instruction, diverse student populations, burgeoning class and caseload size, and today’s economic climate are just a few of the formidable challenges you face in providing your students with the necessary tools for success.

We're here to help. Teaching What Works! partners with school districts, administrators, classroom teachers, and specialists just like you to equip you with essential knowledge and effective methods for word study skills assessment, instruction, and progress monitoring.

Learn and earn CEUs and other professional development credits when you enroll in one of our many Teaching What Works! webinars and on-site workshops. Our regularly offered courses are listed here. Be sure to join SpellTalk so you'll be sure to know when we offer new courses and when our distinguished instructors will be presenting at national and state conferences throughout the year.

Professional Development Modules
You'll develop the essential knowledge and skill in the core components of language that all teachers need to understand in order to effectively teach the processes of decoding, spelling, and vocabulary acquisition. Use this foundational knowledge to more effectively implement your existing word study curriculum or to lay the groundwork for successful implementation of SPELL/SPELL-Links.

          The Language of Reading & Spelling ~ Part 1:
                     Sounds, Symbols, and Meanings: Language Essentials for Teachers
                     Course Description                Webinar on Demand

           The Language of Reading & Spelling ~ Part 2:
                 Current Research and Best Practices for Assessment
                     and Teaching of Word Study Skills
                     Course Description            Webinar on Demand

Dr. Jan Wasowicz, certified SLP, guides teachers through the core language components of reading and spelling.

Integrity of Implementation Modules
Students of teachers who implement SPELL/SPELL-Links with fidelity show nearly twice the improvement in word study skills when compared with students of teachers who do not achieve integrity of implementation. In our product implementation courses, you'll gain an in-depth understanding of SPELL/SPELL-Links so that you can create the learning environment you need to accomplish your literacy goals and can quickly put this proven-effective word study solution to work for you and for your students.

Prescriptive Assessment:
                   Matching Assessment Data to Word Study Instruction
                Course Description                Webinar on Demand

Multi-linguistic, Meta-linguistic Word Study Instruction
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Maximizing Instruction with Word Study Resources
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Fort Worth, TX ISD teachers complete SPELL/SPELL-Links implementation training.

On-Going Professional Development & Implementation Training
Our SPELL-Links authors come to you – demonstrating best practices, providing hands-on practice, answering your questions, and helping you problem solve obstacles unique to your students and setting. This training option is a great way to see SPELL/SPELL-Links in action in your classroom with your students.
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          Onsite modeling of best practices

          Co-teaching and consultation

        Onsite observation and coaching

We are approved by the Illinois State Board of Education to offer CPDUs.

We also offer Certification Maintenance Hours (CMHs) which are accepted by many organizations, including ASHA, for continuing education. Learn more about ASHA acceptance of CMHs.

Download ASHA's Record Keeping Form for Certification Maintenance Hours.

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Take online self-study professional development courses anywhere, anytime. At SpeechPathology.com you learn and earn CEU credits with our esteemed SPELL/SPELL-Links authors.

Recorded courses now available:

Meta-linguistic Spelling Instruction
Presenter: Jan Wasowicz, Ph.D., Learning by Design
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Length: 120 minutes
Course Type: Recorded Course
CEUs/Hours Offered: ASHA/0.2 Intermediate Level, Professional Area; CASLPA/2.0

The Language of Spelling and Reading
Presenter: Jan Wasowicz, Ph.D., Learning by Design
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Length: 120 minutes
Course Type: Recorded Course
CEUs/Hours Offered: ASHA/0.2 Intermediate Level, Professional Area; CASLPA/2.0

Questions about our professional development services? We're here to help.
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