Make Permanent Reading Gains! - Columbia, MD

Breakfast Seminar: Make Permanent Reading Gains!

This workshop is sponsored by your local EPS Sales Rep, Dan Fiore.

About SPIRE

S.P.I.R.E.® - Intensive Reading Intervention for struggling readers, students with dyslexia, and nonreaders.

Now available with two options for flexible implementation!

About the Seminar

Join us for an overview of S.P.I.R.E., an Orton-Gillingham based reading intervention program designed for your struggling readers, students with dyslexia, and nonreaders. SPIRE builds reading success through direct, explicit, and systematic instruction in phonological awareness, phonics, spelling, fluency, comprehension, and vocabulary.

In this half-day seminar, you will learn about:

• Multisensory, Orton-Gillingham based instruction

• Addressing the needs of your struggling readers, students with dyslexia, and nonreaders

• Reinforcing concepts for mastery through a spiraling curriculum

• SPIRE Professional Development

• iSPIRE, the digital version of S.P.I.R.E.

Who should attend?

This seminar is valuable for all educators serving grades PreK-8+: Special Education Teachers, General Education Teachers, Resource Specialists, Reading Specialists, and staff who work with students with reading disabilities.

Presenter - Karen Painter

Karen Painter is a certified special education teacher with 17 years of reading instruction as her area of interest. Nine years of that includes teaching S.P.I.R.E. Karen earned a Masters Degree in Education with a specialty in Special Education from the College of Notre Dame of Maryland. When not teaching her daily SPIRE group, Karen travels to conduct professional development workshops for EPS, training teachers and administrators in SPIRE.