This guide focuses on teaching secondary students effective communication skills in both professional and social situations.   It includes four sections of materials for workshop presenters: (a) speaker’s notes and activities to accompany the overhead transparencies; (b) presentation slides, which present key points and activities for the workshop; (c) informational and notetaking handouts for participants, which expand on ideas presented in the presentation slides; and (d) a list of relevant references. (Founded in 1996 as the Texas Center for Reading & Language Arts, the Vaughn Gross Center for Reading and Language Arts is a research and development initiative at the University ...

These guides for workshop presenters relate to the Texas Prekindergarten Curriculum Guidelines but should be useful for personnel in any State.  The guides are (a) Implementing the Prekindergarten Curriculum Guidelines for Language and Early Literacy, Part I: Language Development and (b) Part II: Early Literacy; (c) Implementing the Prekindergarten Curriculum Guidelines for Mathematics and Science; (d) Implementing the Prekindergarten Curriculum Guidelines in Social Studies.   A booklet of activities to implement the guidelines is also available.  The guides were developed in 2000-2001.  (Founded in 1996, the Vaughn Gross Center for Reading and Language Arts is a research ...

This is a set of guides for workshop presenters.  Guides that are available for download are (a) Effective Fluency Instruction and Progress Monitoring; (b) Establishing a Field-Based Literacy Lab; (c) Foundations of Reading: Effective Phonological Instruction and Progress Monitoring; and (d) Word Analysis: Principles for Instruction and Progress Monitoring. These guides were developed between 2000 and 2009. Also see related booklets at the top of the page. (Founded in 1996 as the Texas Center for Reading & Language Arts, the Vaughn Gross Center for Reading and Language Arts is a research and development initiative at the University of Texas at Austin.  The Center draws upon State, ...

The Vaughn Gross Center has developed a range of professional development materials for personnel working with students who have disabilities, including several for workshop presenters.  A variety of instructional topics are covered under (a) K-12; (b) primary grades; and (c) secondary grades.   Some are general education guides that have been adapted for special education, and these are indicated.  Nine materials are available for download. They were developed between 2000 and 2009. (Founded in 1996 as the Texas Center for Reading & Language Arts, the Vaughn Gross Center for Reading and Language Arts is a research and development initiative at the University of Texas ...

The Texas Teacher Reading Academies are scientifically based professional development courses designed to enhance teachers’ knowledge and skills so they can effectively teach young students to read.  Thousands of elementary teachers across Texas—as well as in other States, U.S. territories, and countries — have completed the Academies.  All five grade-level Teacher Reading Academies — Kindergarten, First Grade, Second Grade, Third Grade, and Fourth Grade — include explicit and systematic instruction in phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension.  In addition, the Academies highlight effective instructional practices such as grouping, monitoring ...