Past Webinars

If It’s Predictable, It’s Preventable

Chris Weber

December 8, 2016

Duration: 60 Minutes

Join Dr. Chris Weber–and other district leaders like yourself--for a one-hour webinar, where Chris will dive more deeply into the topics that were touched on in the RTI Health Check, and discuss the actions you can take to improve your students' engagement, learning, and achievement.

EL Academic Success through Effective Family-School Partnerships

Lise Ragan

December 6, 2016

Duration: 60 Minutes

Research demonstrates that when English learner families and educators work together, the partnership leads to stronger student outcomes. Join expert Lise Ragan as she explains the strong correlation between family engagement and EL academic success and shares some key strategies for effectively engaging EL families.

Introductory WMLS III Webinar

Criselda Alvarado

December 5, 2016

Duration: 60 Minutes

In this presentation, Dr. Criselda Alvarado will discuss several exciting new features of the WMLS™ III, including the updated norms, item content, and artwork; new test organization; new checklists; two English forms and one Spanish form; and web-based scoring and reporting. Plus, learn about instructional interventions, individualized classroom scaffolding, recommended reading books based on a student’s tested reading and listening ability, and suggested home activities available through the WMLS III Teacher and Parent Intervention System.

Teaching Science: The Next Generation

Lynn Howard

November 29, 2016

Duration: 60 Minutes

What are the Next Generation Science Standards, and how can teachers and administrators prepare their classrooms and schools for the upcoming transition? Join Lynn Howard, a Consultant with the International Center for Leadership in Education, as she provides an overview of how NGSS will transform science instruction, and what educators can do NOW to start implementing the new standards. This webinar will help you get a big picture overview of NGSS, understand the importance of creating an effective science environment, explore teaching strategies that can be implemented immediately, and discover resources that can help facilitate the transition.

Developing Students’ Numerical Understanding and Skills

Marilyn Burns

November 15, 2016

Duration: 60 Minutes

Hear Marilyn Burns, author of Do The Math, share lessons she’s learned from her classroom teaching experiences. Marilyn explores the bridges between math and reading, one-on-one math interviews, implementing effective strategies for developing numerical understanding and skills, as well as how differentiating instruction can meet the needs of all students.

Making Blending Learning Work for Schools—AND Kids

Weston Kieschnick

October 4, 2016

Duration: 45 Minutes

See what happens when technology meets Rigor Relevance and reciprocal teaching. We’ll explore strategies for immediate implementation for teachers and instructional coaches and how these changes can create positive shifts in student learning outcomes. Further, we’ll discuss how a system-wide approach by school leadership to blended learning and reciprocal teaching strategies can create future-focused solutions that not only work for schools, but also work for kids.

Use of the WJ IV Variation and Comparison Procedures in SLD Identification

Dr. Dawn Flanagan

September 15, 2016

Duration: 60 Minutes

This webinar will provide a brief overview of the Pattern of Strengths and Weaknesses (PSW) approach to the identification of specific learning disabilities (SLD). The variation and comparison procedures available on the WJ IV™ will be reviewed in terms of their applicability to the PSW approach. Excerpts of case studies will be presented to demonstrate the strengths, weaknesses, and nuances of the variation and comparison procedures, highlighting important considerations for interpretation and diagnosis.

Neurocognitive Interpretation of the WJ IV Tests of Cognitive Abilities, Oral Language, and Achievement

Dr. Dan Miller

April 20, 2016

Duration: 60 Minutes

During this one-hour presentation, Dr. Miller will discuss his Integrated School Neuropsychology/Cattell-Horn-Carroll Model (Integrated SNP/CHC Conceptual Model) and how the WJ IV™ tests fit within his model. He will also discuss the neuropsychological processing demands of the WJ IV tests and how this information can be used as an interpretative aid.

We Have Skills!: K–3 Social Skill Mastery for School Success

Jessie Marquez

March 15, 2016

Duration: 60 Minutes

In this one-hour webinar, Jessie Marquez—curriculum designer at IRIS Educational Media—will describe the unique design process that has made We Have Skills! one of the most effective, engaging, and easy-to-use social skills curricula on the market.

Collaborative Data Teams: Tips and Strategies For Success

Weston Kieschnick

January 25, 2016

Duration: 60 Minutes

Join Weston Kieschnick in a look at how the skills presented by Data Teams^® can be utilized by educators to implement data-driven decision making and to establish achievable learning goals for students. Through the analysis of strengths and obstacles young learners encounter regularly, proper measurement and monitoring of learning can be accomplished, thus leading to more directed support with unique instructional strategies.

Engaging Technology to Improve Student Writing and Boost Scores

Shane Twamley, Chrystal Anderson, and Reyna Hensley

January 20, 2016

Duration: 30 Minutes

This webinar explores how using an automated writing assessment tool such as the Criterion Online Writing Evaluation Service to help students develop their writing skills can make a positive impact on state assessment writing scores.

Learn how Kraemer Middle School in Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District has been using the Criterion service to administer benchmark writing assessments and has seen significant improvements in their state assessment writing scores. Students who practiced with the Criterion service were more confident and prepared when they took the new state assessment. More importantly, students loved growing as writers in both fictional and expository modes.

Comprehensive, Efficient, & Precise: Using a Core-Selective Evaluation Process (C-SEP) with the WJ IV Battery of Tests to Identify SLD

Tammy Stephens, Ph.D. and Edward Schultz, Ph.D.

December 16, 2015

Duration: 60 Minutes

After attending this webinar, participants will be able to use the C-SEP approach with RtI, PSW, and discrepancy approaches; identify the core tests within each battery; describe the core-selective evaluation process (C-SEP) using the WJ IV^® Cognitive, Achievement, and Oral Language; utilize the Core-Selective Evaluation Process (C-SEP) with the WJ IV to identify patterns of strengths and weaknesses; and comprehensively measure the salient features of SLD in a more efficient, focused, and diagnostically sound manner.

An Introduction to the Universal Nonverbal Intelligence Test Second Edition (UNIT-2)

Dr. Bruce Bracken and Dr. Steve McCallum

December 10, 2015

Duration: 60 Minutes

Join us as Dr. Bruce Bracken and Dr. Steve McCallum present an introduction to the Universal Nonverbal Intelligence Test™ Second Edition (UNIT2™)! The presentation will cover a brief introduction to the UNIT in general; its theoretical model, rationale, intended assessment populations, and fairness issues. The authors will also address administration, scoring, and interpretation of the UNIT2.

Using the WJ IV to Diagnose Specific Reading Disabilities

Nancy Mather, Ph.D.

November 17, 2015

Duration: 60 Minutes

Join us for Using the WJ IV to Diagnose Specific Reading Disabilities, an exciting exploration of the Woodcock-Johnson^® IV and its unique ability to assist in the identification of dyslexia. Led by WJ IV^® co-author and dyslexia expert, Nancy Mather, Ph.D., this webinar will include an overview of the primary and secondary reading and writing difficulties associated with dyslexia, followed by a discussion of the most relevant WJ IV tests and clusters for this type of evaluation. Dr. Mather will also discuss how the identification of specific cognitive processing deficits can contribute to an accurate diagnosis of dyslexia, and how the WJ IV comparison and discrepancy procedures can help document specific weaknesses, as well as the intact abilities (strengths) where reading and spelling are not required.

Square Pegs into Round Goals: College, Career, and World Readiness for Students and Educators

Greg Dhuyvetter

October 14, 2015

Duration: 60 Minutes

This webinar will explore 21st century college and career readiness skills, and demonstrate how educators can create an environment that prepares students for life beyond the classroom. Modified methodologies, technological resources, and formative assessment can help us shape our students to meet the needs of a world that’s constantly changing.

The ABCs of Assessment for ELL Webinar

Reyna Hensley (HMH Product Manager)
Suzette Mahaffey (Galveston ISD District Test Coordinator)
Gabriel Flores (Galveston ISD Gifted and Talented Test Coordinator)

September 17, 2015

Duration: 60 Minutes

In this webinar, you will learn how the Galveston (Texas) Independent School District uses Logramos^® to support a variety of important educational purposes, such as informing placement decisions for newcomers, measuring mastery of core standards, implementing Response to Intervention (RTI), and identifying gifted students. Attendees will take away solid strategies in order to assess ELL students' achievement accurately and reliably and to inform their instruction.

Going Digital and Getting Results

Weston Kieschnick

September 14, 2015

Duration: 60 Minutes

This session will address complex issues around effective teaching and learning in today's blended learning environments. Participants will learn how successful blended classrooms are integrating technology with purpose, see exemplars, and participate in designing lessons that consider Common Core, ISTE Standards, Digital Tools, Best Practice, Assessment, SAMR, and problem-solving scenarios. Additionally, attendants will gain insight and resources on enabling immediate implementation, building internal capacity, and developing a culture of positivity related to digital learning initiatives.

Using the WJ IV OL in a Flexible and Diagnostically Precise Manner

Tammy L. Stephens, Ph.D. and Edward Schultz, Ph.D.

Thursday, May 21, 2015

Duration: 60 Minutes

This webinar provides an overview of the flexible uses of the Woodcock-Johnson^® IV Tests of Oral Language (WJ IV^® OL). The presenters will discuss using the WJ IV OL battery as part of language evaluations and comprehensive evaluations for specific learning disabilities, namely reading disabilities. Additionally, unique features around English/Spanish language proficiency will be highlighted, including three Spanish tests with three parallel English tests, the Comparative Language Index (CLI), and Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency (CALP).

STEM and the New Science Standards

Michael DiSpezio

May 20, 2015

Duration: 60 Minutes

In this webinar you will learn all about the vital role STEM plays within the new science standards, and get answers to your questions, including what does STEM really look like in a traditional science and mathematics classroom as prescribed by the Next Generation Science Standards, why the sudden emphasis on engineering, how important is collaboration, community involvement, and subject integration in attaining the NGSS goals in STEM education?

WIIIP™: Linking Assessment Results to Individualized Interventions

Barbara Wendling

May 7, 2015

Duration: 60 Minutes

Join us as Barbara Wendling (co-author of the WJ IV^® Interpretation and Instructional Interventions Program™ (WIIIP™)) explores the unique advantages of the latest version of Woodcock-Johnson’s powerful companion to scoring, including a comprehensive database of evidence-based interventions linked to all WJ IV test batteries, comprehension-Knowledge (Gc)-based interventions to help students build vocabulary and background knowledge, and Fluid Reasoning (Gf) interventions utilizing guided practice and immediate feedback.

Using Smart Planner in Go Math!^®

Randi Zito

Monday, March 30, 2015

Duration: 60 Minutes

This webinar will help teachers learn how to schedule resources using GO Math!’s Smart Planner online. The Smart Planner is a valuable resource for helping teachers effectively organize day to day activities.

Lesson Planning in GO Math!

Randi Zito

Monday, March 23, 2015

Duration: 60 Minutes

This webinar will help teachers understand how to organize lesson resources within a limited time frame—by taking advantage of GO Math! resources like Interactive White Board Lessons and the ePlanner.

Online Components in GO Math!

Randi Zito and Melissa Pagano

Monday, March 16, 2015

Duration: 60 Minutes

This webinar will train teachers on how to navigate GO Math!’s various online components, including the dynamic Teacher Edition, Assessment Resources and RTI Materials.

Principles to Action

Matt Larson

Thursday, March 19, 2015

Duration: 30 Minutes

In this webinar we will examine the characteristics of effective math techniques and how to successfully implement them in the classroom. In addition, this webinar is designed to build confidence in the process of navigating a focused and robust curriculum model that transcends various types of educational institutions—from private, to parochial, to charter, and beyond.

RTI Webinar

Lissa Pijanowski and Chris Weber

Wednesday, February 18, 2015

Duration: 60 Minutes

In addition to professional development coaching and supports, RTI Roadmap experts and authors provide a wealth of resources, products, and services in the areas of assessment (universal screeners, diagnostics, progress monitoring tools, and common assessments), as well as curriculum and interventions. In this webinar, Dr. Chris Weber and Dr. Lissa Pijanowski explore how leaders can create structures to support academic and behavioral interventions in districts and schools. Particular attention is given to the methods and theory introduced in a newly released book that Mr. Weber co-authored, RTI Roadmap for School Leaders.

The Importance of Equity in Assessments: The Development of Logramos, a Comprehensive Assessment of Achievement in Spanish

Reyna Hensley, Lupina Vela, and Stefan Nikolov

Wednesday, October 22, 2014

Duration: 60 Minutes

This webinar explores the importance of equity in group-administered assessments in Spanish. Our presenters discuss the key factors, such as cultural relevance and sensitivity, and the methodology that informed development of Logramos^® as an instrument to fully assess the achievement of Spanish-speaking students who are acquiring English.