We value the opportunity to speak with you about the solutions and services we offer to help educators have an immediate and sustained positive impact on student achievement. Our Webcast Series is designed to offer you and your colleagues across the country an opportunity to learn about and discuss current issues in education, and to understand the ways in which Wireless Generation partners with districts to support and improve teaching and learning.
Webcasts are free and open to all educators, and all are one hour in duration.
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I am a classroom teacher. What does RTI mean to me? The Response to Intervention (RTI) movement is gaining momentum as the most powerful and effective approach educators can take to ensure that all students receive instruction targeted to their individual learning needs, and that special education services go to students who really need them. The second half of this webcast will focus on the tools and technology available that make this process manageable.
Burst:Reading Early Literacy Intervention represents a first-in-class approach to making sustainable, teacher-led adaptive instruction possible at scale. Using mCLASS assessment data to drive real-time, skills-based grouping, Burst:Reading develops 10-day sequences of intervention synchronized to students’ needs throughout the year. It is so effective because it’s powered by sophisticated technology, yet brought to life by teachers with the ability to engage and inspire their students. Michael Kasloff, Director of Curriculum and Instruction at Wireless Generation, will walk through this pioneering product, explain how it can provide a sustainable approach to solving short- and long-term literacy goals, and answer questions.
A successful literacy assessment tool must be as complete and balanced as possible. It is important to assess phonics and fluency, but not at the expense of student interaction with authentic text. This webcast will discuss the important pairing of foundational skills with text reading and comprehension. Join us as Michael Kasloff, Wireless Generation Product Manager, explores this topic and discusses mCLASS:Reading 3D, a revolutionary assessment that combines quick indicators of early skill development and deeper observations of student interaction with authentic text.
Please join us as Michael Kasloff, Senior Product Manager for Wireless Generation presents mCLASS®:DIBELS®. mCLASS:DIBELS is the handheld-to-web version of DIBELS® (The Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills), an assessment based on 15 years of scientific research and cited for its excellent compatibility with Reading First. mCLASS®:IDEL™, the handheld-to-web version of IDEL (Indicadores Dinámicos del Éxito en la Lectura) is a set of research-based assessments that are used as performance indicators of early literacy skills of reading development in students who are learning to read in Spanish. The mCLASS platform provides web-based reporting for both teachers and administrators, analysis, data management, and instructional planning tools for a complete assessment solution. Please join us for this informative Webcast.
Please join us for a Webcast where Michael Kasloff, Wireless Generation Senior Product Manager, will demonstrate the Wireless Generation suite of “Now What?” tools, developed to support you in understanding, interpreting, and acting on your DIBELS data. These tools include Small-Group Advisor, Item-Level Advisor, and Home Connect; all of which have been designed so educators can maximize the use of data gathered during assessments, individualize instruction, identify, response patterns and communicate with parents about their child’s performance. Please join us for this informative Webcast.
Please join us as Mel Lee, Product Manager, Wireless Generation presents mCLASS®:TPRI®, a dynamic tool that enables educators to utilize handheld-to-web software to conduct the K-3 diagnostic reading assessment TPRI®. mCLASS:TPRI and it’s Spanish counterpart, mCLASS®:Tejas Lee® provide tools for increasing classroom time available for instruction , simplifying data informed differentiated instruction, and streamlining administration. Also, learn about mCLASS®:Direct™, our reporting system that extends mCLASS software reporting capabilities specifically to administrators to better visualize and spot trends, and find meaning in the data collected during mCLASS:TPRI assessments. mCLASS:Direct is fully integrated with our mCLASS reporting solutions in order to ensure a seamless user experience. Please join us for this informative Webcast.
The focus of many educators has certainly been on literacy development for the past several years. However, there is a shift occurring, and more and more math is gaining attention in the national spotlight. Please join us as Doug Moore, Wireless Generation Product Manager, speaks about the future of data-driven Math instruction, and discusses the comprehensive tools now available to make this process efficient and accurate. These tools include proficiency screening, diagnostic interviewing, progress monitoring, data collection and aggregation and robust reporting for actionable instructional guidance.
Before you spend another dollar on intervention...
Each year, seven to eight billion dollars is spent nationally on text books and instructional materials. FreeReading.net, a free, sequential, research-based reading intervention program for grades K-3, aims to free up those funds. Please join us as Monique McDonough discusses FreeReading.net, an open-source Web site where teachers can access and contribute their own lessons and insights into what works best in the classroom.
Please join Leslie Kerner, Executive Director of Professional Services for Wireless Generation, as she discusses Wireless Generation's Professional Services offerings. Leslie will be joined by a coach from one of our districts that has participated in a series of data analysis PD experiences over the past two years. Wireless Generation's Professional Services offerings include both mCLASS product training as well as our ongoing professional development series, Taking Action with Assessment Data. Wireless Generation’s professional development sessions are customized for each group of participants, with practice activities organized around actual student data. We believe that valuable time spent outside the classroom should be productive, and that new ideas should be easily incorporated into teachers’ daily routines, not taught one day and forgotten the next.
Please join us as Mel Lee, Product Manager, Wireless Generation discusses mCLASS:RTI, our Response to Intervention solution for mCLASS®:TPRI® users. RTI enables educators to track the fidelity of ongoing interventions and has been proven to reduce special education referrals. A complex process, the mCLASS solution helps make RTI manageable through the elimination of manual calculations and ongoing professional development support. Please join us to learn more about mCLASS:RTI.
Laying the Foundation for Success in Pre-K Classrooms
Preschool education must successfully cultivate not only social and emotional skills but also the literacy skills that lay the foundation for future reading success. Please join us as Monique McDonough, Wireless Generation Product Manager, discusses the need for formative assessment in the preschool years. Participants will learn about mCLASS:CIRCLE, an early childhood observation and assessment tool developed in partnership with the Children's Learning Institute (CLI) for use on the mCLASS platform. This solution is used by early childhood educators across the country to observe and understand each child’s ongoing social, emotional, and early literacy development, and to be thoughtful and intentional in planning class, group, and individual activities for 3-, 4-, and 5-year-olds.
Taking mCLASS:DIBELS to the Next Level in the Classroom
Join us as Michael Kasloff, Senior Product Manger, shares in best practices for using mCLASS®:DIBELS®. Designed with experienced mCLASS:DIBELS educators in mind, this Webcast will explore how to dig deeper into data garnered through the assessment, as well as utilizing assessment results to inform instruction in the classroom.
Taking Action with mCLASS:DIBELS Assessment Data at the District Level
Please join us asProfessional Services team memberKaren Castle discusses the questions administrators face when they begin to analyze mCLASS®:DIBELS® student data. This informative webcast will discuss the steps an administrator must take to improve outcomes for all schools and students, showcase the powerful and robust reports available to all administrators, and help administrators begin to answer the important “So What?” and “Now What?” questions of data analysis.
Taking mCLASS:TPRI to the Next Level in the Classroom
Designed with experienced mCLASS®:TPRI® educators in mind, this Webcast will explore how to dig deeper into data garnered through the assessment, as well as utilizing assessment results to inform instruction in the classroom. Join us as Mel Lee, Product Manger, shares in best practices for using mCLASS:TPRI. This webcast will also explore the capabilities of the mCLASS® reporting systems (mCLASS® Home and mCLASS®:Direct™) for both teachers and administrators. Please join us for this informative Webcast.
Taking Action with mCLASS:TPRI Assessment Data at the District Level
Please join us as Professional Services team member Karen Castle discusses the questions administrators face when they begin to analyze mCLASS®:TPRI® student data. This informative webcast will discuss the steps an administrator must take to improve outcomes for all schools and students, showcase the powerful and robust reports available to all mCLASS:TPRI administrators, and help administrators begin to answer the important “So What?” and “Now What?” questions of data analysis.
Title I, IDEA, Title II and the Stimulus: What can it mean for me? Presented by: Leighann Lenti, Director of Government Relations, Wireless Generation
With ever shrinking budgets, now more than ever it is important to be informed about available funding. Please join us for this one-hour informative webcast where Leighann Lenti, Wireless Generation Director of Government Relations will discuss the basics of Title I, IDEA, Title II and the Stimulus funding.
Leighann Lenti is Director of Government Relations at Wireless Generation. Prior to joining Wireless, Leighann held a number of education policy jobs at both the state and federal level. Leighann served as Deputy Director in Governor Schwarzenegger's DC office, where her portfolio included education policy. She then worked for the US Department of Education, where she was detailed to Senator Judd Gregg's office to work the No Child Left Behind reauthorization, before she returned to the Department to work on the Differentiated Accountability and Growth Model pilots and state accountability plans. Leighann holds a Bachelor's degree from George Mason University in education and a Master's degree from Teachers College, Columbia University in Politics and Education.
What is Adaptive Instruction? Presented by: Dr. Ellen Edmonds, Sr. Manager, Instructional Solutions, Wireless Generation
With many districts and schools experiencing difficulty in growing or even sustaining literacy gains achieved over the past several years, educators are looking towards sustainable, innovative approaches to more effectively help students. Adaptive instruction is an educational model created to meet the diverse social and academic needs of students. Underlying the model's design is the premise that students learn in different ways and at varying rates and require different amounts and types of instructional support. During this free one hour Webcast, Dr. Edmonds will discuss the need for and benefits of an adaptive model of instruction, and how this model is being implemented in classrooms across the country.
Ellen Edmonds is Senior Manager for Instructional Solutions at Wireless Generation. Her prior roles include: Educational Consultant, Adjunct Instructor – University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Director of Early Childhood, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, Program Coordinator, Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools; Administrator; Reading Intervention Specialist; and Teacher. As a school district employee, she provided leadership in reading instruction and implementation of assessment systems pre-k through grade six. Ellen has worked extensively with Early Reading First and Reading First projects nationally. She has provided professional development and consultation on reading, assessment, and early childhood. The North Carolina resident holds licensure in teaching and curriculum and instruction supervision and was educated at Davidson College, Duke University, UNC Chapel Hill, and UNC Charlotte.
A Balanced Approach to Early Literacy Success Presented by: Dr. Carol Connor
Over the past 20 years, research has shown that combining foundational skills assessment and instruction with observations of student engagement with authentic texts may be the best strategy for supporting early literacy development and preparing students to become lifelong readers. Please join Early Literacy expert, Dr. Carol Connor, as she discusses raising literacy achievement through a balanced approach to early literacy teaching and learning. by bringing both sides together.
Dr. Carol Connor is an associate professor at Florida State University, College of Education, Reading and Language Arts, and a research faculty member of the Florida Center for Reading Research and the Florida Center for Science, Technology, Engineering and Science. Recently awarded the President’s Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), the 2008 Early Career Contributions from the Society for Research on Child Development, and the 2007 APA Richard Snow Award, she completed her Ph.D in education and was an assistant research scientist in psychology at University of Michigan just prior to coming to Florida State.
I Didn’t Know They Knew That! Using Formative Assessment to Promote Children’s Early Math Development Presented by: Dr. Herb Ginsburg
Formative Assessment can reveal what reasoning underlies grades K-3 students’ math performance and help teachers deliver effective instruction. Join us as Dr. Herb Ginsburg, leading researcher on development of mathematical thinking and assessment of the cognitive function explores various assessment techniques and shows how “formative assessment” can lead to improved teaching.
Dr. Herbert Ginsburg is the Jacob H. Schiff Professor of Psychology and Education at Teachers College, Columbia University. His research interests include the development of mathematical thinking (with particular attention to young children and disadvantaged populations) and the assessment of cognitive function. He has developed mathematics curricula for young children, tests of mathematical thinking, and video workshops to enhance teachers' understanding of students' learning of mathematics. Currently he is exploring how computer technology can be used to help teachers assess children's mathematical knowledge. He has been teaching a graduate course on the psychology of mathematics education for many years and has published widely in this area.
RTI: The Right Thing to Do and the Right Way to Do It April 15, 2009 (3:00p.m. EST) Presented by: Dr. John McCook
Having a solid plan in place to evaluate Response to Intervention (RTI) has become essential for reducing special education referrals and closing the achievement gap. But before getting started, it is important that schools and districts understand the most important factors to consider as they plan and implement an effective RTI model.
Dr. John McCook serves as a consultant for school systems across the nation and has developed training programs for school districts on special education, Section 504, the pre-referral process, and implementing the response to intervention. His presentations in national meetings, including the National School Board Association, the International Association of Pupil Personnel, MEDS/PDN, and the national legal conferences for LRP, have won him recognition in several publications regarding school legal issues and special education. Dr. John McCook is the Director of Pupil Personnel for the Knox County School District in Knoxville, Tennessee.
Using mCLASS: Data to Inform District Decisions
Please join us as Greg Gunn, Chief Scientist and Co-Founder of Wireless Generation, discusses best practices for maximizing the use of your mCLASS® data. Greg will explore how the data garnered through the administration of mCLASS solutions can be an instrumental tool in making district curriculum and professional development decisions, allocating funds, and supporting teachers. Please join us for this informative Webcast.
Greg Gunn is Chief Scientist and Co-Founder of Wireless Generation. At Wireless Generation he manages a number of key initiatives to help Wireless Generation define and research innovations in its software solutions. As Chief Scientist, Greg's projects are designed to help customers achieve the greatest instructional impact using student assessment data. Greg received his MBA and Master's in Electrical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He also attended Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar.
The Role of Progress Monitoring
Please join us as Dr. Margaret Honey, Senior Vice President, Wireless Generation discusses the role of Progress Monitoring and its benefits for student success. Dr. Honey will explore best practices for Progress Monitoring, as well as its role in individualizing student instruction. Please join us for this informative Webcast.
Margaret Honey, is a former vice president of Education Development Center and former director of EDC’s Center for Children and Technology, has worked in the field of educational research since 1981. She holds a doctorate from Columbia University in developmental psychology and has spent her career conducting research on the role of media in children’s learning and development.
