Train the Trainer
Oct. 2–4, 2008 
Bloomington, Minn.
Read Naturally's pioneering programs offer a proven strategy to help struggling readers improve their fluency and comprehension. Our Train the Trainer workshop, taught by nationally recognized educators, provides intensive training in the Read Naturally strategy to help you teach other educators how to implement effective Read Naturally programs.
Train the Trainer Schedule
| Wednesday, October 1 Candyce Ihnot presents the full-day Read Naturally seminar. (See the prerequisites to see if attendance is required.) |
| Thursday, October 2 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.  Orientation and workshop overview Fluency research Initial placement Software demonstration and practice Concurrent sessions |
| Friday, October 3 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Implementing the steps Monitoring student progress Concurrent sessions |
| Saturday, October 4 8:00 a.m. to noon Assessing and evaluating fluency Presenter tips Coaching tools |
Intended Audience
Train the Trainer is aimed specifically at educators who are designated by their schools or school districts to teach the Read Naturally strategy to others. It is not advanced Read Naturally training for teaching students in the classroom.
Prerequisites
Before attending Train the Trainer, you must have attended one of our full-day Read Naturally seminars. Attendance at the Read Naturally seminar on Wednesday, Oct. 1 is mandatory for people who have not yet attended a seminar. Attendance at the Read Naturally seminar would provide a refresher for those who have previously attended a seminar.
Highlights
- Gain a thorough understanding of Read Naturally’s fluency solutions, focusing on the Masters Edition (ME) and Software Edition (SE).
- Learn about other Read Naturally solutions for reading development and assessment, including the Group and Tutoring Edition (GATE) for beginning readers, Reading Fluency Benchmark Assessor (RFBA), our benchmark fluency assessment product, and Word Warm-ups, which gives students phonics practice.
- Learn directly from Candyce Ihnot, founder of Read Naturally, Dr. Jan Hasbrouck, Read Naturally professional development director Daryl Seifert, and other top Read Naturally experts.
- Learn about the latest fluency research.
- Obtain hands-on presentation practice with Read Naturally experts.
- Receive extensive materials for teaching the Read Naturally strategy, including PowerPoint slides, presenter's guides, teacher's guides, and more.
Location
Hilton Minneapolis South/ Bloomington
3900 West American Boulevard
Bloomington, MN 55431
952-893-9500
Conveniently located 15 minutes west of the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport.
To receive a special room rate of $129.00, call 1-800-HILTONS or 952-893-9500 and mention Read Naturally. This special room rate expires 9/15/2008 and is subject to room availability, so reserve early.
What You Will Learn
Train the Trainer will be led by a team of Read Naturally experts and nationally recognized educators. Using a combination of large-group sessions, small-group sessions, and individual practice sessions, this in-depth training will prepare you to successfully teach the Read Naturally concepts and techniques to educators at in-service workshops and school conferences.
You will learn how to teach teachers...
- The importance of attaining fluency and how fluency directly correlates with comprehension.
- To combine the research-based strategies of teacher modeling, repeated reading, and self-monitoring of progress to significantly improve fluency in developing readers.
- To use detailed procedures to implement the Read Naturally strategy.
- To assess and place students in the appropriate Read Naturally levels.
- To assess a student's reading rate, accuracy, and expression.
- To adjust students' reading levels and goal rates to accelerate their reading achievement and motivation.
- To implement a computer-based fluency-development program with Read Naturally Software Edition.
- To set up a Read Naturally learning center for maximum efficiency.
- To identify the purpose and benefits of reading assessments and the correct use of Read Naturally's assessment tools, including the Reading Fluency Benchmark Assessor and the Reading Fluency Progress Monitor.
What You Will Receive
You will receive all the training materials you need to understand and teach the Read Naturally strategy (valued at over $400.00). Materials include:
- PowerPoint slides and detailed Presenter's Guides for six-hour and one-hour Read Naturally training classes.*
- Electronic masters of handouts used in the six-hour Read Naturally seminar, six-hour SE seminar, and one-hour conference presentation, including workbooks*, placement packet, teacher’s manuals, and white papers.
- A Rationale and Research packet, which explains the rationale behind the Read Naturally strategy and research results that show its effectiveness.
- A Placement Packet, which includes complete instructions for placing students, a placement worksheet, and stories for conducting placement tests.
- An ME Teacher's Guide, which describes the materials needed for an effective Read Naturally program, explains each step in the Read Naturally strategy, includes sample lesson plans, and provides blackline masters for parent letters, graphs, and awards.
- An SE v2 self-study course, including an illustrated workbook and training CD.
- One Read Naturally level (your choice).
- A Read Naturally poster that shows the steps of the strategy.
- An electronic timer for timing students.
*Not available to the general public