NEED:  Improve Reading Skills of Middle School and High School Students Who Are Reading Below Grade Level  

Call Toni:  205-482-1809

NEED:  Common Core State Standards

Solutions:  We have your back on this one!   Please call to discuss specific needs or areas of concern.

Call Toni:  205-482-1809

NEED:   Improve Instruction for Special Education Students

POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS:
SIPPS phonics, www.devstu.org, grades K-12

Science Vocabulary Boosters and ConceptLinks, www.millmarkeducation.com, gr. 4-12

NEED:  Improve Instruction and Student Academic Achievement Using Technology

POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS: 

Big Cats, www.pacificlearning.com, grades K-2

CSI (Comprehension Strategy Instruction), www.pacificlearning.com, grades 3-8

Okapi Interactive Whiteboard Software, www.myokapi.com, grades K-6

Science Concept Boosters, www.millmarkeducation.com, grades 2-9

Award Interactive web-based resources for K-3, www.awardinteractive.com

NEED:   Innovative and Promising Reforms

POSSIBLE SOLUTION:   Take a close look at ASCD’s Whole Child Initiative and merge academic and social learning using DSC’s Caring School Community, Making Meaning and Being a Writer.  (www.devstu.org)

NEED:   Identify and Implement Assessments that Better Inform Daily Instruction

Call Toni:  205-482-1809

NEED:  Improve Instruction for English Language Learners

POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS:  for middle and high school, Millmark Education’s ConceptLinks for science and social studies helps struggling students and ELL’s access core content concepts they need to know.   Gorgeous, well written books, engaging technology that supports academic language development, career exploration, comprehension strategy instruction and writing are included in each module,  packaged to promote sharing among teachers.  www.millmarkeducation.com

At the elementary level, we offer more than a dozen options.   Please call Toni (205-482-1809) for details so we can make recommendations that fit your needs!

NEED:   Improve Classroom Libraries, Offering Books Students WANT to Read

POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS:  

The Booksource (www.booksource.com) has already created grade-specific libraries for K-8, content-specific libraries (math, science, and social studies), instructional focus (comprehension strategies, writer’s craft, etc.), and textbook correlated libraries (Reading Street, Storytown, etc.).   They will also customize libraries based on your criteria.   They always offer a 25% discount plus free shipping.

IDR Libraries from Developmental Studies Center (www.devstu.org) for grades K-8.  These are the most carefully selected collections, grouped by grade level as easy, on-level, and challenging by a team of educators and children’s librarians who reviewed thousands of books to create these sets.  Great mix of fiction and nonfiction!

NEED:   Professional Development that Elevates Teacher and Principal Quality

POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS:  Job-embedded professional development that utilizes focused lesson study, book studies, video analysis.   All available from www.LexAmi.com

In-class coaching and demonstration lessons: long-term on-site consultant support available from Developmental Study Center, Benchmark Education, and Mondo Publishing.

NEED:   Pre-K Resources for a Culturally Diverse Population

POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS:  Creative Curriculum System and GOLD Online Assessment!!!

Mondo’s Let’s Talk About It! (www.mondopub.com) is a supplemental resource specifically focusing on oral language development and linking it to reading and writing.