Cracking the Code: Proven Strategies for Teaching Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children to Read ‐A two part training To be held at Central Washington University in Ellensburg Part ONE: October 14, 2016—10am to 3pm Presenter: Sue Hill
Cost: $75 Registra on Deadline: October 5th, 2016 SpendadaywithSueHill,ElementaryPrincipalatMarylandSchool
fortheDeaf,where80%ofdeafchildrenarereadingatgradelevel.
SueusesstrategiesofLeveledLiteracyIntervention(whichuses
principlesofReadingRecovery)tocreateaframeworkforworking
withstudentsinsmallgroups.Shewillwalkparticipantsthrough
thesesuccessfulstrategies.
PresentedinASL—interpretersprovided
Part TWO: March 17 , 10a‐5p
March 18, 9a ‐ 4p
Presenters: Sue Hill and Lisa Pershan Cost: $140 ‐ 2 days of training
Registra on Deadline: March 7, 2017 *Part one provides founda on for Part 2 but is not required to a end
Duringthisintensive2daysession,SueHillandLisaPershan,literacy
specialistsatMarylandSchoolfortheDeaf,willbuilduponthe
instructionofferedduringPart1.Theywillpresentin‐depthstrate‐
giesandofferhandsonactivitiesthatwillstrengthenyourabilityto
teachreading.
PresentedinASL—interpretersprovided
Presenters
Sue Hill, Elementary Principal at Maryland School for the Deaf
Sue Hill is currently the elementary principal at Maryland School for the Deaf. She is a former Read‐
ing Recovery teacher and was a Reading Specialist at the Maryland School for the Deaf for eight
years prior to becoming the principal. Sue draws heavily on the extensive training she received in
Reading Recovery Training and from her experience as a Reading Specialist training her staff on read‐
ing strategies, prompts and running records. Sue and her husband are Deaf and have two Deaf chil‐
dren.
Lisa Pershan, Reading Specialist at Maryland School for the Deaf
Lisa is passionate about reading, making reading fun and teaching deaf children. She taught K‐12 for
fi een years before becoming a reading specialist and those years taught her that a deaf child can
read just as well as any other child. She sees that reading is not an easy task for anyone and loves
watching young minds figure out the code we call English.
CrackingtheCode:ProvenStrategiesforTeachingDeafandHardofHearingChildrentoRead
Part1—October14,2016,Part2—March17and18,2017
PleasesendregistrationandcheckmadeouttoCWUto:
WSDS/CWU–7409,400EUniversityWay,EllensburgWA98926
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registration—individualsmustsignupforclockhoursthroughNCESDpriortothesession
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