Jill Strange, Grade K Teacher
Freeman's Mill Elementary
Georgia

Flexible, comprehensive professional developmentoptions

SRA works together with your district to develop a flexible,comprehensive instructional plan that will help you teach all yourchildren to read.

The full array of interactive professional development optionsincludes:

• Hands-on, interactive staff development
• Individual classroom demonstrations and coaching byclassroom-experienced consultants
• Support for grade level meetings
• Customized workshops to meet district and staff needs
• In-depth seminars and Summer Institutes
• Staff development for administrators and support staff
• Online staff development to accommodate teachers' needs andschedules
• CD-ROMs with classroom demonstrations of best practices
• Professional Development Guides provide backgroundinformation on specific strategies and skills including Phonics,Comprehension, Vocabulary, Writing, Inquiry & Investigation,and Assessment

Meet the No Child Left Behind requirements for yourdistrict

With Open Court Reading,you provide research-based instruction for:

• Phonemic awareness
• Systematic, explicit phonics
• Fluency
• Vocabulary
• Text comprehension

"Open Court Reading changed mylife and the way I teach reading. What differentiates if from otherprograms is the instruction it provides to the teacher about howto teach reading, not just what to teach. OpenCourt reading is an all-encompassing program with a hugefocus in reading quality literature, using comprehension strategies,mini lessons on writing, word knowledge, and the writing process, aswell as the phonics component. Open Court Readingprovides a wonderful 'frame' inside which the teacher develops the 'artof teaching'."

Susan Drew, Academic Coach
Lemoore Elementary School
California