The National Institute for Direct Instruction is providing training and support in coordination with another non-profit organization, Good to Great Schools Australia (GGSA). Based Down Under, GGSA's mission is to transform low-performing schools through comprehensive school improvement, including utilizing Direct Instruction for the literacy component of their reform efforts. 

NIFDI and GGSA will be training instructors to provide Direct Instruction at 20 sites located throughout the Northern Territory and Western Australia, starting this month. Support for the implementations comes from federal funding focused on improving remote schools serving Australia's indigenous population.  

For more information on how NIFDI can help your school ensure success for every student with DI, visit us online to learn how to get started. 

In this newly released edition of Managing the Cycle of Acting-Out Behavior in the Classroom, authors Geoff Colvin and Terrance M. Scott present a system for understanding acting-out behavior in terms of seven phases and correcting it before it gets in the way of student engagement and learning.

This newly updated edition draws on the latest research to deliver a clear roadmap for educators to assess acting-out behavior and to design effective interventions in a clear, systematic, and achievable manner. The book includes a number of checklists, tools, resources and templates to help educators bring these practices into the classroom. 

First grade teacher Amy Owsley at Clear Creek Elementary in Shelbyville, Kentucky says: 

"This book is a must-have resource for any classroom teacher in today's school setting. The authors have translated decades of behavioral research into teacher relevant language and provided real-world examples of how the behavioral support concepts and strategies work."

McGraw-Hill, the primary publisher of the DI family of programs, has released the 2015 Price List. Digital versions of the catalog will be available online through McGraw-Hill starting in January. McGraw-Hill will no longer produce print copies of the catalog.

The following DI programs are included in the list:

• Reading Mastery
• Horizons
• Corrective Reading
• Language for Learning, Language for Thinking & Language for Writing
• Reasoning and Writing
• Essentials for Writing
• Expressive Writing
• Spelling Mastery
• Spelling Through Morphographs
• Cursive Writing
• Connecting Math Concepts
• Corrective Mathematics
• Essentials for Algebra
• DISTAR Arithmetic

For more information, visit McGraw-Hill's website.

As a complement to the forthcoming catalog, the National Institute for Direct Instruction has also created a DI Materials Cost Worksheet that will aid administrators and other decision makers in determining program material costs. Constructed as a Microsoft Excel document, users can simply enter the quantities for each title and component into the worksheet, and the total estimated cost is automatically calculated at the bottom of the sheet. This document is updated regularly to reflect current pricing from the publisher, but users need to verify actual pricing from the publisher or through their sales representative. Note that the material cost spreadsheet includes price information for Direct Instruction Spoken English (DISE), published by Sopris Learning. NIFDI does not sell these programs directly and recommends this worksheet as a tool for estimating only.

For nearly 20 years, the National Institute for Direct Instruction has supported schools' efforts to give students the best opportunity for success and develop teachers' skills to utilize the finest tools for ensuring that success.

With the end of the year coming, we would like to remind you that donations to NIFDI are tax-deductible. By making your charitable donation to NIFDI, a 501 (c(3)) non-profit organization, you can help us impact the lives of more children.

You can even select the program area(s) you want your donation to support:
1) Research - Conducting, promoting and disseminating research on Direct Instruction and its implementation.
2) Training and Coaching - Providing on-site training and coaching to schools, as well as open-registration training events.
3) Educational Outreach - Offering videos, articles and other tools and materials to promote the effective use of Direct Instruction.

Donate online or pdf download the donation form  and return it to our offices. If you have questions about donating to NIFDI, contact Bryan Wickman at 877.485.1973 or bwickman@nifdi.org.

Thank you for your consideration and support!