Training
Annual Training Institute
Are you new to Direct Instruction or wanting to improve your skills? Are you a teacher, administrator or paraprofessional interested in gaining specific training in all levels of Direct Instruction programs?
Join the National Institute for Direct Instruction (NIFDI) and expert Direct Instruction (DI) trainers for the First Annual Training Institute!
August 5-8, 2013*
San Antonio, TX
Sessions at the Training Institute offer:
- placement test materials provided to registrants prior to the institute to ensure that all participants attend the session that
corresponds to their students' performance level; - detailed, field-tested training plans and support materials for each session;
- trainers who have coached teachers successfully in the specific programs covered in the sessions; and,
- on-site support provided to trainers by the NIFDI Coordinator of Training.
Download the brochure below!
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San Antonio, TX
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Placement testing your students in preparation for Institute:
PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING IF YOU ARE REGISTERING FOR PROGRAM TRAINING: We strongly recommend that you administer DI placement tests to your students before registering for program training. For placement tests and instructions, click here.
How NIFDI's Annual Training Institute is Unique:
The First Annual Training Institute is designed to help teachers, paraprofessionals, building coordinators and administrators successfully implement DI for all students. This powerful professional development event will provide the most thorough program training possible in all levels of the main DI reading, language and mathematics programs. Specialized academies for administrators and future DI trainers will round out the program offerings. Read more about NIFDI's unique training event here.
Academy on Becoming a Trainer:
Has your district received extensive training and follow-up support for implementing Direct Instruction (DI), and is now looking at ways of maintaining the implementation with a high level of fidelity? The academy on "Becoming an Effective DI Trainer" at NIFDI’s First Annual Training Institute in San Antonio, TX (August 4-9, 2013), can help your school or district expand its capacity for providing training and support to the DI implementation by developing on-site trainers. For more information on this 5 and a 1/2 day training and to view the application, click here.
*Institute Schedule:
General Sessions (August 5-8, 2013)
Monday - Wednesday: 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Thursday: 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Becoming a DI Trainer Academy (August 4-9, 2013)
Sunday - Wednesday: 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Thursday: 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Friday: 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
