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 at the Marriott Plaza in San Antonio, TX!
The training sessions at the Training Institute offers:
- 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.
The Training Institute will take place in:
 |
San Antonio, TX
Airport Information Directions Hotel Information
|
Placement testing your students in preparation for Institute:
In order to determine which training session is most appropriate to register for, you will need to conduct placement testing with your students. You will register for the program level your students place into, not the level necessarily associated with the grade you teach. For example, if you are a third grade teacher and your placement test results indicate your students should be placed into level 2, you would register for the level 2 program session, not the grade 3 level. You can find the placement tests linked below.
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.
