This session builds upon and expands the coaching skills learned in the Direct Instruction Coaching Institute. It equips building and district-level instructional coaches, peer coaches, lead teachers, and mentor teachers with the tools needed to achieve an effective, efficient, and sustainable DI implementation.

In this 4-half day session, Participants will learn how to:

• Conduct efficient problem-solving sessions to identify and solve student performance problems in a timely manner, including the facilitation of data analysis team meetings as a key part of the problem-solving process.
• Identify detailed steps using DI instructional design to address a student’s specific skill deficit and scaffold the delivery of explicit, targeted remedies, without involving full lesson push-backs; coach instructors on how to schedule and deliver targeted remedies.
• Use videos and remote coaching of classroom instruction as a tool to support the coaching process.
• Conduct effective lesson rehearsal sessions as a tool to build instructor DI lesson delivery skills.
• Identify DI implementation fidelity measures and create reports for stakeholders and decision-makers to help inform the process of sustainability.

Download the  pdf brochure for complete session descriptions and register online here!

NIFDI will be holding a training on Direct Instruction Spoken English (DISE) on April 29, from 7:30am-2:30pm Pacific time. The program, published by Educational Achievement Publishing, is a two-level program that teaches a fundamental mastery of the English language to students with little or no knowledge of the language. Students need to have at least a third-grade level of knowledge in their own language to be successful in the DISE program. With this foundation, DISE can give students the oral language skills they need to benefit from their other classes as quickly as possible. The goal of the DISE program is to enable students who don’t speak English to master the basics of the English language in one school year.

Click here to register for this training.

Plan on being in Eugene, Oregon, July 21-25, 2025, to attend the 51st National Direct Instruction Conference and Institutes. We are planning an amazing week of training and special events this year.

We are featuring new offerings this year, including

• DI and the Science of Reading–This session, presented by Dr. Marcy Stein, will outline how Direct Instruction reading curricula exemplify the findings from the science of reading.

• DI and the Science of Learning–In this session, Dr. Zach Groshell will present key cognitive science findings and components that are essential for effective learning and show how these findings are incorporated into DI programs.

There is also a 4-day institute designed for higher-education instructors on how to incorporate DI into their teacher preparation courses, as well as our other popular Administrator Leadership, Coaching, and Trainer Training institutes.

We are excited to host Dr. Jan Hasbrouck as our featured keynote speaker this year. Jan has a long history with Direct Instruction, having received her B.A. and M.A. at the University of Oregon. She is the author and co-author of several books and instructional programs. See www.janhasbrouck.com for more info on Dr. Hasbrouck's accomplishments.

  pdf Download the brochure for complete session descriptions and register online here!

Jessica Colleu Terradas, Senior Officer Literacy Specialist in the Archdiocese of Canberra & Goulburn, Australia, recently interviewed Tamara Bressi, Implementation Manager at the National Institute for Direct Instruction (NIFDI) and a highly experienced DI teacher, trainer, and coach. In July 2023, Jessica attended the Institute on Becoming an Effective Direct Instruction Trainer, which was co-led by Tamara, as part of the National DI Conference in Eugene.

Click here to watch the interview, which provides a wealth of information on how to optimize a DI implementation through intentional setup, coaching, and other types of support.