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!

In addition to developing highly effective instructional programs, Siegfried Engelmann has written extensively about learning and education, providing extraordinary insight into the theoretical and philosophical basis of DI as well as the world of education as a whole. A new book by NIFDI Press, Engelmann's Direct Instruction: Selected Writings from the Past Half Century, brings together, for the first time, a selection of these articles, illustrating the wide variety of topics Engelmann has explored over the last half century and his unique insights into problems within the world of education.  

Four key themes of Engelmann's work are highlighted:
1. His theoretical understanding of learning and instruction,
2. The development of the highly effective Direct Instruction curricular material,
3. The need for political reform in the organization and orientation of education, and
4. Responses to critics and political roadblocks to the development of effective instruction.

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One of the most critical roles in a successful Direct Instruction implementation is the coach. With expert coaching, teachers will become more skilled and proficient in teaching the program, and students will excel with improved instruction.

NIFDI's upcoming Coaching Academy will provide participants with information and practice in:

• Refining observational skills and techniques to increase the coach's ability to provide data-driven feedback.
• Conducting rehearsal sessions.
• Determining the appropriate intervention based on data and observation.
• Facilitating Data Analysis Team meetings to find and solve student performance problems in a timely manner.
  
  

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