LitART Training and Support

• Active, fun, and energetic hands-on sessions.
  
• Appropriate for teachers, paraprofessionals, college students and volunteers.
  
• Demonstrations of strategies in after school settings.
• After school quality observation checklist download
  

LitART Training Institutes

LitART Training Institutes "kick-off" new partnerships and programs.  Staff are introduced to the purpose of each LitART component, how children learn to read, key literacy concepts, and LitART learning strategies.

LitART Theme Training

Follow-up theme training prepares staff to deliver the next LitART theme.  The theme trainings focus on the picture books, novels, and activities associated with the upcoming theme to ensure all staff are fully prepared to maximize student engagement with books.

LitART Onsite Support Visits

LitART staff conduct demonstrations and observations using the 100 indicators of after school quality. Easy to use observation checklists are used to assess staff progress download.  After school staff receive timely, individualized feedback, suggestions, and goal setting support.

LitART Training Notebook

The LitART Training notebook ensures that all teachers learn:

• 11 classroom management and interaction strategies including Celebrations, Attention Getters, grouping strategies, and the RGRS sharing strategy.
  
• Seven reading fluency strategies including read aloud skills, Echo Reading, Visualization, Missing Word Reading, Action Reading, and Impromptu Telling.
• Five comprehension Strategies including the Daily Tone, Running Questions, and Discuss This Quote.
  
• Eight oral language development strategies including Opening Magic, Sharing Museum, Family Pictures, and Back to Back.
  
• Six writing strategies including how to use 5 different types of journals, supporting reluctant writers, and writing in response to literature.
• Nine vocabulary and word game strategies such as Name Five, Word Performances, Mystery Message, and Word Circles.
• Seven steps to high quality homework centers
• Six ways to support English learners
• Ten ideas for learning outdoors
• Three learning strategies to use during snack including SnackMaster
  
• Four techniques for working with unmotivated/difficult students