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Excellent decoders are not always excellent comprehenders. Many times, our students seem to have all of the necessary skills they need to be good readers (things like phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension strategies, to name a few), but somehow, they still struggle with putting all of these things together in order to comprehend texts. In this workshop, we will dig a bit deeper than the familiar skills listed above to explore essential thinking skills, called executive functions, that support successful reading comprehension.

Executive skills are task-oriented skills that underlie students’ ability to learn. Although seldom taught explicitly, many educators now see that students who are strong in these skills are more successful than those who aren’t. This workshop will introduce the 11 executive skills featured in the “Smart but Scattered” model, with suggestions for school-based strategies for strengthening each skill across the grade levels. It will also describe a process for embedding executive skills into classroom lessons and daily routines.

It has long been known that we can’t wait for students to be identified with a disability before they receive research-supported instruction. In this session, participants will learn why students struggle acquiring and retaining key math skills. Instructional strategies shared will revolve around the outcomes-focused research across the stages of learning, from acquisition to proficiency to maintenance. Examples will range from elementary to middle to high school standards.

This is a hands-on interactive workshop wherein participants will be actively involved in learning instructional strategies for helping elementary students find success with writing. Participants will begin with learning ways to help students develop sentence-level writing skills using a multisensory approach. Following sentence-level work, participants will be taught the basics of Paragraphology® from the brainstorming process, through understanding color-coding, to understanding how to write basic and expanded paragraphs. Every participant will make a manipulative that acts as a graphic organizer that can easily be made with students.

This is a hands-on interactive workshop for middle and high school teachers wherein participants will be actively involved in every step of Paragraphology® from the brainstorming process, through understanding color-coding, to understanding how to unlock a writing prompt. Every participant will make a manipulative that acts as a graphic organizer; this can easily be made with students.

This event is being sponsored by 95 Percent Group.

This session will define the many facets of language and how each can affect students’ learning processes, especially for English learners. A special focus will be placed on effective practices for teaching the lexical elements of words to build vocabulary. Connections to cognitive science will be made, and a closer review of cross-linguistic connections will be discussed.

An estimated 1 in 5 individuals have brain-based learning and attention issues, like dyslexia and ADHD. These differences can affect how a person learns to read, write, speak, and do math, as well as how they plan, process, and interact with others. But with the proper understanding, diagnosis, and support, individuals with learning disabilities and ADHD can reach their potential and thrive. Designed for parents, educators, and caregivers, this ~10-hour, self-paced course will provide you with the foundational knowledge you need to help children build the confidence, skills, strategies, and strengths to succeed in school and in life.

Announcing the Science of Reading Short Course version 3.0! Now with 2.0 CEUs, this comprehensive course is packed with new interactives, more content for secondary teachers, and the latest research in literacy.

The Science of Reading Short Course continues to offer a one-of-a-kind overview of the science behind effective reading instruction. Developed by a coalition of reading experts, the course gives educators critical information about what comprises the reading process by laying a solid conceptual and practical foundation for how to teach reading.

The 15-20-hour, self-paced course is an efficient introduction to the science of reading for a variety of educators – teachers, instructional coaches, school and district leaders, pre-service candidates, and pre-service faculty, whose training may not have adequately prepared them for evidence-based instruction in reading.

This 10-hour asynchronous course will explore the principles and content of structured literacy. The principles guide how elements are taught in a method that is instructionally sound. Structured literacy aligns with the Science of Reading and includes the principles of effective reading instruction. The course will define each principle and content area offering some instructional examples for each tier of instruction.

Recommended Pre-requisite: Science of Reading Short Course or another introduction to the Science of Reading.

This 10-hour online course will engage participants in a deep dive into content that will enable them to support readers in the challenge of breaking the alphabetic code. First, the course focuses on Phonological Awareness (PHA) and the recommended instructional skill sequence for learners. The content will explain why PHA is a prerequisite for phonics instruction and plays a key role in reading instruction for students with persistent reading challenges.

Note: This offering is available to North Carolina educators. 

This custom 6-part series will allow schools to learn the foundations of executive functioning, how to teach executive functioning skills explicitly, and how to integrate them effectively into classrooms and school culture. This offering is geared toward school groups of at least 10 educators.

Designed for school-based professional learning for groups of 10-40+ teachers and administrators, this full-day, in-person or live-virtual training focuses on quality, research-based Tier 1 instructional practices that have proven effective in reaching all learners in the classroom, including those with learning and attention challenges.

Hill Learning Center offers facilitation to help participants process, reflect on, synthesize, and apply the content in the Science of Reading Short Course. Contact us to learn about facilitation guides and synchronous, interactive webinars or in-person facilitation by our reading experts.

Developed by Hill as the Hill Reading Achievement Program (HillRAP), 95 Percent Group acquired HillRAP in January 2023 and renamed the program 95 RAP. 95 RAP is an individualized, small group reading intervention designed for struggling readers who have been intervention resistant. Direct, explicit, mastery-based instruction supports progress in phonological awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension.

Hill and 95 Percent Group work together to support 95 RAP in US-based schools and districts. Hill provides 95 RAP training, coaching, and implementation support for:

• Hill Affiliates
• Select NC Districts (Ashe, Avery, Chapel Hill-Carrboro, Carteret, Davie, Durham, Edgecombe, Orange, Stanly)
• NC independent/private schools, charter schools, and university lab schools
• KIPP Schools nationwide

If you fall into one of these categories and are interested in learning more about 95 RAP, click here to submit an inquiry to Hill. All other interested parties should contact 95 Percent Group for assistance.