Pre-Symposium Seminars
Wednesday, July 16, 2008 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

These special, hands-on training sessions will show you unique ways to help your students overcome the learning obstacles that are keeping them from reaching their true potential. Don't miss these great opportunities to walk away with concrete ideas and specific tactics that you can begin using right away!

SPECIAL PRICE!
As a special introduction to this newest professional development offering from Renaissance Learning, we are offering substantially discounted pricing for this event.

$129 for customers who are also registered for the Indianapolis Symposium—$100 Savings

$229 for those who are not attending this Symposium

Differentiated Learning
When Variety Drives Education

Differentiated instruction is not about teaching louder and slower. It's about a strong instructional diversity, a robust instructional repertoire, and assortment of teaching styles to meet the diverse needs of students. Learn the best ways to differentiate learning:

• Change the content! For young people with lots of ideas, it's important to feed their interests with a diverse diet of educational material.
• Change the process! Find new ways to present material to maintain a student's interest level.
• Change the product! Differentiated instruction is a process to approach teaching and learning for students of differing abilities in the same class.

Literacy Matters
Stay on Top of What Matters Most

The ability to read and write, to speak and listen... these are academic performances embraced by all teachers. Built on a foundation of research-based best practices, this session is designed to introduce K-12 teachers to simple and effective strategies that foster reading and writing in their classrooms, plus practical approaches they can use across all content areas. The workshop explores:

• All teachers teach reading and writing. The most important foundation for success is a good grasp of the language.
• What makes a good reader? Phonics, vocabulary, enthusiasm. The strengths of a strong reader are no secret.
• Learn the effective approaches to building better readers—using building blocks such as phonics, roots, suffixes and prefixes.
• Results—gain confidence knowing your students will be competitive players who are involved in the educational process.