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One of the hallmarks of the Opportunity Schools is the on-site support we provide for our satellite programs.
- On-site Teacher Mentoring: Opportunity teachers receive hundreds of hours of individual support from Opportunity School staff. This includes observations, demonstration lessons, student assessment, counseling, and consultation with mainstream teachers.
- Academic Coach training and support: An Academic Coach (Opportunity teacher, volunteer or high school student assistant) provides mainstream classroom support for Opportunity students.
- Mid- and End-of-the-Year Evaluation: To ensure quality control of the program, evaluations are conducted twice a year.
Highlights from Past Professional Trainings:
- The Art of Teaching Reading: Tricks of the Trade that Really Work, Marcia Fries & Gina Lems-Tardif
- Soundabet, Dan Gurney
- Social Skills Thinking, Jeanne Ruiz & Katie Kent, Speech Pathologists
- Everything You Wanted to Know About Behavior But Were Afraid to Ask, Glenda McHale & Diana Jones, GASELPA
- Practical Strategies for Differentiated Instruction,Mardell Nash, Seal Beach Teacher of the Year
- Teaching Writing Structure & Style, Andrew Pudewa, Institute of Excellence In Writing
- Multi-Sensory Math, Julie Lieneke, McNichol's Multi-Sensory Math specialist
- Teaching Reading Is Everyone's Business, Janet Cameron, Certified School Psychologist
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