Accelerate Learning with Previewing

Previewing is the number one strategy for permanently closing any learning or success gaps.

Dates for This Event

  • February 13, 2025, at the Learning-Focused Training Center in Asheville, NC
  • June 24, 2025, at the Learning-Focused Training Center in Asheville, NC

Essential Questions

How do you close the success gap for struggling students?

How do you close the success gap for struggling students?

How do you implementation Previewing Strategies in a classroom or school?

How do you implementation Previewing Strategies in a classroom or school?

How does Previewing increase students' self-efficacy and motivation?

How does Previewing increase students' self-efficacy and motivation?

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Be Proactive with Previewing

Why attend the Accelerate Learning with Previewing Training?

Schools are pressured to catch all students up to grade level and provide all students with at least one year of achievement for each school year. Many schools struggle to meet these demands for their struggling students, often resulting in less learning, low test scores, and gaps. This leads to classrooms with students with a wide range of knowledge and skills. The range typically goes from struggling students to high-performing students, with everything in between.

To ensure that all students are learning at grade level, Exemplary Schools focus on a system for consistently planning and using specific strategies and practices to close the learning gap. Exemplary Schools understand that Remediation is not the only way to support struggling students.  It is time to be proactive. Accelerate Learning with Previewing Training provides schools and teachers with a system that sets high expectations for student learning. It is proactive and committed to implementing strategies for helping students meet those expectations.

This professional development guides administrators and teachers as they plan lessons that integrate high-yield instructional strategies that focus on helping all students meet the challenges in their path. These strategies and practices integrate seamlessly into an instructional framework to personalize instruction and accelerate learning so that all students meet or exceed grade-level expectations.

Your Facilitator

Wanda Humphrey

Wanda Humphrey has been an educator for 30 years. During her career, she has taught grades K-8, been a reading interventionist, school literacy coach and served as a district literacy coordinator. She is dedicated to cultivating literacy for all students and works with administrators, instructional coaches, and teachers to intentionally utilize high-impact strategies during instruction.

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Learning Goals

The Accelerate Learning with Previewing Training is focused on the systematic implementation of strategies and practices that will fully engage all students to meet their individual academic needs and dramatically build achievement.

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You Will Be Able To...

  • proactively plan and use Previewing Strategies to build background knowledge prior to lessons
  • plan for high expectations for all students while customizing instruction for specific needs
  • use effective Structured Review Strategies
  • develop remediation plans
  • contribute to the implementation of a systematic approach to catch kids up
  • redeliver professional development on Accelerate Learning with Previewing

You Will Know...

  • importance of advance preparation instead of relying on remediation
  • why previewing is more effective than remediation
  • purpose of each Previewing Strategy
  • identification of struggle points
  • Structured Review Strategies

What You Receive

In addition to learning how to implement effective vocabulary instruction,
participants will receive the following resources and materials ($125 value):

  • Accelerate Learning with Previewing book
  • Accelerate Learning with Previewing flipcard
  • Strategies in Action: Previewing Strategies book and online course
  • Membership to Learning-Focused Online (online platform for all trainer, teacher, and leadership resources)

When and Where

At Learning-Focused Training Center

Location

  • 200 District Dr. Ste 001, Asheville, NC 28803

Dates

  • February 13, 2025
  • June 24, 2025

Times

  • 8:30 AM - 3:30 PM
LF Center

Our training center is designed for intimate training, with only 22 spots available.  We aim to provide a wonderful learning experience to help you grow your network through collaboration.

Registration

Act fast, only 22 spots are available

Registration for Accelerate Learning with Vocabulary is $135 per person.

Registration for the institute is $135 per person.

Registration includes lunch, snacks, drinks, coffee, and other goodies.

Learning is better in teams! Register three people and receive a $35 discount off the third registration fee!

Participants are accepted on a first-come, first-served basis only. We must receive a signed quote to secure your spot.