Teaching Reading in Small Groups
Title I-Sponsored Professional Development with Sara Kugler
Take your practice to the next level! Study strategy lessons, conferences, and book clubs for Grades 2-5 in depth. Learn how to select the method of instruction that best meets the needs of the student, unit of study, and reading goals. Hone your assessment skills to ensure your lessons have a lasting impact on students.
Space is limited: sign up today
This multi-day course will meet at Drew Model School on:
July 9th from 8:30-11:30
July 10th from 8:30-11:30
July 15th from 8:30-3:30
July 16th from 8:30-3:30
Plan to come all four days!
The course is available to all APS instructional staff, with preference given to registrants who are responsible for literacy instruction in our Title I schools, whether as a specialist or in the classroom. Recertification points are available (20 contact hours).
Because this course incorporates a lab component and individualized coaching, space is limited to 16 participants. Register early via ERO for course # TI31062.
Contact Erin Watson to clarify questions.
July 9th from 8:30-11:30
July 10th from 8:30-11:30
July 15th from 8:30-3:30
July 16th from 8:30-3:30
Plan to come all four days!
The course is available to all APS instructional staff, with preference given to registrants who are responsible for literacy instruction in our Title I schools, whether as a specialist or in the classroom. Recertification points are available (20 contact hours).
Because this course incorporates a lab component and individualized coaching, space is limited to 16 participants. Register early via ERO for course # TI31062.
Contact Erin Watson to clarify questions.
Location: Drew Model Elementary School, 3500 23rd St S, Arlington, VA 22206
Meet the Trainer
Sara Kugler is a reading teacher with Bailey’s Elementary School for the Arts and Sciences in Fairfax County. Before joining Bailey’s, she was a literacy staff developer at the Reading and Writing Project at Teachers College, Columbia University, leading workshops on balanced literacy and critical literacy throughout New York City public schools as well as in Florida, Illinois, California, Minnesota, and Gothenburg, Sweden. She has taught in multiple elementary schools in Fairfax County and in Brooklyn, New York, co-leading one school’s Diversity Committee. She recently authored the chapter Addressing Silences: Creating a Space for Classroom Conversations that Matter to Students in the book Innovative Voices in Education: Engaging Diverse Communities. Sara has also volunteered as a literacy staff developer in rural South Africa. She earned her master’s degree in Reading and Writing Education from Teachers College, Columbia University. Sara lives with her husband and daughter in Fairfax.