Just In Time News and Information
September 15, 2021
RMTC-D/HH is pleased to share information on the following topics that relate to deafness and education in Florida. We hope you find it informative and helpful to you, your district, and the children.

- The RMTC-D/HH team 
RMTC-D/HH See the Sound: Visual Phonics

RMTC-D/HH is excited to offer an evidence-based literacy intervention, See the Sounds - Visual Phonics, in two different virtual formats to meet the diverse needs of stakeholders. You choose the format that works best for you. Please only register for ONE.
 
  • An asynchronous online training with Krista Phelps will be offered with a rolling start date between September 1- November 3, 2021. Participants must complete the six-week training by December 15, 2021, or earlier. Please see the Asynchronous Online Training Registration page to register and for more information.
or
  • A real-time online training with Sherry Conrad. Participants must attend both days. Please see the Real-Time Online Registration page to register and form more information
  • When: October 5, 2021 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. EST (8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. CST) AND October 6, 2021 from 9:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. (8:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. CST)
  • Where: Virtual
 
In this training, participants will learn the sounds of the English language and how to represent them visually via hand movements and symbols. This training will provide methods for implementing the use of Visual Phonics In the classroom as well as progress monitoring tools for tracking student progress in learning phonemic awareness, phonics, and sounding out words. Visual Phonics is not an additional curriculum but is a strategy that can be integrated into existing phonics-based curricula or interventions.
RMTC-D/HH See the Sound: Visual Phonics REFRESHER

RMTC-D/HH is offering an update to previously-trained completers of See the Sound - Visual Phonics. Participants must have proof of previous completion of a full See the Sound - Visual Phonics training.

Participants will review sounds of English and visual representation via hand movements and symbols, including the updated r-controlled vowels, recently updated. This training will include a discussion of methods for implementing the use of See the Sound - Visual Phonics in the classroom as well as progress monitoring tools for tracking student progress in phonemic awareness, phonics, and decoding words. 

When:
October 6, 2021, from 1:30 PM to 3:30 PM EST (12:30 PM to 2:30 PM CST)

Where: Virtual


RMTC-D/HH Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons Paired with Visual Phonics

You have completed See the Sound - Visual Phonics* training, now what? Take it to the next level by pairing Visual Phonics with Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons. This supplementary, evidence-based literacy intervention training is for professionals currently working with students who are deaf or hard of hearing in the state of Florida. 

This flipped professional development training will give you all the tools you need to start implementing the intervention in the classroom the next day. Participants will have a week to review materials before meeting with the instructor to practice the objectives. Then the participants will be ready to implement the skill the following Monday and study the next week's materials. Participants should also plan for up to four hours of follow-up work that includes benchmark assessments, progress monitoring assessments, and recording lesson implementation for feedback from a coach. RMTC-D/HH will provide participants with the book Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons and ongoing coaching for effective implementation and progress monitoring data collection.

*NOTE: Participants must have previously completed the entire Visual Phonics training.

When:
Date(s): Fridays in October 2021. 
October 8, 2021 
October 15, 2021
October 22, 2021
October 29, 2021

Time(s): Choose the time that is most convenient for you: 
8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. ET (7:00 a.m. - 8:00 a.m. CT), 
11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. ET (10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. CT), 
3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. ET (2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. CT)
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