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MESD Paraeducator Summer Conference 2024
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Welcome to the 2024 Paraeducator Summer Conference!
Below you’ll find the schedule/options for each day. Each option has the zoom link included - once you’ve made your selections, you can access all your sessions from your schedule (click on the head icon on the left to go to your personal schedule)

TO SIGN UP: Sign in to Sched on the top right, or create an account if you haven’t made one before. This will pop up the registration information page - once you complete that you are signed up for the conference, and will be able to add sessions to your schedule

TO MAKE YOUR SCHEDULE: Make sure you are signed in to Sched. You’ll see white circles to the left of the session names - click on those to add those sessions to you schedule. Once you’ve made your selections, you can access all your sessions from your schedule (click on the head icon on the left to go to your personal schedule). Note that there is an opening sessions each day - you only need to attend one of these (your first day of the conference) as it will be the same information in each of those (how to access sessions, complete surveys, get paid, etc)

Additional Info
  • The conference will be 5 days across two weeks 
    • August 14, 15, 21, 22 will be virtual and have an opening session from 8:00-8:30 (you only need to attend once), and sessions from 8:30-11:30 and 12:30-3:30
    • August 19 will be in person at (location TBD), with check in from 8:00-8:30, and sessions from 8:30-11:30 and 12:30-3:30
  • You will be paid for your time
  • You do not have to attend every day/session
  • There is an opening session every day of virtual sessions - you only need to attend one of these (your first day of the conference) as it will be the same information in each of those (how to access sessions, complete surveys, get paid, etc)
  • Click Here for an FAQ with answers to (hopefully) all your questions

If you have additional questions, please contact Benjamin Baldizon - bbaldizon@mesd.k12.or.us


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Models of Reading and How Our Brains Learn to Read LIMITED
Thursday August 15, 2024 8:30am - 11:30am PDT
TBA
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Have you ever wondered why some reading lessons are structured the way they are? Or why learning to read is easier or harder for different students? The simple answer is that reading is a complicated mental task. In this session, we will examine the underlying skills needed to read proficiently. We will also discuss the kinds of instruction needed to achieve this proficiency (but will not go into any particular instructional practice).

In this session we will:
  • Study two models of reading, Scarborough's Reading Rope and The Simple View of Reading, which help us understand the underlying skills needed to read proficiently
  • Discuss implications for learning and instruction when students need additional support with one or more of these underlying skills
  • Examine current brain imaging and the Four-Part Processor model which demonstrate what's happening in our brains when we read proficiently.
Speakers
avatar for Elizabeth Israel Davis

Elizabeth Israel Davis

Paraeducator Professional Learning Coach, Early Literacy, Multnomah Education Service District
Elizabeth Israel-Davis is a teacher with 22 years of experience in public elementary & middle schools as a classroom teacher, reading specialist, and TOSA. She is also an Orton-Gillingham Academy Associate level practitioner. Originally from Phoenix, AZ, she moved to Portland in 1992... Read More →
Thursday August 15, 2024 8:30am - 11:30am PDT
TBA
  Early Literacy

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