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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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Phonics Practice Games to Reinforce Instruction LIMITED
Monday August 19, 2024 8:30am - 11:30am PDT
TBA
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We know students need lots of practice to solidify phonics skills. We also know this is best accomplished through predictable routines. But there’s nothing that says predictable routines can’t also be fun and engaging.

This session will introduce you to some playful phonics practice routines which get students up and moving. We will also look at engaging, playful practice which can be done around the small group table.

You will learn games to practice:
  • letter/sound correspondence
  • Letter naming
  • First sound segmentation
  • Short vowel sound discrimination
  • Sound segmentation for CVC words
  • CVC word reading
  • “Sneaky” e 
  • And probably even more!
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 →
Monday August 19, 2024 8:30am - 11:30am PDT
TBA
  Early Literacy

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