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Educator's Playbook Kelly Harmon

Kelly Harmon & Associates Educational Consulting

Educator's Playbook Kelly Harmon Kelly Harmon & Associates Educational Consulting

Dear Amazing Educators,

I've added a few new Reading Language Arts Playbook pages to my free teaching tools! These pages provide teachers with effective strategies for improving students' reading fluency, comprehension, decoding, and more. You can use them for Tier 1 instruction, Tier 2 interventions, or both!

They're free until March 30th, so be sure to download them now!

Click here to access these resources.

Happy teaching,
Kelly

Upcoming Seminars, Institutes, and Conferences

Catching Up Students Who've Fallen Behind in Reading or Writing (Grades 3-5)

March 13

Don’t miss this strategy-packed seminar by international educational consultant Kelly Harmon, designed specifically for Grades 3-5 teachers. Discover cutting-edge science of reading and learning strategies to help your students catch up and thrive. Kelly will share dozens of practical, easy-to-implement ideas for accelerating learning and monitoring progress. You’ll leave with renewed enthusiasm for teaching, a digital resource handbook, and access to online tools to support your students' success. This fast-paced day will equip you with everything you need to catch up your students who have fallen behind. Click Here for more information.

Two-Day Train‑the‑Trainer Institute: RESPONSE TO INTERVENTION: Powerful Strategies to Strengthen Your Tier 1 and Tier 2 Reading Instruction (Grades K-6)

July 21-22

Specifically Designed for Staff Development Trainers, Literacy Coaches, Reading Specialists, General Education Teachers, Curriculum Directors, Title I Staff, and Administrators Serving Grades K-6

  • Train your teachers and interventionists to implement the key components of an effective Response to Intervention (RTI) Reading model in Grades K-6 for Tiers 1 and 2
  • Learn proactive approaches to share with your staff for supporting students with reading needs before they "fail enough" to qualify for special education
  • Learn how to more effectively intervene with students before they fall too far behind
  • Tips, tools and practical strategies that you and your staff can use immediately in your RTI reading program

Practical Ideas and Strategies

For years, many schools and districts only served students when a "need" was shown based on a "discrepancy"; an outdated model that looks at the difference between a child's ability and the child's actual achievement. The "discrepancy" model is dependent upon a child falling "behind enough" to qualify for special education services. It is a "wait for failure" model that no longer needs to be used. Now schools and districts can use the Response to Intervention (RTI) model, focused on providing a child with the assistance when the student needs it. To help strengthen the training of your teachers, Kelly Harmon, a national presenter on RTI has developed an exciting, cost-effective train-the-trainer opportunity you won't want to miss.

This two-day train-the-trainer institute focuses on practical ideas for implementing and strengthening RTI in your reading program with ready-to-use strategies for your classroom and school. Participants who complete this two-day institute will be able to better train Grades K-6 educators at their school site(s) on ways to implement and strengthen RTI in their reading program at Tier 1 and Tier 2.

For more information, click here.

Two-Day Conference: Conference For First Grade Teachers: Helping Your First Graders Shine!

April 29-30

Join us for the Helping Your First Graders Shine! conference, a two-day live online event designed exclusively for first-grade teachers on April 29 and 30, 2025. With 21 strategy-packed sessions to choose from, you'll gain practical tools and innovative ideas to enhance your classroom instruction. Led by nationally recognized trainers, this engaging conference offers extensive digital resources and opportunities to earn CEUs or graduate credits. Don’t miss this chance to connect with fellow educators and leave inspired with strategies you can implement immediately. Register today to reserve your spot!

Choose from 21 Strategy-Packed Conference Sessions

  • Outstanding Trainers
  • First Grade Teacher Resources
  • Hundreds of Practical Strategies

    • … and Much More!

For more information, click here.

Strengthening Your Title 1 Program

April 10-11

April 15-16

July 9-10

Learn how to better lead your school or district Title I team in this strategy packed, two-day institute led by Kelly Harmon. You will discover how to work with teachers to identify and implement the most effective, cutting edge, research based instructional strategies to increase school and district-wide student achievement. You will learn how to develop teacher expertise in working with struggling students along with ways to continually monitor and adjust instruction based on student results.


This is a unique opportunity to evaluate your own Title I program in light of current research that identifies the most effective instructional practices, and gain an in depth look at the key components of highly successful Title I programs and how these can be applied to your own Title I school or district model. Take an intensive look at what works for struggling learners and how you can adapt it to meet the needs in your school or district. You will walk away with dozens of practical strategies and an extensive digital resource handbook to help you lead and teach your teachers.


Join Kelly and your colleagues for two, fast paced days packed with the best research?based strategies to increase reading and math achievement for your at risk students.


Coming Summer of 2025

June 23-24- Strengthening Your RTI Program

July 23-24 Instructional Coaches Conference

Bring a Training to Your District or Building!

We provide on-site and online seminars for schools and districts. Our trainings can be customized to meet the specific needs of your students and staff. Contact us for more information about our training options and rates at 210-218-1723.

Kelly Harmon
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