Learn with the MTA and Earn PDPs

This course will take place asynchronously on Google Classroom from July 7 to August 18. There are no required Zoom meetings.

This workshop will explain what dyslexia is and what it is not, review the new state guidelines about dyslexia, and explore how to change reading instruction in the general education classroom.

This program meets DESE requirements for 15 PDPs in the category of Special Education during each 5 year Professional License Renewal cycle.

This course will take place asynchronously through Canvas from July 11  to August 11. There are no required Zoom meetings.

This workshop will explore the effects of multi-sensory, explicit, and systematic instruction to improve phonemic awareness for students with learning difficulties. A toolbox of approaches and strategies will be reviewed to enhance foundational literacy skills as well as encoding skills. Specifically, the focus will be on components of specialized instructional approaches for students who cannot access the content of the curriculum within the educational setting of focus. (K-5)

This program meets DESE requirements for 15 PDPs in the category of Special Education during each 5-year Professional License Renewal cycle.

This course will take place asynchronously starting July 20.

The design of curriculum and instruction for diverse learners in inclusive classrooms is the focus of this course. Course participants investigate universally designed approaches that draw on brain research, differentiated instruction, multiple intelligences approaches, and new technologies to respond to the needs of all learners, including students with disabilities and students who are culturally and/or linguistically diverse. Session participants will be introduced to Response to Intervention as well as to evidence-based practices that provide access to the curriculum for all learners. The required culminating assessment will be a collaboratively developed Universally Designed Lesson Plan.

This program meets DESE requirements for 15 PDPs in the category of Special Education during each 5-year Professional License Renewal cycle.