In-Service Archive:
The Program Team is currently planning for next year's professional development trainings and theme. Information will be posted here in mid-July. Until then, please find the highlights of two trainings from the fourth quarter:

• Sensory Integration
• Best Practices: Parent Communication
  

Featured Documents:
Literature Circles Packet
This packet, adapted from Harvey Daniels (1994) and Janet Allen (2002) by DA teachers, is a starter kit for Literature Circles. Along with the specific assignments for each role, the document provides an overview for teachers in regards to planning and managing Literature Circles successfully. The individual roles for students in groups include: discussion director, illustrator, literary luminary, summarizer and investigator. These roles are easily adaptable across content areas and grade levels.

ABC review (part 1), ABC review (part 2)
This review activity comes from the Orton-Gillingham training, sponsored by the Institute For Multi-Sensory Learning.

Philippe Ernewein
Dean of Faculty Training & Development, Denver Academy
As part of my role as Dean of Faculty Training & Development, I plan to use this website to share background information about references and research cited during training sessions, related resources and a vehicle to ask questions or schedule appointments.

Personal Vision
I believe that all students can learn. My time and energy is invested in continually finding ways and creating opportunities to achieve this goal. My actions, lessons and language aim to be respectful of every individual.
I believe that writing is a form of discovery and it is my mission as a teacher to model this mantra through best practices and authentic, meaningful experiences.