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Teachers get a refresher on Direct Instruction
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Posted on Apr 01 2005
National Institute for Direct Instruction consultant and project director Linda Frost was on the island for a two-day Direct Instruction workshop, which ended yesterday at the Pacific Islands Club.
The Public School System invited mostly teachers and some principals for the workshop that aimed to refine the direct instruction program in the CNMI.
NIFDI said that Frost is dedicated to providing schools with solid training on direct instruction methodology for teachers and teaching aides.
Frost, who flew in from Oregon, tackled four parts of the workshop. She said she first gave an overview of the language program and then discussed how to use data to determine how the teachers and students are performing in the program.
She also discussed building capacities on the island, helping teachers how to do the program correctly. She also gave a refresher on the training the local education system should conduct among teachers with regards to direct instruction.
Education federal program advisor Tim Thornburgh said the workshop was in preparation for the training of new teachers in July to determine their assessing abilities and building capacities.
Building capacities, Frost said, included teachers receiving professional development and specialized training for them to implement and analyze data in the training of new teachers.
Frost who has been with the Direct Instruction program for seven years now, said she wantsd teachers to get an overview what the language program is and how data is used to determine how the students are performing.
“DI is data-driven and it is important to look at the data to understand the DI model,” she said.
Direct Instruction, she said, is a model for teaching, emphasizing well-developed and carefully planned lessons designed around small learning increments and clearly defined and prescribed teaching tasks.
