"MEGASKILLS is the only character
education program that has a valuable curriculum
that integrates reading and writing activities."
Dr. Marlene Reagin, Director of Instruction and Professional Development, Fairfax, Virginia Education Association
THE NEW FOCUS FOR MEGASKILLS® TRAINING
THE MEGASKILLS MENTOR PROGRAMS
The MegaSkills Education Center of The Home
and School Institute
- New Mentor (train-the-trainers) Training Design: for systematic adoption of the MegaSkills Classroom Essentials and/or Parents Involvement Program for use by multiple schools within a school district or by several districts, to bring the training on local site.
- New topics, MegaSkills for Adults, Raising Test Scores through MegaSkills
- New materials package: included in all trainings to promote stronger program outreach and impact.
- New fee structure to facilitate program adoption
Lower minimum participation requirements
Separate fees for training and materials components
MegaSkills® Mentors Training: Multiple Impact at Minimal Cost.
Based on years of successful, effective implementation,
the Mentor Training provides what schools across the
nation have been requesting - to involve a greater number
of instructors and families in MegaSkills programs quickly,
efficiently and cost effectively.
Mentor Trainers receive training to work within schools in their districts to train additional staff in either the MegaSkills Classroom Essentials and/or the MegaSkills Leader Training for Parent Involvement Program.
The MegaSkills Classroom Essentials
Program trains classroom teachers and staff in
how to teach the MegaSkills directly to students. This
instructional program provides a complete MegaSkills
curriculum and integrates into the regular work of the
classroom in subjects including reading, language, arts,
social studies, science and math.
The MegaSkills Leader Training
for Parent Involvement provides training in how
to conduct a series of workshops for parents. These
parent workshops focus on how parents can help and support
their children's learning in the home and provides grade-coded
home, academic learning activities for parents to do
with their children.
The MegaSkills trainings - both the MegaSkills Classroom
Essentials Program and the MegaSkills Parent Involvement
Program - simultaneously teach character education concepts
and provide practice and reinforcement in learning the
academics.
MegaSkills Mentor Training (2 days)
- Participants receive complete training in all instructional components to train others to conduct MegaSkills Classroom Essentials Program or the MegaSkills Parent Involvement Program.
- Participants additionally receive training in teaching MegaSkills to adults and to use MegaSkills to raise test scores.
- Participants receive the specially developed MEGASKILLS MENTOR HANDBOOK. Contents include training agendas for mentors to use for both programs, evaluation forms, and coaching and mentoring exercises.
- Participants receive all the materials they need in order to train others in MegaSkills Classroom Essentials or Parent Involvement Program, including MegaSkills for Adults and Using MegaSkills to Raise Test Scores.
- Continuing technical assistance to support mentor/trainers is available from HSI through telephone, fax, web sites, and email.
- MegaSkills kits are ordered for each additional person who will be trained by the Mentor/trainer. There is a minimum initial order for kits for these trainings. (See Fee Schedule)
Diverse sites which have successfully used MegaSkills Mentor trainings include: Broward County, Florida; San Diego, California; Winslow Township, New Jersey; District of Columbia Public Schools; State of Idaho Family Literacy Initiative, the National Education Association (NEA).
FEE SCHEDULE FOR MEGASKILLS MENTOR TRAINING
A new schedule of training
fees has been developed to facilitate program adoption:
- The minimum number of participants to bring a MegaSkills training on site is now 20. It has been reduced from 24.
- Fees are listed separately for training and materials components to facilitate school system budgeting requirements.
The Home and School Institute Guide to
Staff Development Programs and Materials
Sources of Funding for H.S.I. trainings and materials include: Compensatory Education Funds including No Child Left Behind, Title I and II, Bilingual, Literacy, Migrant, Drug/Dropout Prevention, Special Education, Staff Development, and Adult Vocational Education Funds. See the Institute’s website www.MegaSkillsHSI.org for a detailed list of additional publications.
Travel and lodging costs of HSI trainer are in addition to above fees for all training.
ADULT MegaSkills FOR TEACHERS
(One-day training)
This One-Day Teacher MegaSkills Training Program at your site enable educators to:
- Identify and build upon their own strengths
- Establish classroom procedures that contribute to an orderly learning environment
- Model for their students the skills and attitudes needed for academic success
- Demonstrate teamwork and leadership in planning and working with others
- Build more effective communication and partnership with the families of the students they teach
Adult MegaSkills for Teachers, build on the same core competencies as its highly acclaimed MegaSkills Programs for students and families, can help restore your staff’s and your students’ faith in themselves and build the kind of teamwork needed to put your school on the path to success. |
