Accomplished and award-winning educator, C. Wilson Anderson Jr., will present a series of dynamic and informative educator workshops at Brehm Preparatory School in February.
Educators, home school teachers, administrators, paraprofessionals and others are invited to attend these workshops, as well as psychologists who want to learn more about reading, curriculum and effective curriculum delivery.
On Wednesday, February 2, C. Wilson Anderson Jr. will present “Teaching the Subject Matter to Students who are Struggling with Reading, Written Expression and Spelling” at Brehm Preparatory School’s Dining Facility from 1pm to 4pm.
This practical, individualized workshop helps teachers modify textbooks, materials and curriculum presentations without watering down curriculum content. Teachers will gain skills to meet the needs of ALL students, especially those hard to reach and teach, and the "fall through the cracks children.” Teachers bring their classroom texts. Appropriate for grades 1-12. This workshop is eligible for graduate level credits through Baker University.
On Saturday, February 5, C. Wilson Anderson Jr. will present “Multisensory Teaching in Reading, Written Expression, Spelling, Arithmetic and Vocabulary” workshop at the Brehm Preparatory School’s Dining Facility from 9am to noon.
Over 90% of the teachers are visual learners, yet their students are one-third tactile-kinesthetic learners, and one-third auditory learners, and one-third of the students learn the way the teachers do! The students can’t change the way they learn best, but teachers can change the way they teach and meet the academic needs of all of their students.
Participants will be lead through a series of multisensory activities and strategies that are appropriate in the regular classroom. Participants will have the opportunity to lead and practice these activities. This is a “hands on” workshop for teachers, parents, paraprofessionals, and other people who want to learn more about meeting the academic needs of students who don’t learn like their teachers did.
Those who attend these workshops at Brehm will be eligible to receive CPDUs from the Illinois State Board of Education. All participants are requested to bring a novel or textbook that is difficult for their students.
The cost of these workshops is $50 for each workshop. Reservations are required as space is limited. Checks may be written to Brehm Preparatory School.
C. Wilson Anderson Jr., MAT, is a fellow of the Orton-Gillingham Academy. He is the president of Education Consultants of the Midwest, Inc. He was a junior and senior high school English and social studies teacher in Minnesota for 28 years. Anderson received a bachelor’s of arts from St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minn., and a master’s in special education from Augustana College in Sioux Falls, SD. He has been honored by the Minnesota Association for Children with Learning Disabilities as a General Educator of the Year, served as the president of the Orton Dyslexia Society (now known as the International Dyslexia Association), worked as a LD Specialist and director of teacher education for the Menninger Clinic Center for Learning Disabilities.
For more information about these workshops, please contact Dalus Kulich, Coordinator of Communications, at 457-0371 ext. 1309 or dkulich@brehm.org.
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