SIPPS: Support for Teachers

Teachers will receive carefully planned professional development. Novice teachers as well as seasoned veterans will find their thinking and experience valued. This support can take the form of hands-on workshops, coaching, and studying lessons.

Workshops

During SIPPS workshops, participants will:

• Reflect on the challenges they face when teaching decoding
• Review program placement assessments and mastery tests
• Examine how SIPPS meets the needs of students
• Learn and practice the routines used to teach decoding skills, sight words, and spelling
• View and discuss videotaped vignettes of classroom implementation

Classroom Support

DSC staff developers can provide one-on-one support for teachers. This support often involves; careful planning of a lesson together, lesson observation, modeling, or co-teaching; and a reflective debrief of the lesson. This model can also be adapted for small groups of teachers, such as grade level groups.

Find Out More

DSC's principles of staff development  |  Professional development request form