TIME Online | Stern Center for Language and Learning

What is TIME for Teachers Online?
To increase reading success for your students, the Stern Center presents TIME for Teachers Online, a professional development program designed for teachers who want to learn more about current research-based reading instruction and strategies for implementation in the classroom. Increase your knowledge of explicit instruction in phonemic awareness, phonics, and fluency. Learn more about how speech maps to print to ensure reading success and enrich literature-based instruction. Empower your students to read at grade level by the end of third grade. With TIME Online, you can learn at your own pace, on your own schedule, in your own space!

TIME Online translates recommendations from the National Reading Panel 2000 Report: Teaching Children to Read; An Evidence-Based Assessment of the Scientific Research Literature on Reading and Its Implication for Reading Instruction (more information about the National Reading Panel research can be found at www.nationalreadingpanel.org).

TIME for Teachers Online includes
       45 hour course completed entirely online
                  Discovery learning activities, e-mail and online discussions
                          Demonstration video clips
                                  Teaching materials to download from your computer
                                           Additional online resources available through Internet links
                                                     The most up-to-date research about teaching methods that result in
                                                                   reading success and enrich literature-based instruction
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What is the TIME Online Curriculum?
Achieving Literacy: Background
           Research on Literacy
           Balanced Literacy Instruction
           The Developmental Course of Becoming a Reader

How the Language Works - Part I: Phonological Awareness
              Phonological Awareness: Development, Assessment and Instruction
              Phonemes
              Stages of Spelling Development

How the Language Works - Part II: Phonemes to Graphemes
             Phoneme/Grapheme Mapping
             Orthographic Patterns and Rules
             Sequence of Instruction

How the Language Works - Part III: Advanced Concepts
           Syllable Types and Syllabication Rules
           Morphemes
           Automaticity and Fluency

Applications to Literacy: Reading and Spelling
           Assessing Spelling
           Planning Spelling Instruction
          Connecting to Literature

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Why take TIME Online?
~Increase the number of students in your classroom reading without special help

~Increase the number of students reading at grade level by the end of third grade

~Incorporate research-based information into your existing curricula and classroom approaches

~Understand the specifics of phonological awareness and the speech to print connection

~Gain a knowledge-based for evaluating reading and spelling programs

~Increase collaboration between classroom teachers and special educators

~Build capacity in reading instruction throughout your school

~Jump start a school-wide literacy plan

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What do other educators have to say about TIME for Teachers?
Before developing this Internet course, Stern Center staff taught TIME for Teachers for six years to "live" audiences. Here is what some of those 2,000 participants had to say about this course:

"I learned more in 5 days than in 2 years of graduate school and 4 years of practice."

"Every teacher should be required to take this course."

"Given the tools and knowledge I have now, being able to teach every child to read seems so much more attainable."

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When is TIME Online offered?
TIME Online will be offered the following dates:
      Semester long course:                      January 13 - March 29, 2003
      Intensive, 9 week course:                June 23 - August 24, 2003
      More Intensive, 6 week course:      June 30 - August 10, 2003

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Course Requirements
For 45 hours of Recertification Credit
        Complete and submit online activities
          Complete 50 pages of additional reading

   For Graduate Credit (Optional)
   Teachers may elect to receive graduate credit through St. Michael’s College. Requirements:
      Complete 350 pages of additional reading
      Complete and submit online activities
      Submit assignments online
      Complete online quizzes

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Minimum Computer Requirements
Regular access to a PC with a Pentium II or equivalent/233 MHz, with 64 MB RAM; Windows 95 or later; Quicktime for Windows 3.0 or later (free download); DirectX compatible sound card with Direct Sound 5.0 driver or later, or equivalent; Internet Explorer 4.01(or higher). To test your system, try downloading the video clip above (you will not experience the lengthy download time as a course participant because we provide all content including video clips on CD). If you can not view the video image above, you may only need free downloadable software to access the course - please contact us if you have problems.

You will also need a printer. Your system compatibility will be verified before the course begins. We will also include instructions for downloading any free software you may need. If you have any questions, give us a call at 800/ 544-4863 (or e-mail us at learning@sterncenter.org) and we will help determine your computer capabilities.

You need to feel comfortable using computers, e-mail and the Internet.

You will need to log into the course at least 4-6 times per week for 1 month summer course and 3-4 times per week for a course offered during the school year. (All courses cover the same material.)

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Cost
Vermont Educators $400 (Development of TIME for Teachers Online has been funded in part, thanks to a grant from the Freeman Foundation which helps to underwrite the cost to Vermont educators.)

Educators outside Vermont $525

Graduate Credit (Optional) Additional $415
Graduate credit is available through St. Michael's College, Colchester, VT. Arrangements may be also made with permission through other universities.

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Scholarships Available for the January, 2003 TIME Online Course
The Freeman Foundation has generously funded full scholarships for rural educators to take TIME for Teachers Online. If you are an educator, administrator, or a teaching assistant with a Bachelor's degree and currently working in a school located more than 20 miles from Burlington or Rutland, you are eligible to take TIME Online at no cost. You are also eligible if you are a graduate student living in a rural area. Click here for the application proceedure.
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Registration for TIME Online
To register for TIME Online, print out the registration form here. Please mail the registration form no later than three weeks before your course is due to begin to:

                                              Stern Center for Language and Learning
                                                             135 Allen Brook Lane
                                                               Williston, VT 05495

If you are paying by purchase order or credit card, you may fax your form to the Stern Center at:
                                                                    (802) 878-0230
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Questions?
Please e-mail Lynne Croto, Professional Development Assistant at educator@sterncenter.org, or call the Stern Center at 802/878-2332 or 800/544-4863.

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