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Overview of STEPS Professional Development Courses and Resource Books
STEPS Professional Development provides teachers, schools, and districts with a range of comprehensive and highly practical professional development courses based on award winning teacher resource books.
Each course is specifically crafted to help participants take on the various roles of a PRESENTER, COACH, LEADER, or USER.
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Mathematics (Grades K-9) |
First Steps in Mathematics
Helping teachers to identify and correct students’ misconceptions about mathematics.
Based on cutting-edge research, First Steps in Mathematics develops and expands teachers’ understanding of mathematics and how children learn mathematics. First Steps in Mathematics enables teachers to successfully diagnose, plan, implement, and evaluate their students’ learning experiences in four strands - Number, Measurement, Space, and Chance and Data. Diagnostic Tasks and Diagnostic Maps within each strand help teachers to identify students’ misconceptions about mathematics. Sample lessons and learning activities provide teachers with practical and simple ideas to support students’ development.
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Elementary Literacy (Grades K-5) |
First Steps Literacy 2nd Edition
Helping teachers address current literacy challenges in reading, writing, and speaking & listening.
First Steps Literacy 2nd Edition builds on the original First Steps by drawing upon contemporary research to help teachers address current literacy challenges. It provides teachers with comprehensive Maps of Development that help them assess and monitor student needs and also provides explicit links to purposeful teaching and learning experiences. First Steps Literacy 2nd Edition includes detailed support material that will enhance learning and help teachers build effective literacy classrooms.
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Secondary Literacy (Grades 6-12) |
STEPS Middle and High School Literacy
Helping students learn subject matter in all content areas through effective reading strategies.
Steps Middle and High School Literacy provides content area teachers with a selection of powerful teaching ideas and tools that help secondary students build a repertoire of reading and learning strategies. Using these strategies students meet the reading demands and learn content in all courses. Steps Middle and High School Literacy also explores the reading process, making it more tangible for content area teachers and their students.
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