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Teacher Training & Consulting
Pathway to Certified Academic Language Therapist (CALT) & K-1 Build Training for Certified Teachers
Dyslexia Therapy Solutions
Meet the Instructor
Meet the Instructor
Meet the Instructor
With 20 years experience teaching, Kristi Moncrief has dedicated her career to high quality teacher training in the classroom and values the difference this training makes in the lives of her students and their families. Kristi began her Certified Academic Language Therapy journey in 2015 under the direction of Nancy Coffman, and for the
With 20 years experience teaching, Kristi Moncrief has dedicated her career to high quality teacher training in the classroom and values the difference this training makes in the lives of her students and their families. Kristi began her Certified Academic Language Therapy journey in 2015 under the direction of Nancy Coffman, and for the past 10 years she has provided direct intervention services to students ages 7 through 14. She has mentored teachers in CALT training. Currently she is providing training to 21 teachers from Mountain Brook, Vestavia, Homewood, Trussville, and Alabaster schools. Kristi has her Master's degree in Teaching and Learning with a specialization in reading, is a National Board Certified Teacher, and has completed LETRs training and earned a LETRs certificate.
What is offered
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This two year course is designed to prepare trainees to become an ALTA Certified Academic Language Therapist with use of the Multisensory Structured Language Education curriculum, Take Flight, A Comprehensive Intervention for Students with Dyslexia written by the staff of the Luke Waites Center for Dyslexia and Learning Disorders of the
This two year course is designed to prepare trainees to become an ALTA Certified Academic Language Therapist with use of the Multisensory Structured Language Education curriculum, Take Flight, A Comprehensive Intervention for Students with Dyslexia written by the staff of the Luke Waites Center for Dyslexia and Learning Disorders of the Scottish Rite for Children.
Trainees will receive over 200 instructional hours and support through direct feedback as part of the 700 hours of clinical practice.
Participants will be screened based on the credentialing organization, The Academic Language Therapy Association (ALTA) and must adhere to the course requirements including the completion and passing scores on the coursework, at least 10 demonstration lessons, and documentation of 700 clinical practice hours in order to sit for the CALT exam.
Build Training is a one day training offered to districts to certify their teachers in implementing the K-1 reading intervention.
The Methodology
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The Methodology
Strategies taught will be multisensory, direct, explicit, sequential, systematic, cumulative, simultaneous and analytic in order to meet the needs of each child. Take Flight contains the five components of effective reading instruction: Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, Vocabulary, Fluency, and Reading Comprehension supported by the National R
Strategies taught will be multisensory, direct, explicit, sequential, systematic, cumulative, simultaneous and analytic in order to meet the needs of each child. Take Flight contains the five components of effective reading instruction: Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, Vocabulary, Fluency, and Reading Comprehension supported by the National Reading Panel.
Other coursework includes article reviews, chapter reviews, book reports, pre and post exams, and a final project. Training materials include the instructor materials developed by the staff at Scottish Rite for Children.
