Paragon Federal Free Seminars


A Division of Paragon Federal Credit Union in association with The Madison Institute, LLC.

FREE Professional Development
Seminars for Educators!

All seminars presented by
The Madison Institute

Seminars for 2008/09
Include a Wide Range of Relevant Topics:
Differentiated Instruction
Formative Assessment
Instructional Leadership
Reading Fluency & Vocabulary Instruction
Self-evaluation/Supervision Strategies
Meeting AYP
Improving Reading Skills: K-3 and K-8
Effective Leadership
Technology Integration
Reading in the Content Areas: K-12
Action Researchers
Effective Change Agents
Emotional Intelligence
Classroom Management Strategies
Performance Assessment
Performance Assessment in Mathematics
Write to Read Connection
Communicating w/ Parents
Preparing for NJASK
Early Childhood Pre-K through K-3
New Teacher Training
Technology Leadership
Cooperative Learning Strategies
Effective Mathematics Instruction
Instructional Unit Design
All seminars presented by The Madison Institute

Who comes for FREE?
Any and all members of the Paragon Federal Credit Union.

Not a member of Paragon FCU? Not to Worry!
Call now to obtain a membership application and start
attending FREE seminars immediately.
Please contact Jaclyn Marcella at 201-263-2636.

BONUS! Become a Member by June 30, 2008
and we’ll deposit $25 into your “new” Paragon FCU account!

SEMINAR TOPICS INCLUDE	SPRING 2008	FALL 2008	SPRING 2009
SINGLE FULL DAY SEMINARS
A Brain-based Approach to Fluency and Vocabulary Instruction	---	Oct. 27th	Feb. 6th May 20th
A Brain-based Approach to Improving Reading Skills: K-3	May 2nd	Nov. 10th	Apr. 3rd
A Brain-based Approach to Improving Reading Skills: K-8	May 14th	Dec. 3rd	Apr. 15th
Administrators as Change Agents and Instructional Leaders	May 20th	Sep. 25th	Apr. 20th
Classroom Management Strategies for Effective Instruction	May 6th	Oct. 30th	Feb. 9th
Communicating with Parents: Interpersonal Skills that Work	May 8th	Dec. 8th	Apr. 24th
Cooperative Learning Strategies: It Takes Two or More	---	Oct. 28th	Apr. 1st May 22nd
Differentiated Instruction K-12: An Introduction to the Philosophy	May 7th	Dec. 10th	Feb. 11th
Differentiated Instruction K-12: Practical Classroom Applications	May 19th	---	Feb. 2nd Mar. 2nd
Educational Technology Leadership: Planning and Supervising the Use of Technology	---	Dec. 12th	Feb. 4th
Effective Leadership: Team Building, Community and Communication	---	Nov. 12th	Feb. 25th
Effective Leadership: Tools for Success	May 9th	---	Jan. 9th Feb. 27th
Effective Mathematics Instruction: Middle School	---	---	Jan. 21st May 15th
Effective Reading in the Content Areas: K-12	---	Nov. 14th	Mar. 4th
Emotional Intelligence: The Childs Emotional Coach	May 21st	---	Jan. 14th Mar. 6th
Formative Assessment: Using Classroom-based Assessments to Improve Learning	---	Nov. 21st	Mar. 18th
Instructional Unit Design for the 21st Century Classroom	May 16th	Oct. 20th	Mar. 20th
Performance Assessment: Define, Design and Implement	---	Nov. 19th	May 1st
Performance Assessment in Mathematics: Promoting Relevance and Understanding	---	Dec. 5th	Apr. 17th
Preparing for NJASK and Meeting AYP	---	Oct. 14th	TBD
Principal as Instructional Leader	Apr. 29th	---	Jan. 16th May 6th
Self-evaluation and Innovative Supervision Strategies	---	---	Jan. 23rd May 8th
Teachers as Action Researchers	Apr. 25th	---	Jan. 26th May 13th
Utilizing Technology to Increase Student Achievement	May 12th	---	TBD
Write to Read Connection	---	---	Jan. 28th Mar. 27th


Seminar Location All seminars will be held at the PES training center; a modern, professional training facility located at the Paragon Federal Credit Union - 100 Paragon Drive, Montvale, New Jersey. An adjacent atrium cafeteria, along with plentiful local eateries, offers seminar participants with a wide array of food and beverage choices for lunch.		Credits Earned Earn Five (5) PD credit hours per full-day seminar. Participants will receive a certificate upon completion of each seminar.