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Oxton House is pleased to sponsor professional development workshops by its highly qualified authors. Our current offerings are listed below. Watch this site for future additions to our workshop list.

Teach Math thru Its History

Topics in Arithmetic & Pre-Algebra

by William Berlinghoff, Ph.D.

Dr. William Berlinghoff has been teaching and writing math text materials for more than 40 years. He is author or co-author of 5 college textbooks, including The Mathematics of the Elementary Grades and the award-winning Math through the Ages, and he was Senior Writer for MATH Connections, an NSF-sponsored secondary core curriculum .

In this full-day workshop, Dr. Berlinghoff guides you through
a series of history-based activities that you can use with your students to strengthen their number sense and understanding
of whole numbers, negatives, and fractions.

Learn first-hand from this award-winning author
and curriculum developer!

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Dr. Phyllis Fischer, the author of Concept Phonics™, holds a Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from the University of Minnesota. She has more than 35 years of experience in research, teaching, and clinical practice in Learning Disabilities and related reading problems.

In this full-day workshop, Dr. Fischer shows you how to use
her materials and techniques to develop decoding automaticity
in beginning or struggling readers.

Learn first-hand from this successful pioneer
in decoding automaticity!

Make Decoding Automatic!

by Phyllis E. Fischer, Ph.D.

Some participant comments:

“Dr. Fischer is an outstanding teacher who has a wonderfully pragmatic, conceptual approach to very linguistically complex material.”

“Very good introduction and progression to the workshop. Examples at each stage were very well directed.”

From recent workshops:

―“I am very excited to use these [materials] in the classroom. The info correlates with the standards I teach and are the areas my students struggle with.” (8th grade teacher)

― “I love the materials. The activities are well constructed and ready to use with kids.” (7th grade teacher)

― “The presenter was really good at explaining things.” (6th grade teacher)

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Dr. Phyllis Fischer, the author of Nimble Numeracy and Speed Drills for Arithmetic Facts, holds a Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from the University of Minnesota and has more than 35 years of experience in research, teaching, and clinical practice.

This full-day workshop focuses on two areas of early mathematics that are often troublesome for students with learning difficulties:

-- representing numbers in base ten orally and in writing, and

--becoming automatic at basic addition/subtraction and multiplication/division facts.

Nimble Numeracy

Making Counting & Basic Arithmetic Automatic

by Phyllis E. Fischer, Ph.D.

Another participant comment:

“Phyllis Fischer is a knowledgeable, delightful speaker and presenter.”

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Teach Decoding Fast!

by Phyllis E. Fischer, Ph.D.

Dr. Phyllis Fischer, the author of Concept Phonics™, holds a Ph.D. in Educational Psychology and has more than 35 years of experience in research, teaching, and clinical practice in helping people to read.

This two-day interactive workshop is designed for K–2 mainstream classroom teachers, Title I teachers, reading specialists, and special education teachers. No prior experience with teaching phonics is necessary.

In this workshop, you will learn the orthographic and phonological structures of one- and two-syllable English words. You will practice the activities needed for teaching children how to decode these words effectively and fast. The Concept Phonics model is the key for getting children automatic on these decoding skills so quickly that the majority of class time can be spent on contextual reading activities.

From recent workshops:

“The information can be easily applied. I think it will really benefit my students.”

“I have been trained in Orton and Wilson and love what I saw today for struggling readers!!”

“I liked the fact that this really did present different ways to teach phonics.”