TOSS ALI Training Event – Featuring Dr. Gene Kerns, Renaissance
TN Focus Skills
"Understanding Focus Skills: The Game-Changer for Instructional Planning"
A 2-Part Webinar Series on Monday, July 27 and Wednesday, July 29
12:00 pm – 1:30 pm CT
**MUST ATTEND BOTH SESSIONS TO RECEIVE TASL CREDIT (APPROVAL PENDING)**
In recent dialogues about educational equity and the “COVID Slide,” many experts recommend concentrating on the “most critical skills” for each grade. But few provide definitive guidance on how to identify these skills.
Pioneering content development work by Renaissance has identified Focus Skills—the reading and math skills that lay the foundation for future learning and are the most important for a given grade level, making them essential and non-negotiable. Attend this webinar to learn how you can access K–12 Focus Skills for free, as well as how to use them to close performance gaps in the 2020-2021 school year. You’ll also explore:
How Renaissance identifies Focus Skills
How Focus Skills relate to Tennessee state standards
What Focus Skills tell us about reversing COVID-related learning loss
How Focus Skills can help you target and prioritize instruction in 2020–2021 and beyond
This webinar will be of interest to K-12 school and district leaders, assessment directors, curriculum directors, reading directors, math directors, and principals.
Speaker: Dr. Gene Kerns – Vice President and Chief Academic Officer, Renaissance BIO
There will be time for Q&A at the end of the session.
***TASL Approved***