Morningside Academy in Seattle, WA (Director: Kent Johnson) has for over two decades been helping struggling students to address skill problems that have kept them from academic success--helps them make phenomenal gains to catch up with their peers and master the skills to keep up.While Morningside Academy also runs on a typical academic calendar, during the summer it offers special programs for both students and those who wish to learn the techniques of the Morningside Model of Generative Instruction.
First, for students ages 6-17:
Morningside Academy's Summer School
July 6th - July 31st 2009
Still has spots left. See their website for information on the program
and for teachers, tutors and graduate students,
Morningside Academy's Summer School Institute
Their website states that they are still currently taking applications for the 19th annual Summer School Institute, July 13th through July 31st, 2009. Some partial information,
Discover The Morningside Model Of Generative Instruction
Attend 1 or 2, or both weeks!
Week 1: July 13-17
Week 2: July 21- 24
Week 3; Graduate Students Only, July 27-31
Topics will range from an overview of the Model of Generative Instruction, Fundamentals of Instruction for Reading, Writing & Math, Practice Strategies using Precision Teaching and developing students ability to generalize and apply what they know in the classroom..."
Browse their website and find out what Morningside Academy does and whether they have the opportunity you've been looking for for your child or yourself.
For further reading:
Johnson, K.R., & Street, E.M. (2004). The Morningside Model of Generative Instruction: What it means to leave no child behind. Concord, MA: Cambridge Center for Behavioral Studies.
Also available at Behavior Research Company and the Cambridge Center for Behavioral Studies.
Johnson, K. R. & Layng, T. V. J. (1992). Breaking the structuralist barrier: Literacy and numeracy with fluency. American Psychologist, 47, 1475–1490.
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Johnson, K. R. & Layng, T. V. J. (1994). The Morningside model of generative instruction. In Gardner, R., Sainato, D. M., Cooper, J. O., Heron, T. E., Heward, W. L., Eshleman, J.W. & Grossi [Eds.]. (1994), Behavior Analysis in Education: Focus on measurably superior instruction (173–197). Belmont, CA: Brooks-Cole.
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