There are two opportunities to become a master trainer for the Florida Assessments for Instruction in Reading. The first option is taking place now. The master trainer PD for participants supporting grades K-5 reading instruction is a four-day training. Day one was held beginning in January, and the remaining three days will take place within April 1 – June 1, 2009. The master training PD for participants supporting grades 6-12 reading instruction is only one day and will take place within April 1 – June 1, 2009. If you have not already arranged for the master trainer PD to take place in your district and you would like to do so, please contact Larry Bedenbaugh, Coordinator of Information Services for FLaRE at (407) 823-4247.

The targeted audience for the master trainer PD includes all district staff and reading coaches interested in becoming a master trainer for the new assessment system. Schools that do not have a reading coach may send a lead teacher to become a master trainer.

Detailed below are the elementary master trainer PD and secondary master trainer PD tracks:

Elementary Master Trainer PD Track

• Day 1 (January-May): Grades K-2 ~ How to Administer the Assessments
• Day 2 (April/May): Grades K-2 ~ Instructional Implications
• Day 3 (April/May): Grades K-2 ~ PMRN
• Day 4 (April/May): Grades 3-5 ~ All components (How to Administer the Assessments, Instructional Implications, and PMRN).

Secondary Master Trainer PD Track

• 1 Day (April/May): Grades 6-12 ~ All components (How to Administer the Assessments, Instructional Implications, and PMRN).

The second opportunity for district staff, reading coaches, and lead teachers to become a master trainer will occur as a part of the Summer Professional Development Academies being delivered in approximately 24 locations across the state.

*Please be advised that these training options are for all districts and schools (Reading First and non-Reading First) choosing to administer the new assessments in fall of 2009.

For grades K-2, teachers will receive grade specific training from a master trainer which will take approximately 2 ½ days to deliver in its entirety and one full day for grades 6-12. However, the entire training does not have to occur in one sitting. We highly encourage master trainers to deliver the training over a period of time.

The following timeframes are in response to the idea of one master trainer at the school level. These are the minimum times needed given budget and time constraints without impacting fidelity of implementation and instruction.

Grades	Delivery Date and Topic	Length of Session
K – 2	Before AP 1	K and 1 = Total = 8 ½ hours 2nd = Total = 6 ½ hours
	How to Administer Assessment * (K and 1st)	6 hours
	How to Administer Assessment * (2nd)	5 hours
	K-2 Data Entry	1 ½ hours
	K-2 Electronic Scoring Tool	1 hour
K – 2	After AP 1	Total = 4 hours
	K-2 Instructional Implications	4 hours
3-5	Before AP 1	Total = 2 ½ hours
	How to Administer Assessment	1 ½ hours
	3-12 Web-Based Assessment Module (WAM)	1 hour
3-5	After AP 1	Total = 3 hours
	3-5 Instructional Implications	3 hours
6-12	Before AP 1	Total = 2 ½ hours
	How to Administer Assessment	1 ½ hours
	3-12 Web-Based Assessment Module (WAM)	1 hour
6-12	After AP 1	Total = 2 ½ hours or 1 hour
	6-12 Instructional Implications (Reading/Intervention Teachers)	2 ½ hours
	6-12 Instructional Implications (Content Area Teachers)	1 hour
* = Grade specific trainings. All others are the range of grades in one training (K-2, 3-5, 6-12).

There will be video footage of live trainings as well as web-based trainings offered in fall.