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Elisa Brente-Fair holds an MA in Education from La Salle University. She has
worked in the Education ?eld for the past 23 years. Her knowledge of the
classroom structure and her unique ability to work with and train teachers has
earned her the respect of school districts across the country. Elisa's passion for
building a successful curriculum for Second Language Learners and Literacy
has resulted in her creating several teacher handbooks including: Using
Literature Circles and Readers' Workshop to Enhance Comprehension,
Differentiating Teaching Strategies to Strengthen the Literacy Skills,
Accelerating the Success of Your Struggling Readers: Tier 1 Intervention
Strategies and Content Comprehension of Your ESL Students, High Impact
Strategies for Struggling Readers and a written Comprehension: a Professional
Development Module. Elisa is currently a National Educational Consultant and
facilitates workshops in the areas of Literacy and Second Language Learners
helping teachers implement strategies in their classroom. She is known for her
ability to model in classrooms the strategies she is helping the teachers
implement. Her training's are aligned with the latest research that de?nes
professional development as on-going long term support to enhance teacher
growth that will lead to student achievement. Elisa has initiated and
implemented many successful programs to improve the quality of classroom
instruction, such as an Early Reading Intervention Program, Multiage Education
model and a curriculum that integrates Science and Social Studies into a
Comprehensive Literacy Program. As a result, she has been able to contribute
to the adaptation of curriculum for statewide standards. She has guided school
districts in the writing of their literacy frameworks.
- Building a Comprehensive Literacy Program
- High Impact Intervention Strategies for Struggling Readers
- Building Vocabulary
- Comprehension Strategies
- Making Instruction Effective for English Language Learners
- Small Group Instruction
- Literature Circles/Book Clubs
- Readers Workshop
- Writers Workshop
- Differentiated Instruction
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