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Professional Development Events

DVFriends is committed to providing high-quality professional development programs for its faculty and staff as well as parents and professionals in our region and nationally. 
 
 
Speakers 2024-25
Register now for the following:

 

April 9, 2025, at 7:00 - 8:30 pm (in person at DV's Paoli Campus)

Andre Bradford
Kintsukuroi: Building with Purposeful Empathy

Andre Bradford, a.k.a. S.C. Says, is an Austin-based slam poet who has been performing slam poetry since 2013. He's toured and featured at venues and universities across the country, and his work has been featured in the Huffington Post, Write About Now, The Edge radio, The Culture Trip, and Blavity. He is a two-time Austin Poetry Slam Champion, the 2022 Texas Grand Slam Champion, and is the author of the poetry collection Golden Brown Skin.

 

REGISTER FOR ANDRE BRADFORD HERE

 
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DVFriends Accredited Orton-Gillingham Summer Teacher Literacy Training 2025

8-days, June 16 - 18, June 23 - 27, 2025
8:30 am - 3:00/4:00 pm
2025 Summer Teacher Training is full. Please complete this form for information about future teacher training opportunities.

 

8-day intensive training for teachers in how to teach reading and writing to students with language-based learning differences. 
  • Each session will consist of a daily quiz, lecture, demonstration lessons, and idea-sharing with an hour set aside for lunch
  • Trainees can expect nightly homework assignments that consist of a reading from Multisensory Teaching of Basic Language Skills and creating a lesson plan based on material covered during that day's lecture.
 
Paid Internship: Summer 2025
June 30 - August 1, 2025, 8:30 am - 12:30 pm (weekdays only; no school on July 4th)
 
 
 
For details and more information, contact Megan Fairchild, Director of Teaching and Learning.
DVFriends Resources/Professional Development for Educators
 
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