Raising Attainment in Reading Comprehension: ‘Inference Training’

A course over two half days to equip practitioners to implement a group intervention to raise pupil attainment in inferential comprehension, as well as applying the key intervention principles and strategies in the classroom context.

‘Inference Training’ is a research-based group intervention for KS2 and KS3 pupils with a focus on teaching reading comprehension delivered by teachers or teaching assistants. This intervention programme supports accelerated pupil progress by an average of 12 months progress in comprehension over a period of 10 weeks.

Trainer: Leah Freeman (EY2P Associate)

This course will address:

• Raising attainment in reading for KS2 and KS3 pupils who have age appropriate decoding skills but who are experiencing difficulty acquiring full meaning and enjoyment from their reading
• Key characteristics of reading comprehension
• Explicit identification of individual pupil difficulties in comprehending texts
• How to deliver a structured approach to the teaching of Inference Intervention sessions
• Applying key principles of ‘Inference Training’ Intervention to quality first teaching in the classroom context
• How to evaluate impact on data and effectiveness on pupil attainment and progress

Target audience: English Subject Leaders, SENCOs, KS2 and KS3 Teachers and TAs (It is recommended a teacher accompanies TA delegates to ensure maximum impact on pupil attainment)

Contact: Hayley Wynne – hayley@ey2p.org OR 07935 352639

Cost:

• 1 teacher delegate: £185 + VAT
• 2 delegate places: i.e. 1 teacher and 1 TA: £280 + VAT
• 3 delegate places: i.e. 1 teacher and 2 TAs: £360 + VAT

N.B. Price includes 1 resource file per school. If additional files are required, please contact info@ey2p.org