DIBELS

Our support staff received training on how to administer the DIBELS reading assessment for our students 1st through 6th grade. We met together and a lady who was retired from our Regional Professional Development Center who used to provide reading workshops came and conducted the training. I was very proud of the paraprofessional's response at the training. Our paraprofessionals are not required to have any college hours but most of them have been working in the classroom for many years. The workshop went well and I believe they learned a great deal about administering the assessment. I think they were nervous about it though. We scheduled the next week for the assessment. For more information about the DIBELS, you can google it and it will provide you with the weblink. We used the DIBELs Next program that was recently developed.