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Denver, CO
BJ STONE is Principal Consultant at McREL, works nationally and internationally with school districts and educational agencies. She facilitates learning sessions with teachers, principals, district administrators and leadership teams in the areas of Balanced Leadership, research-based instructional strategies, vocabulary instruction, curriculum development, and assessment design. Dr. Stone is committed to meeting client needs through the development and delivery of short and long-term contract work related to increasing student achievement through effective professional development, leadership training, and the utilization of research-based strategies that support the use of standards and data-driven decision making.

= Vocabulary Instruction: The Gate Keeper to Student Success =

Students who know and understand academic vocabulary learn faster, remember longer and are able to transfer their learning to other situations. Systematic vocabulary instruction, conducted at a school-wide level, provides opportunities for increased student achievement and student success. This session will provide a deep look at vocabulary instruction through Nonlinguistic Representations, a category of strategies from Classroom Instruction that Works.