How does STEPS Support work?

The Sequential Teaching of Explicit Phonics and Spelling, or STEPS, began as a way to help teachers learn how to teach children to read using explicit phonics. At first, we taught teachers face to face in workshops and in traditional graduate classes. The biggest problem has always been how to provide teachers support, answer their questions, and provide modeling exactly when they need it. As anyone who has ever sat through training knows, you can only absorb so much in those boring professional development seminars! When you really need help is when you're standing in front of your class with that flippin' manual in your hand!
We also began working closely with parents. Some had children in our tutoring classes. Some were parents of homeschooled children looking for help in being their child's primary reading teacher. Still others had children in STEPS classes in public or private schools and wanted to be better able to support their kid's learning.
We began to work toward building a training class that could be at the beck and call of a parent or a teacher whenever she needed it. Online training has been the answer! We've designed several classes that help you learn to use STEPS as you teach. Each one is subscription based. You get 24/7 access to your classes and are just a click away from contacting others in your class or us as you work through the class. For a free 2 day trial, try Just Games. To see more, browse STEPS Support.