Heinemann Professional Development offers live on-site and off-site professional learning opportunities to support the Fountas & Pinnell Benchmark Assessment System.

The highly-anticipated Fountas and Pinnell Benchmark Assessment System will be presented by its creators, Irene C. Fountas and Gay Su Pinnell, at this engaging, in-depth two-day institute. Internationally respected authorities on guided reading, comprehension, and reading assessment, Fountas and Pinnell showcase their important new product in a new institute that will:

• show participants how to maximize the effective and efficient use of the system
• examine the thinking behind the creation of the Benchmark Assessment System
• give participants all the tools they need to begin using this powerful system right away.

The Fountas and Pinnell Benchmark Assessment System is the best and most reliable way to determine a student's reading level using the Fountas and Pinnell A–Z text gradient, to plan your teaching, and to document reading progress across the school year. These assessment tools will enable teachers to closely observe and analyze students' reading behavior and to use this information to provide differentiated reading instruction for small groups of students from kindergarten through the middle grades.

Institute participants will learn how to administer, code, and score a reading behavior assessment, as well as to analyze a child's reading performance using the Benchmark Assessment System. Fountas and Pinnell will then show how to use the information to determine specific instructional goals in interactive read-aloud, guided reading, and independent reading.

Pricing
The cost of this institute is $695.00 per person and includes the following:

• Breakfast each day
• Lunch each day
• A certificate of attendance for 1 CEU/10 clock hours.

For more information or to register online, visit pd.heinemann.com.

Maximize your teachers' efficient administration and effective use of the Fountas and Pinnell Benchmark Assessment System.

Designed by authors Irene C. Fountas and Gay Su Pinnell, Benchmark Professional Support is delivered on-site to schools and districts by author-selected and author-trained consultants.

Available for both Benchmark Assessment System 1 (Grades K-2) and Benchmark Assessment System 2 (Grades 3-8), this on-site support introduces participants to the thinking behind Benchmark Assessment System, provides training on how to administer and analyze the assessment, and helps participants understand instructional and grouping implications. Through hands-on experiences and professional conversations, teachers learn how to:

• administer, code and score a reading behavior assessment
• determine independent, instructional and placement levels for readers using the Fountas and Pinnell A-Z text gradient
• analyze a child's reading performance—including reading comprehension, reading rate and word analysis—to assess the reader's current processing system
• assess reading fluency using a six dimension rubric
• discuss the instructional implications for both whole group and differentiated, small-group instruction.

Pricing
Benchmark Professional Support is priced to meet your small- or large-group needs and can accommodate as many as 100 teachers in grade level clusters of K–2 for Benchmark I and 3–8 for Benchmark II.

The price for Benchmark Professional Support starts at $3500 per day for small groups of up to 50 teachers.

Prices include professional support only. Purchase of the Fountas & Pinnell Benchmark Assessment System is required for all participants Benchmark materials can be purchased from your local Heinemann sales representative or directly through Heinemann.

For more information, visit pd.heinemann.com.