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Overview  

Onsite, web-based, and self-paced training and professional development options are available to meet the learning needs of your school or district. If you are interested in scheduling a training, contact us or your account manager.

 

Training options

Onsite

With aimswebPlus onsite training, our experts come to you. Choose from basic or comprehensive workshops covering setup, advanced measurement, and more.

Web-based

Experience interactive aimswebPlus training right from your computer. Our online training can get your school up and running quickly and efficiently.

Self-paced

For aimswebPlus training that works around your busy schedule, our Self-Paced Academy offerings put everything you need to know at your fingertips.

Getting Started with Benchmarking and Progress Monitoring

Price: $3,500
Who: Teachers, Instructional Coaches, School Psychologists, School Leaders
When: Prior to benchmark testing
Capacity: Up to 30 participants

This onsite training is one of our most popular workshops. You will learn the essentials of using aimswebPlus for benchmark screening and progress monitoring, and access the keys to efficient navigation within your accounts. Be ready to learn all of the steps needed for data collection as well as how to access your benchmark and progress monitoring reports. This training will also show you how to utilize your data to make informed decisions for groups and individual students.

Learning objectives:

  1. Gain a clear understanding of what aimswebPlus benchmark screening and progress monitoring are and what they can do to support positive outcomes within your classroom.
  2. Utilize benchmark data to determine students at risk of missing targets.
  3. Fluently navigate within the aimswebPlus account at the class, group, and student levels.
  4. Examine how to collect benchmark screening and progress monitoring data with online assessments and digital record forms.
  5. Gain a basic understanding of progress monitoring reports and how to interpret them.
  6. Recognize where to find free training resources and support.

Expanded Getting Started with Benchmarking and Progress Monitoring

Price: $6,000
Who: Teachers, Instructional Coaches, School Psychologists, School Leaders
When: Prior to benchmark testing
Capacity: Up to 30 participants

This consecutive two-day onsite training is an expanded version of our Getting Started with Benchmarking and Progress Monitoring training. This enhanced approach slows down the training to allow more hands-on learning that helps ensure you are ready to move forward. You will learn the essentials of using aimswebPlus for benchmark screening and progress monitoring, and will access the keys to efficient navigation within your accounts. Be ready to learn all of the steps needed for data collection, as well as how to access your benchmark and progress monitoring reports. This training will also show you how to begin utilizing your data to make informed decisions for groups and individual students.

Learning objectives:

  1. Gain a clear understanding of what aimswebPlus benchmark screening and progress monitoring are and what they can do to support positive outcomes within your classroom.
  2. Learn how to administer and score the measures with fidelity to get valid results.
  3. Utilize benchmark data to determine students at risk of missing targets.
  4. Fluently navigate within the aimswebPlus account at the class, group, and student levels.
  5. Examine how to collect benchmark screening and progress monitoring data with online assessments and digital record forms.
  6. Gain a basic understanding of progress monitoring reports and how to interpret them.
  7. Recognize where to find free training resources and support.

Using Benchmark and Progress Monitoring Data

Price: $3,500
Who: Teachers, Instructional Coaches, School Psychologists, School Leaders, and any additional personnel who need to use aimswebPlus data and reports
When: Immediately following benchmark testing
Capacity: Up to 30 participants

This is an excellent follow-up session to the Getting Started with Benchmarking and Progress Monitoring workshop. Put your data to work for you! Through hands-on experiences, learn key guidelines and tips for interpreting data and viewing reports at the student, classroom, school, district, and national levels. See how to use data to facilitate improved educational outcomes for students. During this session, local benchmark and progress monitoring data can be reviewed, if available, within your organization.

Learning objectives:

  1. Reflect on the purpose of benchmark screening and progress monitoring, as well as the key principles of data analysis and utilization within your school system.
  2. Access key group benchmark reports and distinguish what reports can predict in regard to future outcomes and/or how each can drive timely, standards-based instructional choices.
  3. Practice using benchmark data for program evaluation, as well as individual student support and instruction development.
  4. Investigate the key questions to ask when conducting progress monitoring data analysis.
  5. Analyze examples and practice proficiency in interpreting progress monitoring data to make sound choices for individual students.

Progress Monitoring Essentials and Using Data and Goal Setting

Price: $3,500
Who: Teachers, Instructional Coaches, School Psychologists, School Leaders, and any additional personnel who will be working with aimswebPlus
When: Prior to progress monitoring students
Capacity: Up to 30 participants

This workshop is designed for schools that will only use aimswebPlus for progress monitoring and goals setting. You will learn how to set appropriate progress monitoring goals, collect accurate baseline data, and describe interventions. Be ready to learn all of the steps needed for data collection, as well as how to access your progress monitoring reports. Through hands-on experiences, learn key guidelines and tips for interpreting progress-monitoring data. Local progress monitoring data can be reviewed, if available, within your organization.

Learning objectives:

  1. Gain a clear understanding of what aimswebPlus progress monitoring is and what it can do to support positive outcomes within your classroom.
  2. Fluently navigate within the aimswebPlus account to be able to set up monitoring schedules, set goals, and view data.
  3. Examine how to collect progress monitoring data with online assessments and digital record forms.
  4. Investigate the key questions to ask when conducting progress monitoring data analysis.
  5. Analyze examples and practice proficiency in interpreting progress monitoring data to make sound choices for individual students.
  6. Recognize where to find free training resources and support.

Comprehensive Train-the-Trainer

Price: $7,500
Who: Teachers, Instructional Coaches, School Psychologists, School Leaders, and any additional personnel who will be training school/district resources to use aimswebPlus
When: Prior to benchmark testing
Capacity: Up to 30 participants
Included supplemental resources with package.

This consecutive two-day onsite training is designated for participants who will be training aimswebPlus users within their own district/organization. Participants will learn how to navigate the aimswebPlus platform, begin using it for benchmark testing, interpret reports, and progress monitor students. This training will include best practices for using your training accounts and a recommended training schedule.

To stay updated, participants will have access to Pearson’s Online Learning Academy Train-the-Trainer 12-month subscription. This includes training materials, monthly trainer webinars, recommended training plans, PDF handouts, and other training resources. In addition, a training account will be provided for use within the district/organization.

Day 1 learning objectives:

  1. Gain a comprehensive understanding of what aimswebPlus is and what it provides to improve student academic success.
  2. Learn about the many tasks that managers perform within an account. Explore what responsibilities managers typically have.
  3. Explore the learning resources and training materials available to you related to management and benchmark screening.
  4. Learn about the best practices with benchmark screening. Understand all steps for preparation of screening.
  5. Acquire a detailed understanding of the benchmark screening process through practice within an account.

Day 2 learning objectives:

  1. Access, view, and interpret the reports that are available from benchmark screening.
  2. Learn best practices with survey level assessments and progress monitoring. Refine skills through practice within an account.
  3. Explore supplemental learning resources and training materials related to progress monitoring.
  4. Learn how to use the training account during your own trainings.
  5. Investigate steps to a successful aimswebPlus trainings and implementation.

Basic Train-the-Trainer Onsite Workshop

Price: $5,000
Who: Teachers, Instructional Coaches, School Psychologists, School Leaders, and any additional personnel who will be training school/district resources to use aimswebPlus
When: Prior to benchmark testing
Capacity: Up to 30 participants
Included supplemental resources with package.

This one-day onsite training is designated for participants who will be training aimswebPlus users within their own district/organization. Participants will learn the necessary components to train their local aimswebPlus users.

To stay updated, participants will have access to Pearson’s Online Learning Academy Train-the-Trainer 12-month subscription. This includes training materials, monthly trainer webinars, recommended training plans, PDF handouts, and other training resources. In addition, a training account will be provided for use within the district/organization.

Learning objectives:

  1. Gain a basic understanding of aimswebPlus.
  2. Learn about the main tasks that managers perform within an account.
  3. Acquire knowledge of the benchmark screening process through practice within an account.
  4. Introduce survey level assessment and progress monitoring in an account.
  5. Explore learning resources and training materials available to you.
  6. Learn how to use the training account during your own trainings.

Getting Started with Benchmarking

Price: $1,500
Who: Teachers, Instructional Coaches, School Psychologists, School Leaders, and any additional personnel who will be using aimswebPlus for benchmark purposes
When: Prior to benchmark testing
Duration: 3-hour training with 1-hour follow-up consultation
Capacity: Up to 15 participants

In this web-based training, participants will learn the essentials of using aimswebPlus for benchmarking and how to make informed decisions for groups and individual students. This training begins with how to navigate within the platform and how to benchmark students. Participants will also learn the basics for accessing reports and utilizing benchmark screening data.

Learning objectives:

  1. Gain a clear understanding of what aimswebPlus benchmarking is and what it can do to support positive outcomes within your classroom.
  2. Recognize and gain a basic understanding of the aimswebPlus assessment model and measures.
  3. Fluently navigate within the aimswebPlus account at the class, group, and student levels with a focus on benchmark functions, data collection, and reports.

aimswebPlus Getting Started with Progress Monitoring

Price: $1500
Who: Teachers, Instructional Coaches, School Psychologists, School Leaders, and any additional personnel who will be using aimswebPlus for progress monitoring
When: Immediately following benchmark testing
Duration: 3-hour training with 1-hour follow-up consultation
Capacity: Up to 15 participants

In this web-based training, you will learn the essentials of using aimswebPlus for progress monitoring. This webinar is an excellent follow up to our Getting Started with Benchmarking webinar. Participants will learn how to access key progress monitoring reports and begin using this data to make informed decisions for groups and individual students.

Learning objectives:

  1. Gain a clear understanding of what aimswebPlus progress monitoring is and what it can do to support positive outcomes within your classroom.
  2. Fluently navigate within the aimswebPlus account at the class, group, and student levels with a focus on progress monitor schedule setup, goal setting, data collection, and access to reports.
  3. Gain a basic understanding of progress monitoring report interpretation and data-based decision making.

Transitioning to aimswebPlus from aimsweb 1.0 or 2.0

Price: $1,500
Who: Teachers, Instructional Coaches, School Psychologists, School Leaders and any additional personnel who will be using aimswebPlus for progress monitoring.
When: Prior to benchmark testing
Duration: 3-hour training with 1-hour follow-up consultation
Capacity: Up to 15 participants

This web-based training is for current aimsweb 1.0 or 2.0 users who are already experienced with the best practices of using aimsweb. It is assumed that participants have had previous training in the use of a formative evaluation system and have been utilizing the previous aimsweb version for at least a year. This training will cover differences and similarities of aimsweb and aimswebPlus software and reporting. Participants will gain a basic knowledge of how to navigate in the aimswebPlus platform and get started using aimswebPlus for benchmarking and progress monitoring.

Learning objectives:

  1. Learn to navigate benchmark functions in the software.
  2. Learn to navigate progress monitoring functions in the software. 
  3. Explore helpful materials and resources.

Getting Started for Managers/Leaders

Price: $600
Who: District Administrators, School Principals, School Leaders, School Technology Leaders
When: Prior to benchmark testing
Duration: 2-hour training
Capacity: Up to 15 participants

This web-based training will guide aimswebPlus account managers and school leaders in the implementation of aimsweb within your district and school systems. Participants will learn how aimswebPlus can work for their school, what technology is needed to support the use of aimswebPlus, and account setup with either imports and manual entries. This training will also cover tips for a successful implementation, best practices for supporting teachers, and where to get support.

Learning objectives:

  1. Gain a clear understanding of what aimswebPlus is and what it can do to support positive outcomes within your school system.
  2. Learn aimswebPlus account management, account setup, and keys to successful implementation.
  3. Observe the basics of test administration and report access.

Web-based Consultation

Price: $300 per hour
Who: aimswebPlus users who have already completed an aimswebPlus training session
When: As needed
Duration: 1 hour
Capacity: 15 participants

This web-based consultation is for current users of aimswebPlus who have already received training. A certified aimswebPlus trainer will cover topics specific to your school’s needs. Topics can include but are not limited to: benchmarking and progress monitoring, using your data to make informed decisions for individuals or groups of students. Other topics can include the steps needed for data collection, as well as how to access benchmark and progress monitoring reports.

Shaywitz DyslexiaScreen on aimswebPlus Training

Price: $300
Who: Teachers, Instructional Coaches, School Psychologists, School Leaders, and any additional personnel who will be using the Shaywitz DyslexiaScreen on aimswebPlus
When: Prior to dyslexia screening
Duration: 1 hour

Ethical and accurate use of clinical assessment content is critical for professionals of all education disciplines. The Shaywitz DyslexiaScreen is a clinical screener to identify those at risk for dyslexia. Training will include the science behind screening, the purpose and goals of screening, and appropriate statements about results of a dyslexia screener. This course also includes a step-by-step guide through the use of the Shaywitz DyslexiaScreen within the aimswebPlus system. Participants will receive a certificate of completion following successful completion (80%) of a brief learning assessment at the end of the course.

We now offer three aimswebPlus Learning Academy subscription options! The table provides an at-a-glance view of each option. More detailed descriptions follow. Enrollees can earn a Certificate of Completion upon finishing the course.

Option

$199
3-month access

$395
12-month access

$595
Train the Trainer 12-month access

Lesson 1: Overview
Lesson 2: The Measures
Lesson 3: Benchmarking
Lesson 4: Progress Monitoring
Lesson 5: Account Management

 X X X

Direct access to an Online Learning Mentor

 X X X

Quarterly informational webinars

   X X

Office hours offered weekly Aug- Oct and bimonthly Nov-May with the Online Learning Mentor/Certified aimswebPlus Trainer

   X X

Training guides and assistance with planning training sessions (as requested)

     X

Lesson 6: Using Benchmark and Progress Monitoring Data videos and resources

     X

Complete set of Training PowerPoint slide decks for local use (agreement required upon initial login)

     X

Learning Academy (90 Days)

Price: $199 per person (approximately 15 hours of learning)
Who: Teachers, Instructional Coaches, School Psychologists, School Leaders, and any additional personnel who will be working with aimswebPlus
When: Prior to benchmark testing
Duration: 90 days of access

Learn aimswebPlus training in a self-paced, online learning environment with this 90-day subscription. In our Learning Academy, participants will learn the essentials of using aimswebPlus for benchmarking and progress monitoring. This training will cover efficient navigation in the aimswebPlus platform, how to benchmark students, and how to use this data to make informed decisions. Participants will also learn how to access benchmark and progress monitoring reports.

Learning Academy (365 Days)

Price: $395 per person
Who: Teachers, Instructional Coaches, School Psychologists, School Leaders, and any additional personnel who will be working with aimswebPlus
When: Prior to benchmark testing
Duration: 365 days of access

Learn aimswebPlus training in a self-paced, online learning environment with this 365-day subscription. In our Learning Academy, participants will learn the essentials of using aimswebPlus for benchmarking and progress monitoring. This training will cover efficient navigation in the aimswebPlus platform, how to benchmark students, and how to use this data to make informed decisions. Participants will also learn how to access benchmark and progress monitoring reports. This subscription includes access to the quarterly webinars and scheduled office hours with a Certified Online Learning Mentor.

Train-the-Trainer Learning Academy

Price: $595 per person
Who: Teachers, Instructional Coaches, School Psychologists, School Leaders, and any additional personnel who will be training additional resources within the school or district
When: Prior to benchmark testing
Duration: 365 days of access

This self-paced online learning environment has all of the content that is in the Learning Academy, covering the topics of benchmarking, progress monitoring, reports, and using data to make informed decisions for students. This subscription also includes access to a new learning module: using benchmark and progress monitoring data. In addition, participants will have access to all of the training guides and will have assistance with planning the training sessions for their schools. Participants will be provided the most up-to-date training materials needed to begin training teachers in their school or district. Participants will also have access to a suggested training plan to help them with using internal instruction time efficiently. This subscription includes quarterly webinars and planned office hours with a Certified Online Learning Mentor.

Webinars

The Importance of End-of-Year Screening (Shaywitz DyslexiaScreen and aimswebPlus) Webinar (Recording)
Presenter(s): Pearson Assessments US

Discover the power of using aimswebPlus reading benchmark and progress monitoring results alongside a true dyslexia screening tool—the Shaywitz DyslexiaScreen. Integrated within the aimswebPlus system, teachers have two evidence-based measures for supporting students at all reading levels. In this video, viewers will learn about the administration, scoring, and reporting of the Shaywitz DyslexiaScreen on aimswebPlus, featuring the Aggregate Risk Report.

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Dyslexia Screening Tools: A Texas Solution Webinar (Recording)

This webinar provides an overview of the aimswebPlus platform and the Shaywitz DyslexiaScreen assessment and the advantages of using these tools together to help identify students at risk for dyslexia as early as kindergarten.

Recorded: View Recording