Improve Literacy Outcomes with Professional Learning
Discover all of the ways we can support your literacy goals by exploring our customized professional development, long-term partnership approaches, and our university-based institutes, workshops, courses, and webinars.
Customized Professional Learning at Your School
Let us come to you for school-based PD!
We design tailor-made professional learning built in partnership with you to meet your school’s unique goals. Our sessions offer personalized, hands-on learning that honors your teachers’ professionalism and equips them with research-based strategies they can put into practice immediately—starting the very next day. Bring research-aligned professional development to your school.
“It was an amazing week having the trainer with us! Thank you so much for your hard work and the great conversations you had with the teachers. I am so excited; I feel that the teachers have a clear direction and are energized to dig in!”
– Lisa F., Principal, NY
Systemic Literacy Improvement Models
Evidence-based. Trademarked approaches. Long-term partnerships with Lesley University.
Literacy Collaborative: Next Generation Strengthen your adult learning culture and strengthen student outcomes through this job-embedded professional learning and coaching systemic improvement model.
Reading Recovery® This research-proven, short-term literacy intervention is for first-grade students who need additional support to learn to read and write.
Literacy Lessons™ This intervention is designed to reach young children (grades 1 – 4) in special education or for multilingual learners who are struggling with beginning reading and writing.
Institutes, Workshops, and Webinars
Evidence-based Professional Learning for PreK – 8 Educators
Discover university-based professional learning designed to meet your needs and match your interests—whether you’re a principal, classroom teacher, literacy specialist, interventionist, or coach.
Our broad range of institutes, workshops, and webinars covers timely, research-based topics that support strong instructional practice and address the five essential components of reading including phonemic awareness, phonics, vocabulary, comprehension, and fluency. You’ll learn alongside university trainers and educators from across the country who are dedicated to bringing evidence-based approaches to life in classrooms and schools.
Why Work With Us
- University-based
- 35+ years of innovative, evidence-based work in literacy
- Highly knowledgeable trainers who have worked in a wide-variety of school-settings and in a variety of roles
- Grounded in research