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Classroom Teachers K-2

Reading Fluency: So Much More than Reading Fast!

November 13, 2025

In this fast-paced workshop, you’ll explore the key dimensions of reading fluency and learn how to assess and teach for automaticity and expression across whole-group, small-group, and individual instruction.

Guided Reading: Differentiating Literacy Instruction, Grades K-8

November 10, 2025

In this 8-week online course, you’ll explore a variety of ways to coach teachers and foster their independence, reflection and analysis of literacy teaching and learning.

Leveled Literacy Intervention in Grades K-2 – Fall 2025

June 17, 2025

Join us for a 6-day institute and learn how to deliver a structured, systematic small-group intervention with proven results in grades K–2.

Upcoming Professional Development

June 4, 2026

Energizing Student Writing Through Vision, Purpose, and Voice (Complimentary Webinar)

Do your students’ writing pieces often look similar or lack variety in structure and organization? In this complimentary 45-minute webinar, we will explore the importance of supporting students during the planning process so they can clearly communicate their message and make purposeful decisions about their writing.

Complimentary Webinar
July 13 – September 6, 2026 (Summer Term II)

Effective Reading Instruction: Community & Practice, K-8

This 8-week, online course will teach the rationales and organizational components of classroom reading instruction. You will examine effective instructional practices and strategies to strengthen reading development for a wide range of readers, including multilingual learners.

$2,730 ($875/credit + $35/credit comprehensive fee) + required texts
July 13-16, 2026

Building Deep Thinkers Through Reading: Engaging Students in Robust Comprehension

Let’s teach readers to think deeply. Join us to explore robust comprehension as an active, layered, and dynamic process to synthesize ideas, make inferences, and critique texts – not just recall facts.

$895 (includes professional text)

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