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District and School Leaders
Effective Literacy Coaching
In this 10-day training designed for literacy coaches, instructional leaders, teacher leaders, and administrators, learn how to better understand your role and how to coach teachers at your school.
Leading for Literacy
In this 4-day training for school principals and administrators, learn how to support literacy teaching in grades K–6.
Intervening for Success: Getting Results with the Lowest Achieving First Graders
Learn more about leveraging state, federal, and local dollars for effective intervention to improve schools, communities, and the lives of children.
Introduction to Fountas & Pinnell Classroom™
This 2-day training introduces a system for teaching students that creates authentic experiences in reading, thinking, talking, writing, and reflecting.
Leading for Literacy: Part Two
In this 2-day intensive seminar, build on your previous work from the 4-day Leading for Literacy seminar (School Leaders Seminar) with central office and school-based educators.
Kids, Books & Anti-Racism Series: 2022 Summer Literacy Institute
Register for this four-day Summer Literacy Institute, featuring Liz Kleinrock!
Kids, Books & Anti-Racism Series: Gholdy Muhammad
Join us for a one-day workshop with Gholdy Muhammad.
Kids, Books & Anti-Racism Series: Chris Hass
Join us for the first event in our Kids, Books, and Anti-Racism series.
Kids, Books & Anti-Racism Series 2022
This series is designed to deepen your understanding of how to cultivate anti-bias and anti-racist practices in classrooms and schools.
On-Demand Sessions: 32nd Annual Literacy for All Conference
Access 80 on-demand conference sessions from nationally renowned literacy and Reading Recovery experts.
Upcoming Professional Development
Every Conversation Counts: Building Oral Language for Literacy
Build your capacity to intentionally foster children’s oral language development throughout the day. You’ll leave prepared to enrich children’s vocabulary, expand their thinking, facilitate authentic conversations, and create a language-rich classroom that strengthens early literacy outcomes.
Thinking Beyond the Page: Developing Deep Comprehension
Comprehension is the heart of reading—and it goes far beyond understanding the words on the page. Join us to learn practical ways to help students move from surface-level understanding to deeper analysis, meaningful reflection, and critical thinking about what they read.
Playful Pathways to Print: Learning About Language, Letters, Sounds and Words
Explore how to turn young children’s love for playing with the sounds of language into meaningful literacy learning during this one-day workshop.