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Assessment from Afar: Strategies for Assessing Readers, Writers, and Speakers Remotely
In this 1-hour complimentary webinar, examine authentic ways to assess students’ reading, writing, and speaking strengths and needs in a remote work setting or in a socially-distanced classroom.
Literacy for All Annual Conference
Nationally renowned literacy and Reading Recovery conference for PreK-8 educators.
Engaging Young Readers with Shared Reading: Remotely and Face-to-Face
In this 1-hour complimentary webinar, examine how to use shared reading in grades K-2, whether you are teaching remotely or in the classroom.
Literacy Collaborative Training
Training is held online through a combination of live, interactive sessions and on-demand learning. Participants apply what they learn and receive job-embedded coaching from Lesley University faculty as part of their coursework.
Kids, Books & Anti-Racism Series
This series is designed to confront social injustices that contribute to the race- and poverty-related opportunity gap by promoting access and equity for all children through literacy.
Kids, Books & Anti-Racism Series: Summer Literacy Institute with Kass & Cornelius Minor
Enroll to take an in-depth look at how reading identity intersects with racial, gender, and class identity.
Online Graduate Certificate in Literacy Coaching & Teacher Leadership
A 12-credit online graduate certificate program.
Shared Leadership for School Improvement
In this 8-week online graduate course, learn how to get everyone in their school on the same page about literacy.
Building Capacity through Continuous Professional Learning
In this 8-week online graduate course, learn how to create a healthy culture of professional learning in your school.
Introduction to Fountas & Pinnell Classroom™ for In-Person and Remote Learning
This 2-day training introduces a system for teaching students that creates authentic experiences in reading, thinking, talking, writing, and reflecting.
Upcoming Professional Development
Wondrous Words: Igniting Children’s Passion, Purpose, and Skills for Writing
Join us for this two-day, hands-on workshop where you’ll strengthen your ability to read like a writer and learn how to use mentor texts to help students expand their repertoire of craft moves, grow their identities as writers, and deepen their understanding of writing as a meaningful act.
Word Study: Teaching Phonics, Vocabulary, and Spelling in Grades K-8
In this five-day institute designed for teachers, deepen your understanding of the alphabetic linguistic system and learn how to teach for phonological awareness, phonics, word structure, vocabulary, spelling, and word analysis skills in grades K-8.
From Read-Aloud to Read-Together: Using Dialogic Reading to Grow Young Children’s Language, Vocabulary, and Comprehension
This evidence-based, joy-filled practice strengthens children’s oral language, vocabulary, and comprehension through repeated read-alouds and storytelling. Children become active participants—responding to questions, engaging in meaningful conversation, and helping to retell the story.