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End Strong, Start Smarter: Coaching Through the Year’s Final Stretch (Complimentary Webinar)

April 1, 2026

Join us for this 45-minute webinar and celebrate the accomplishments of your year. Reflect on student and teacher growth. And get a jump start on planning for professional learning in the fall!

Shared Leadership for School Improvement

March 17, 2026

In this 8-week online course for coaches and teacher leaders, you’ll learn how to promote a culture of shared leadership that can energize school teams.

Building Deep Thinkers Through Reading: Engaging Students in Robust Comprehension

March 3, 2026

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.

Power Up Evidence-Based Reading Intervention with LLI

February 19, 2026

Maximize the power of LLI’s structured lessons to deliver evidence-based literacy instruction that accelerates learning for students who need additional support.

Small Group, Differentiated Reading Instruction in Grades K-8

February 19, 2026

In this 5-day institute for teachers and literacy educators, learn how to plan for and teach small group, differentiated reading instruction including focus lessons, guided reading, and book clubs. Meet every reader’s needs using evidence-based reading instruction in grades K-8.

Playful Pathways to Print: Learning about Language, Letters, Sounds and Words

December 18, 2025

Discover new ways to make learning about letters, sounds, and words joy-filled and meaningful for young children!

Reaching All Learners Speaker Series 2026

December 1, 2025

The Reaching All Learners Speaker Series brings you cutting-edge ideas and strategies to make learning engaging, inclusive, and meaningful for every student. These sessions will inspire fresh approaches to teaching and help you create classrooms where all children can thrive as literate, confident learners.

The New Benchmark Assessment System 2.0 (System 1, Levels A-P)

November 13, 2025

Confidently transform reading assessment into meaningful instruction. This two-day workshop will help you learn to use the BAS 2.0 system to pinpoint student strengths and needs as readers, including oral reading behaviors, fluency, comprehension, writing about reading, phonological awareness, and early phonics skills.

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.

Thinking, Talking, and Writing About Texts Grades K-8

November 10, 2025

In this 8-week online course, learn how to support students in thinking deeply about their reading and in expressing their ideas through talk and writing.

Upcoming Professional Development

January 27-29, 2027

Power Up Evidence-Based Reading Intervention with LLI

Maximize the power of LLI’s structured lessons to deliver evidence-based literacy instruction that accelerates learning for students who need additional support.

$695
February 10, 2027

Vocabulary Instruction to Build Knowledge and Deepen Comprehension (Grades 3–8)

Gain practical strategies to teach vocabulary in grades 3-8 that go beyond definitions and support students in using words with purpose, deepening comprehension, and expanding their background knowledge.

$295
November 12-13, 2026

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.

$595 (includes professional text)

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