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Shared Leadership for School Improvement

March 28, 2025

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.

4 Days, 4 Ways to Impact Every Reader

March 28, 2025

Join us for a 4-day institute where you’ll examine practical, evidence-based ways to build content knowledge, teach for transfer, select texts intentionally, and foster meaningful discourse—enhancing literacy instruction for every reader using any curriculum or program.

The Science of Literacy Interventions

March 28, 2025

Successful literacy interventions don’t exist in a vacuum. Getting the most out of evidence-based interventions requires the coordinated, thoughtful, and responsive work of every educator in the building. Join us to learn more about evidence-based interventions in literacy and how teachers, specialists, and school leaders can work together to make literacy interventions successful.

Spelling: So Much More Than Memorization

March 13, 2025

No more test on Friday, misspell on Monday. During this 1-day workshop, you will learn about the multifaceted, frequently misunderstood concept of spelling and how you can teach for strong spelling skills.

Thinking Beyond the Page: Strategies for Developing Deep Comprehension

March 13, 2025

Comprehension is a complex process and the ultimate goal of reading. Join us to learn practical strategies to support your students to go from surface-level comprehension to deep, critical thinking about what they read.

Tutoring That Works! (Complimentary Awareness Session)

March 11, 2025

What does it take to make literacy intervention effective? Join us for a complimentary webinar to explore the characteristics of effective tutoring interventions and learn what your school or district can do to ensure lasting impacts for readers who need support.

The New Benchmark Assessment System 2.0 (System 2, Levels K-Z)

March 10, 2025

In this two-day institute learn how to use BAS 2.0 to pinpoint students’ reading behaviors and instructional needs with word-solving, fluency, and comprehension.

Engaging Vocabulary Instruction That Works for Grades 3-8 (Complimentary Webinar)

March 10, 2025

Join us for this 60-minute complimentary webinar filled with practical ways to make vocabulary learning fun, deepen word understanding, and empower students to use new words with confidence.

Phonological Awareness: What Is It and Why Is It Important? (Complimentary Webinar)

January 30, 2025

This hour-long complimentary webinar will clarify what phonological awareness is and how it is essential to children’s reading and writing development.

Elevating Literacy Expertise Through Coaching

November 15, 2024

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.

Upcoming Professional Development

January 13, February 9, March 19, April 15, 2026

Reaching All Learners Speaker Series 2026

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.

Price Varies (see below)
January 14-15, 2026

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

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

$595
January 14-15, 2026

The New Benchmark Assessment System 2.0 (System 2, Levels K-Z)

In this two-day workshop learn how to use BAS 2.0 to pinpoint students’ reading behaviors and instructional needs with word-solving, fluency, and comprehension.

$595

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