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Literacy Coaches and Teacher Leaders
Grow Your Teaching of Writing: Yearlong Support Through Virtual Coaching
Learn how to implement your yearlong writing curriculum by thinking and problem-solving with our faculty trainers and a cohort of teachers across the school year. Get ongoing, yearlong support through biweekly think-tank sessions and virtual coaching tailored to support your teaching of writing.
Small Group Instruction: Teaching Comprehension, Phonics, Word Study, and Fluency in Grades K-8
In this 5-day training for teachers and literacy educators, learn how to plan for and teach intensive small group, differentiated reading instruction that focuses on essential components of evidence-based reading instruction in grades K-8.
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 in all classroom settings.
Word Study: Teaching Phonics, Vocabulary, and Spelling in Grades K-8
In this 5-day course 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.
Introduction to Writing Minilessons Grades 2-6
Provide high quality writing lessons in management, genres and forms, craft, conventions, and writing process.
Not a Minute to Lose: Optimizing Coaching and Professional Learning Opportunities Across the Day
In this 2-day training, learn about a variety of powerful coaching tools and protocols you can use to make the most of the precious professional learning time you have with teachers.
The First 20 Days of Literacy Coaching
Join us for this two-day professional learning for literacy coaches to learn a variety of ways to organize and jump start your coaching in the fall.
Five Everyday Shifts Guaranteed to Improve Literacy Outcomes (One-Hour Webinar With Irene Fountas)
Learn five instructional shifts that you can easily integrate across the day to reach all learners.
Don’t Stop Making Sense: Orchestrating Word-Solving with Meaning (Webinar)
Start your Saturday morning with a 90-minute discussion of how you can support accurate, efficient, and independent reading by helping students use decoding and meaning to monitor their own reading.
Building Knowledge and Literacy Skills All Day Long
Learn how to identify and use the kinds of literacy that are required in science, math, and social studies to help children build deep content knowledge and vocabulary. Develop an understanding of how to reframe your instruction to integrate literacy into the content areas so children acquire disciplinary-specific skills.
Upcoming Professional Development
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.
Linking Assessment to Teaching: Reading, Writing & Word Study
In this 8-week online course, you’ll learn how to gather and analyze evidence from students’ reading, writing, word study, and oral language to make responsive instructional decisions. Discover practical approaches to identifying students’ strengths and needs, then use those insights to design effective literacy instruction that supports every learner.