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The Effective Instructional Coach: Leading Growth, Navigating Challenges

July 8, 2025

This 4-day training is designed for all school-based coaches including instructional coaches and those who support literacy, math, science, social studies and/or technology. You’ll learn how to better understand your role and how to effectively coach teachers at your school.

Register to participate in-person at Lesley University or virtually!

Thinking Beyond the Page: Developing Deep Comprehension

June 17, 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.

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

June 17, 2025

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.

Leveled Literacy Intervention in Grades 3-8 – Fall 2025

June 17, 2025

Learn how to teach small-group, supplementary literacy intervention to accelerate learning for the lowest-achieving students in grades 3-8.

Leveled Literacy Intervention in Grades K-2 – Fall 2025

June 17, 2025

Join us for a 6-day institute and learn how to deliver a structured, systematic small-group intervention with proven results in grades K–2.

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

May 1, 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.

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

May 1, 2025

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.

Guided Reading: Teaching Comprehension, Phonics, Word Study, and Fluency in Grades K-8

May 1, 2025

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.

AI-Powered Literacy: Practical Tools to Plan, Engage, and Inspire

March 28, 2025

This hands-on training will equip you with practical strategies and the confidence to integrate AI tools into lesson planning, boost student engagement, and enhance critical thinking and creativity. Join us and take your literacy teaching to the next level with cutting-edge technology!

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.

Upcoming Professional Development

Registration opens July 23, 2026
Access begins September 1, 2026

Literacy Coaching Network

You Support Teachers. We Support You. A Professional Learning Subscription Service for Literacy Coaches, Reading Specialists, and all educators who lead professional development.

Annual Membership: $350
Quarterly Membership: $100
August 3-6, 2026

The Effective Instructional Coach: Leading Growth, Navigating Challenges

This 4-day training is designed for all school-based coaches including instructional coaches and those who support literacy, math, science, social studies and/or technology. You’ll learn how to better understand your role and how to effectively coach teachers at your school.

$895 (includes professional text)
August 11-13, 2026

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

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