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Making Word Reading Easy Grades 3-8
In this 2-day training, learn how to teach phonics, spelling, and word study across your day that allow intermediate students to learn and apply foundational skills in reading and writing.
How to Make Independent Reading Work in Your Classroom (Webinar)
During this 90-minute webinar, gain insights into creating an environment that fosters a love for reading among your students and explore the opportunities independent reading provides readers in developing their literacy skills.
Not a Minute to Lose: Optimizing Coaching & Professional Learning Opportunities Across the Day
In this 1-day training, learn about powerful coaching tools and protocols you can use to make the most of your time with teachers.
Quick. Inexpensive. Efficient. Using Oral Reading to Guide Teaching (Webinar)
Spend 90 minutes of your Saturday morning with Cindy Downend and Wendy Vaulton and learn the five essential questions to deepen your analysis of oral reading.
Kids, Books, and Anti-Racism Series: Vivian Vasquez
Join us for the third event in our 2024 Kids, Books, and Anti-Racism series!
Kids, Books, and Anti-Racism Series: Jennifer Orr
Join us for the second event in our 2024 Kids, Books, and Anti-Racism series! Register for the series or individual sessions.
Kids, Books, and Anti-Racism Series: Carla España
Join us for the first event in our 2024 Kids, Books, and Anti-Racism series! Register for the complete series or individual sessions.
Kids, Books & Anti-Racism Series 2024
Deepen your understanding of how to cultivate anti-bias and anti-racist practices in classrooms and schools with these three nationally known speakers.
Complimentary Webinar: Learn the One Magic Word of Coaching
Back by popular demand, Irene is returns for this exclusive one-hour webinar. Learn how your language influences the professional growth of your colleagues and the culture of professional learning in your school.
Complimentary Webinar: Creating Literacy Centers That Aren’t a Waste of Time
Attend this complimentary 1-hour webinar to learn how to create worthwhile literacy centers that provide meaningful and engaging independent activities for children in grades K-1 and require low-prep for you.
Upcoming Professional Development
Energizing Student Writing Through Vision, Purpose, and Voice (Complimentary Webinar)
Do your students’ writing pieces often look similar or lack variety in structure and organization? In this complimentary 45-minute webinar, we will explore the importance of supporting students during the planning process so they can clearly communicate their message and make purposeful decisions about their writing.
Effective Reading Instruction: Community & Practice, K-8
This 8-week, online course will teach the rationales and organizational components of classroom reading instruction. You will examine effective instructional practices and strategies to strengthen reading development for a wide range of readers, including multilingual learners.
Building Deep Thinkers Through Reading: Engaging Students in Robust Comprehension
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.