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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.

Building Capacity Through Continuous Professional Learning

November 10, 2025

In this 8-week online course, learn how to create a healthy culture of professional learning in your school and develop your facilitation expertise.

Elevating Literacy Expertise Through Coaching

November 10, 2025

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.

Guided Reading: Differentiating Literacy Instruction, Grades K-8

November 10, 2025

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.

Linking Assessment to Teaching: Reading, Writing & Word Study

July 21, 2025

In this 8-week online course, you’ll develop the skills to systematically observe and analyze students’ reading, writing, and word-solving behaviors.

Acquiring Coaching and Teacher Leadership Expertise

July 21, 2025

Learn how to develop your facilitation skills and use of language to support the literacy instruction of colleagues.

Phonics, Vocabulary, and Spelling in the Reading & Writing Classroom in Grades 3-8

March 28, 2025

In this 8-week online graduate course for teachers, learn the importance of systematic instruction in vocabulary, spelling, and word analysis skills in the intermediate grades and middle school.

Phonics, Vocabulary, and Spelling in the Reading & Writing Classroom in Grades K-3

March 28, 2025

In this 8-week online course for teachers, learn about instruction in phonics, phonological awareness, vocabulary, spelling, and word study for children in grades K-3.

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.

Thinking, Talking, and Writing About Texts

November 19, 2024

In this 8-week online course, learn how to support students in thinking deeply and critically about their reading so they can share their thinking through talk and writing.

Upcoming Professional Development

February 26-27, 2026

Empowering Students Through Small Group Instruction

In this two-day workshop, you’ll learn flexible, practical ways to plan and deliver small-group instruction that can be used with your literacy curriculum. You’ll examine how to group students, learn generative instructional routines, and how to use AI to simplify planning and differentiation.

$595
February 11, 2026

Dialogic Reading: A Research-Backed Way to Grow Young Readers

Science-Aligned Read Alouds for Big Gains in Language, Vocabulary, and Comprehension. This evidence-based practice is joy-filled and grows children’s oral language, vocabularies, and comprehension.

$150
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)

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