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Word Study: Teaching Phonics, Vocabulary, and Spelling in Grades K-8

January 31, 2023

In this 5-day training, learn how phonics, spelling, vocabulary, and word study contribute to the development of readers and writers in grades K-8.

Leveled Literacy Intervention in Grades K-2

January 18, 2023

In this 6-day training, learn how to teach high-quality small-group, supplementary literacy intervention for accelerated literacy learning for students in grades K–2.

Building Capacity through Continuous Professional Learning

November 9, 2022

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

Elevating Literacy Expertise Through Coaching

November 9, 2022

In this 8-week online graduate course, learn about reading and writing processes to support your colleagues’ professional learning.

Guided Reading: Responsive Teaching in Grades K-2

November 9, 2022

In this 8-week online graduate course for teachers and literacy educators, learn how to plan for and teach effective small group, differentiated instruction in the primary grades.

What Teachers Need to Understand About the Alphabetic System: Phonics & Spelling

October 31, 2022

Expand your knowledge of the alphabetic system so you can teach foundational skills effectively to all of your students.

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

March 18, 2022

In this 8-week online graduate course for teachers, learn about phonics instruction for children in grades K-3.

Building Capacity through Continuous Professional Learning

November 2, 2021

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

Thinking, Talking, and Writing about Texts

November 2, 2021

In this 8-week online graduate course, teachers use behavioral evidence of student talk and writing to design instruction to deepen the level of students’ thinking about reading.

Elevating Literacy Expertise Through Coaching

November 2, 2021

In this 8-week online graduate course, learn about reading and writing processes to support your colleagues’ professional learning.

Upcoming Professional Development

July 13 – September 6, 2026 (Summer Term II)

Effective Reading Instruction: Community & Practice, K-8

In this 8-week online course for grades 3-8 teachers, learn the purpose, organization, and structure of a readers’ workshop.

$2,730 ($875/credit + $35/credit comprehensive fee) + required texts
July 13-16, 2026

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.

$895 (includes professional text)
July 1-2, 2026

Wondrous Words: Igniting Children’s Passion, Purpose, and Skills for Writing

Join us for this two-day, hands-on workshop where you’ll strengthen your ability to read like a writer and learn how to use mentor texts to help students expand their repertoire of craft moves, grow their identities as writers, and deepen their understanding of writing as a meaningful act.

$595 (Text Included)

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