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Building a Coherent Approach to Literacy in Your School or District
Learn the importance of building internal capacity within the school by developing coach or teacher leader expertise in literacy teaching and learning through the Literacy Collaborative.
Invest in Literacy Coaching and Teacher Leadership to Build Professional Capacity
Learn about the impact that coaching has within the professional learning community in your school or district and training options that prepare educators to take on this role.
Phonics, Vocabulary, and Spelling in the Reading & Writing Classroom in Grades K-3
In this 8-week online graduate course for teachers, learn about phonics instruction for children in grades K-3.
Effective Literacy Coaching
In this 10-day training designed for literacy coaches, instructional leaders, teacher leaders, and administrators, learn how to better understand your role and how to coach teachers at your school.
Leveled Literacy Intervention in Grades K-2
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 who find literacy learning difficult.
Leveled Literacy Intervention in Grades K-2
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 who find literacy learning difficult.
Leading for Literacy
In this 4-day training for school principals and administrators, learn how to support literacy teaching in grades K–6.
Intervening for Success: Getting Results with the Lowest Achieving First Graders
Learn more about leveraging state, federal, and local dollars for effective intervention to improve schools, communities, and the lives of children.
Fountas & Pinnell Benchmark Assessment Systems 1 & 2 Seminar
In this 2-day training, learn how to use the Benchmark Assessment System to inform your teaching.
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.
Upcoming Professional Development
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.
Word Study: Teaching Phonics, Vocabulary, and Spelling in Grades K-8
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.
Read Together, Talk Together: Growing Language and Comprehension Through Dialogic Reading
This evidence-based, joy-filled practice strengthens children’s oral language, vocabulary, and comprehension through repeated read-alouds and storytelling. Children become active participants—responding to questions, engaging in meaningful conversation, and helping to retell the story.