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Playful Pathways to Print: Learning about Language, Letters, Sounds and Words

December 18, 2025

Discover new ways to make learning about letters, sounds, and words joy-filled and meaningful for young children!

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.

Tutoring That Works! (Complimentary Awareness Session)

March 11, 2025

What does it take to make literacy intervention effective? Join us for a complimentary webinar to explore the characteristics of effective tutoring interventions and learn what your school or district can do to ensure lasting impacts for readers who need support.

Literacy Collaborative: Next Generation (Complimentary Awareness Session)

March 11, 2025

Designed for today’s schools, Literacy Collaborative: Next Generation model provides a quick-start to improving student outcomes, focused on building teacher capacity by training an in-house literacy coach/ teacher leader and by providing direct professional learning support to teachers and administrators.

Phonological Awareness: What Is It and Why Is It Important? (Complimentary Webinar)

January 30, 2025

This hour-long complimentary webinar will clarify what phonological awareness is and how it is essential to children’s reading and writing development.

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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