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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.
Thinking, Talking, and Writing About Texts Grades K-8
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.
Vocabulary Instruction to Build Knowledge and Deepen Comprehension (Grades 3–8)
Gain practical strategies to teach vocabulary in grades 3-8 that go beyond definitions and support students in using words with purpose, deepening comprehension, and expanding their background knowledge.
Unlocking Literacy Success for Every Student in Grades 3-8 (Complimentary Webinar)
Do you work with students who find comprehending and solving words while they read challenging? This fast-paced, practical webinar is designed to equip educators with proven ways to support learners in grades 3–8. You’ll walk away with new tools to help students build confidence and make meaningful progress.
Phonics, Vocabulary, and Spelling in the Reading & Writing Classroom in Grades 3-8
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
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.
AI-Powered Literacy: Practical Tools to Plan, Engage, and Inspire
This hands-on training will equip you with practical strategies and the confidence to integrate AI tools into lesson planning, boost student engagement, and enhance critical thinking and creativity. Join us and take your literacy teaching to the next level with cutting-edge technology!
Spelling: So Much More Than Memorization
No more test on Friday, misspell on Monday. During this 1-day workshop, you will learn about the multifaceted, frequently misunderstood concept of spelling and how you can teach for strong spelling skills.
Engaging Vocabulary Instruction That Works for Grades 3-8 (Complimentary Webinar)
Join us for this 60-minute complimentary webinar filled with practical ways to make vocabulary learning fun, deepen word understanding, and empower students to use new words with confidence.
Phonological Awareness: What Is It and Why Is It Important? (Complimentary Webinar)
This hour-long complimentary webinar will clarify what phonological awareness is and how it is essential to children’s reading and writing development.
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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.
The New Benchmark Assessment System 2.0 (System 1, Levels A-P)
This two-day workshop will help you learn how to use the new BAS 2.0 system to pinpoint student strengths and needs as readers, including oral reading behaviors, fluency, comprehension, writing about reading, and phonological awareness and early phonics skills.
The New Benchmark Assessment System 2.0 (System 2, Levels K-Z)
In this two-day workshop learn how to use BAS 2.0 to pinpoint students’ reading behaviors and instructional needs with word-solving, fluency, and comprehension.