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Reaching All Learners

AI for Educators

February 12, 2025 Melanie Meehan, Guest Speaker

How do we leverage AI’s capabilities to improve educational processes, and also maintain the human elements of teaching and learning? Our next Reaching All Learners Guest Speaker, Melanie Meehan, has some tips.

Tags: Teaching

Reaching All Learners by Partnering Thoughtfully With Families 

January 6, 2025 Nawal Qarooni, Guest Speaker

The next speaker in our Reaching All Learners Series, Nawal Qarooni, offers three tips on how to collaborate in meaningful ways with the families of our students.

Upcoming Professional Development

June 30 & July 1, 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)
July 20-24, 2026

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

In this five-day institute designed for teachers, 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.

$895 (does not include professional texts)
July 7, 2026

From Read-Aloud to Read-Together: Using Dialogic Reading to Grow Young Children’s Language, Vocabulary, and Comprehension 

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.

$150

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