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See All Upcoming Professional Development34th Annual Literacy for All Conference
PreK-8Nationally renowned literacy and Reading Recovery conference for PreK-8 educators.
Effective Literacy Coaching
K-8In this training designed for literacy coaches, instructional leaders, teacher leaders, and administrators, learn how to coach teachers at your school and better understand your leadership role in systemic literacy improvement.
Teaching Writing Across the Year: Personal Coaching Support for Your Instruction
K-5Join a cohort of teachers and Center faculty to learn how to implement a yearlong writing curriculum. Get ongoing, yearlong support through virtual coaching and short biweekly cohort sessions tailored to support your teaching of writing.
Over 30 Years of Academic Excellence in Literacy Learning
The Center for Reading Recovery & Literacy Collaborative at Lesley University has been engaged in thirty years of innovative, research-based, system-wide educational improvement efforts. We are focused on a single mission—to ensure that every child has the opportunity to live a literate life.
We have been working with educators in school systems to improve children’s literacy.
Calling All Coaches: Consider Small Language Moves for a Big Impact
If you are a coach, teacher leader, principal or other administrator, you may not fully realize how your language impacts each educator in your school community.
Getting to Know Your Readers
Observational assessment, in the form of a benchmark reading conference, is a good way to begin the journey of teaching literacy in the new school year.
A World of Songs, Poems, and Nursery Rhymes
Have you considered the many benefits of using songs, nursery rhymes, and poetry in your classroom? Here are some recommendations as you get started.