Featured Professional Learning Opportunities
See All Upcoming Professional DevelopmentShared Leadership for School Improvement
PreK-8In this 8-week online graduate course, learn how to get everyone in their school on the same page about literacy.
Intentional Teaching in a Writers’ Workshop for Grades 3-8
3-8Enroll to learn how writers’ workshops can develop student writing fluency.
Kids, Books & Anti-Racism Series: Summer Literacy Institute with Kass & Cornelius Minor
PreK-10Enroll to take an in-depth look at how reading identity intersects with racial, gender, and class identity.
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.
Under the leadership of our founder Irene Fountas, we have been working with educators in school systems to improve children’s literacy.
30 Years
of experience improving
childhood literacy
50,000+
educators served from
across the nation and
around the world
Millions
of children’s lives
improved through literacy
Summer 2021: Online Graduate Courses
Take your career to the next level, whether you are working in a remote setting or socially-distanced classroom!
SUMMER 2021: Professional Development Literacy Educators and School Leaders
Make the most of your summer! Check out these literacy professional development opportunities.
Learning to Read is Complex: No Reading Program is an Alternative to Teacher Expertise
As a literacy teacher, your understanding of the composite of competencies that are characteristic of effective reading and writing and how they change over time will set the pathway for your teaching.