Featured Professional Learning Opportunities
See All Upcoming Professional DevelopmentLinking Assessment to Teaching: Reading, Writing & Word Study
K-8In this 8-week online graduate course, teachers develop skills in systematic observation and analysis of student reading, writing, and language behaviors in order to plan effective teaching to meet student needs.
Acquiring Coaching and Teacher Leadership Expertise
PreK-8In this 8-week online graduate course, you’ll better understand your role as a literacy coach or teacher leader in a school.
On-Demand Sessions: 33rd Annual Literacy for All Conference
PreK-8Access 21 on-demand conference sessions from nationally renowned literacy and Reading Recovery experts through December 31, 2022.
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
Creating Effective Anchor Charts in Your Minilessons
Anchor charts have many benefits for learners of all ages. Here are three characteristics about creating effective anchor charts that will support your students in developing a strong sense of ownership in their learning.
Developing Empathetic Thinking
Author and consultant Gravity Goldberg shares four ways you can work on developing your own empathetic thinking and also support this in students.
A is for Assessment: Considerations for linking assessment and instruction
How do we uncover the kinds and degrees of support that will be most effective for individual students? Our best shot starts with assessment that is authentic, asset-based, actionable, and anti-racist.