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Reaching All Learners Speaker Series: Patricia Paugh
Join us for the first event in our 2024 & 2025 Reaching All Learners Speaker Series. Register for the complete series or individual sessions.
New Teacher Academy
Gain practical skills so you can teach effectively, manage the classroom learning environment, and build competent and confident readers and writers.
All Kinds of Books for All Kinds of Kids K-6 (One-Hour Webinar with Irene Fountas)
Invest in your text expertise to plan for high-quality reading instruction that addresses all aspects of effective reading for all children.
Joyful Writing in Pre-K and Kindergarten: Fostering Young Writers
In this 2-day institute for early literacy educators, learn how to bring playful engagement together with oral language and foundational literacy learning to foster young children’s understanding of writing across the day.
Register to participate in-person at Lesley University or virtually!
Reimagining Literacy Coaching: Customized Pathways for Expanding Teacher Expertise
Spend 30 minutes with us to learn how to participate in this exciting new offering.
Reimagining Literacy Coaching: Customized Pathways for Expanding Teacher Expertise
Spend 30 minutes with us to learn how to participate in this exciting new offering.
Reimagining Literacy Coaching: Customized Pathways for Expanding Teacher Expertise
Spend 30 minutes with us to learn how to participate in this exciting new offering.
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.
Summer Literacy Institute
Join us for this four-day institute featuring Stephanie Harvey and Lesley University Literacy Trainers to learn how to build every students’ content knowledge, vocabulary, and passion for reading and writing.
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.
Upcoming Professional Development
Early Literacy Success: Building Language, Sounds, and Print Knowledge in PreK
Children in PreK come to school with many different experiences with language, sounds, and print. This two-day workshop will bring to life what very young learners need to know and understand about letters, sounds, and words and how you can support their learning by building on what they already understand.
Early Literacy Success: Building Language, Sounds, and Print Knowledge in PreK (Webinar)
This session will focus on how to provide rich, engaging experiences with language, sounds, and print in the PreK classroom.
Quick Tips for Test Prep: Supporting Your Students for Success!
Are you working to support your students to excel on standardized tests? In this 2-day training, learn how to deepen students’ understanding of the demands of standardized tests so they can respond confidently and successfully!