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District and School Leaders

Customized Literacy Professional Learning

July 14, 2021

Our Center faculty will partner with you to design customized professional learning, workshops, and other job-embedded learning opportunities for educators, facilitated in-person or virtually.

32nd Annual Literacy for All Conference

July 12, 2021

Nationally renowned literacy and Reading Recovery conference for PreK-8 educators.

Fireside Chat: The Essential Role of Literacy Coaches and Teacher Leaders

April 27, 2021

Attend to learn how to invest your financial resources in building the professional capacity of your staff and achieve equitable outcomes for all your students.

Effective Literacy Coach

March 25, 2021

Build your literacy coaching expertise.

Leadership in Literacy: School Leaders K-6

March 25, 2021

In this 4-day training, learn what every school leader needs to know about effective literacy teaching, coaching, and teacher leadership in grades K-6.

Introduction to Fountas & Pinnell Classroom™

March 25, 2021

Create authentic experiences for reading, thinking, talking, writing, and reflecting in all classroom settings.

Fireside Chat: Building a Coherent Approach to Literacy in Your School or District

March 16, 2021

Attend to learn how to incorporate a comprehensive literacy approach in your school or district.

Kids, Books & Anti-Racism Series: Sonja Cherry-Paul

January 11, 2021

This one-day workshop with Sonja Cherry-Paul will re-energize you to take your book clubs to the next level!

Kids, Books & Anti-Racism Series: Lester Laminack

January 11, 2021

Join Lester Laminack for this one-day workshop to learn how to broaden students’ view of the world through diverse literature and shared read aloud experiences.

Assessment from Afar: Strategies for Assessing Readers, Writers, and Speakers Remotely

August 20, 2020

In this 1-hour complimentary webinar, examine authentic ways to assess students’ reading, writing, and speaking strengths and needs in a remote work setting or in a socially-distanced classroom.

Upcoming Professional Development

March 10, 2025

Phonological Awareness: What Is It and Why Is It Important? (Complimentary Webinar)

This hour-long complimentary webinar will clarify what phonological awareness is and how it is essential to children’s reading and writing development.

Complimentary Webinar
February 10, 2025

Why is Everyone Avoiding Me? Problem-Solving for Literacy Coaches (Complimentary Webinar)

In this 1-hour webinar, examine the reasons why teachers may be reluctant to participate in coaching and identify strategies to overcome these challenges.

Complimentary Webinar
February 11-12, 2025

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.

$595 includes professional text

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