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New Teacher Academy

July 10, 2024

Gain practical skills so you can teach effectively, manage the classroom learning environment, and build competent and confident readers and writers.

Leveled Literacy Intervention in Grades K-2

June 7, 2024

In this 6-day training, learn how to teach a highly structured, evidence-based small-group intervention for students in grades K–2. Register to participate in-person at Lesley University or virtually!

Leveled Literacy Intervention in Grades 3-8

June 7, 2024

Learn how to teach small-group, supplementary literacy intervention to accelerate learning for the lowest-achieving students in grades 3-8.

Joyful Writing in Pre-K and Kindergarten: Fostering Young Writers

May 31, 2024

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

May 17, 2024

Spend 30 minutes with us to learn how to participate in this exciting new offering.

Reimagining Literacy Coaching: Customized Pathways for Expanding Teacher Expertise

May 1, 2024

Spend 30 minutes with us to learn how to participate in this exciting new offering.

Reimagining Literacy Coaching: Customized Pathways for Expanding Teacher Expertise

May 1, 2024

Spend 30 minutes with us to learn how to participate in this exciting new offering.

Summer Literacy Institute

April 22, 2024

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.

Introduction to Fountas & Pinnell Classroom™

April 3, 2024

This 2-day training introduces a system for teaching students that creates authentic experiences in reading, thinking, talking, writing, and reflecting in all classroom settings.

Word Study: Teaching Phonics, Vocabulary, and Spelling in Grades K-8

April 3, 2024

In this 5-day course for teachers, deepen your understanding of the alphabetic linguistic system and learn how to teach for phonological awareness, phonics, word structure, vocabulary, spelling, and word analysis skills in grades K-8.

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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