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Word Study: Teaching Phonics, Vocabulary, and Spelling in Grades K-8
In this 5-day training, learn how phonics, spelling, vocabulary, and word study contribute to the development of readers and writers in grades K-8.
Leveled Literacy Intervention in Grades K-2
In this 6-day training, learn how to teach high-quality small-group, supplementary literacy intervention for accelerated literacy learning for students in grades K–2.
Building Capacity through Continuous Professional Learning
In this 8-week online graduate course, learn how to create a healthy culture of professional learning in your school.
Elevating Literacy Expertise Through Coaching
In this 8-week online graduate course, learn about reading and writing processes to support your colleagues’ professional learning.
Guided Reading: Responsive Teaching in Grades K-2
In this 8-week online graduate course for teachers and literacy educators, learn how to plan for and teach effective small group, differentiated instruction in the primary grades.
What Teachers Need to Understand About the Alphabetic System: Phonics & Spelling
Expand your knowledge of the alphabetic system so you can teach foundational skills effectively to all of your students.
Phonics, Vocabulary, and Spelling in the Reading & Writing Classroom in Grades K-3
In this 8-week online graduate course for teachers, learn about phonics instruction for children in grades K-3.
Building Capacity through Continuous Professional Learning
In this 8-week online graduate course, learn how to create a healthy culture of professional learning in your school.
Thinking, Talking, and Writing about Texts
In this 8-week online graduate course, teachers use behavioral evidence of student talk and writing to design instruction to deepen the level of students’ thinking about reading.
Elevating Literacy Expertise Through Coaching
In this 8-week online graduate course, learn about reading and writing processes to support your colleagues’ professional learning.
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.
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!
The New Benchmark Assessment System 2.0 (System 2, Levels K-Z)
Join us for this two-day institute to learn how to use BAS 2.0 to pinpoint student proficiencies and needs, including word-solving, fluency, comprehension and writing about reading, and examining how to transition from assessment to instruction.