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Real Time Virtual Learning
Literacy Collaborative Training
Training is held online through a combination of live, interactive sessions and on-demand learning. Participants apply what they learn and receive job-embedded coaching from Lesley University faculty as part of their coursework.
Fireside Chat: Building a Coherent Approach to Literacy in Your School or District
Attend to learn how to incorporate a comprehensive literacy approach in your school or district.
Fireside Chat: The Essential Role of Literacy Coaches and Teacher Leaders
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.
Fountas & Pinnell Benchmark Assessment System 1 & 2 Seminar
In this 2-day training, learn how to administer, score, and analyze student reading behaviors utilizing the Benchmark Assessment System.
Guided Reading: Responsive Teaching in Grades K-2
Learn how to plan and teach effective Guided Reading lessons in the primary grades.
Upcoming Professional Development
Grow Your Teaching of Writing: Yearlong Support Through Virtual Coaching
Learn how to implement your yearlong writing curriculum by thinking and problem-solving with our faculty trainers and a cohort of teachers across the school year. Get ongoing, yearlong support through biweekly think-tank sessions and virtual coaching tailored to support your teaching of writing.
Leveled Literacy Intervention National Tutoring Scale-Up Model
Support readers and writers to make literacy progress in 12–18 weeks.
Introduction to Fountas & Pinnell Classroom™
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.