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Grades 3-8

Engaging Vocabulary Instruction That Works for Grades 3-8 (Complimentary Webinar)

March 10, 2025

Join us for this 60-minute complimentary webinar filled with practical ways to make vocabulary learning fun, deepen word understanding, and empower students to use new words with confidence.

Thinking, Talking, and Writing About Texts

November 19, 2024

In this 8-week online course, learn how to support students in thinking deeply and critically about their reading so they can share their thinking through talk and writing.

Elevating Literacy Expertise Through Coaching

November 15, 2024

In this 8-week online course, you’ll explore a variety of ways to coach teachers and foster their independence, reflection and analysis of literacy teaching and learning.

Guided Reading: Differentiating Literacy Instruction in Grades 3-8 

November 15, 2024

In this 8-week online course for teachers and literacy educators, learn how to plan for and teach effective small group, differentiated instruction.

Building Capacity Through Continuous Professional Learning

November 15, 2024

In this 8-week online course, learn how to create a healthy culture of professional learning in your school and develop your facilitation expertise.

Phonics and Vocabulary Instruction in Intermediate Grades

November 5, 2024

Learn to teach your students how to use syllabication and their understandings of morphology (the meaning of word parts) to read and comprehend text.

The Power of Fluency to Accelerate Learning

October 30, 2024

In this 2-day training, the dimensions of reading fluency will be defined and you will learn how to assess fluency and teach for automaticity and fluency during whole group, small group, and individual teaching opportunities.

Extending Pathways and Possibilities for Writers

August 28, 2024

That every child can write is a critical belief for effective writing instruction. Join renowned author Melanie Meehan to consider and explore options that invite, engage, and inspire writers throughout their unique processes and challenges.

Growing Community and Family Collaborations All Year Long

August 28, 2024

Join Nawal Qarooni, a holistic literacy educator who designs family literacy programming in schools, for a day-long workshop to grow community and family collaborations all year long. Nawal will share a collective care framework developed over decades of research and her parenting of four multiethnic children.

Reaching All Learners Speaker Series

August 28, 2024

Cultivate your expertise in reaching and responding to the diverse strengths and needs of every one of your students to ensure each child grows up literate in our educational system.

Upcoming Professional Development

Days 1-3: October 8-10, 2025; Days 4-6: December 10-12, 2025; Days 7-9: February 4-6, 2026

The Effective Instructional Coach: Leading Growth, Navigating Challenges

This 9-day training is designed for all school-based coaches including instructional coaches and those who support literacy, math, science, social studies and/or technology. You’ll learn how to better understand your role and how to effectively coach teachers at your school.

$3500 (includes professional texts)
December 4-5, 2025

Thinking Beyond the Page: Developing Deep Comprehension

Comprehension is a complex process and the ultimate goal of reading. Join us to learn practical strategies to support your students to go from surface-level comprehension to deep, critical thinking about what they read.

$595 (includes professional text)
November 18, 2025

Teaching Foundational Skills and Fluency Through Shared Reading

Learn how to teach explicit, systematic phonemic awareness, phonics and word study skills and support fluency development using whole group or small group shared reading.

$295

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