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Text Levels – Tool or Trouble?
Highly effective teaching provides a range of opportunities with different texts for different purposes.
Fostering Identity and Community Through Storytelling
Storytelling is a powerful instructional tool in our classrooms. Storytelling acknowledges students for who they are and provides space for students to share their experiences in the world.
Get to Know Your Students in a Surprising Way
With an unpredictable start to the school year ahead, one thing’s for sure: you are preparing for all eventualities and thinking about what you will do to welcome your students.
Assuring Access and Equity in Early Childhood: Harnessing the Power of Diversity
It is our collective responsibility to continue to advocate for early childhood classrooms. These environments assure the opportunities for children to experience the imagination, wonder, and joy of childhood and develop the confidence and agency that every child deserves.
Literacy Collaborative Spotlight: Samantha Dormady
The Literacy Collaborative partnership builds schoolwide professional capacity focused on improving the literacy outcomes for all children. What does this mean for a teacher, interventionist, or literacy coach/teacher leader who […]
Every Child, Every Day
The article Every Child, Every Day, authors Richard Allington and Rachael Gabriel explore six elements of reading instruction which don’t require much time or money – just educators’ deciding to […]
Upcoming Professional Development
Leading for Literacy: What Every School Leader Needs to Know
In this 4-day training for school principals and administrators, learn how to support literacy teaching in grades K–6.
Linking Assessment to Teaching: Reading, Writing & Word Study
In this 8-week online graduate course, teachers develop skills in systematic observation and analysis of student reading, writing, and language behaviors in order to plan effective teaching to meet student needs.
Acquiring Coaching and Teacher Leadership Expertise
In this 8-week online graduate course, you’ll better understand your role as a literacy coach or teacher leader in a school.