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Summer 2023: Online Graduate Courses

April 6, 2023 Summer 2023 Online Graduate Courses

Take advantage of the summer to enhance your career and literacy expertise!

Tags: Latest News

Three Ways Coaches Can Support Teacher Planning

April 3, 2023 Nikki Drury, Literacy Trainer

Improve teacher decision making through three key coaching moves.

Tags: Coaching

Summer 2023: Professional Development for Literacy Educators and School Leaders

March 27, 2023 Center News

Make the most of your summer! Check out these literacy professional development opportunities.

Tags: Latest News

Playing with Letters, Sounds, and Words: Lessons Learned from Four Year-Olds

March 8, 2023 Cindy Downend, Associate Director of Literacy Programs

Cindy Downend, our associate director of primary literacy programs, highlights her experiences helping the earliest readers with letters and sounds.

What Is Textured Teaching and why is it important?

February 28, 2023 Lorena Escoto Germán, Educator & Author

In several states in the United States, talking about race and racism is currently restricted in one way or another. In the year 2023, not 1950. So how will those of us who are committed anti-biased and anti-racist teachers proceed? With conviction and vigor.

Make Room for Meaning: How Decoding and Meaning Go Hand-in-hand

February 24, 2023 Wendy Vaulton, Associate Director for Reading Recovery and Early Interventions

Research indicates that emergent readers need both code-based (phonics) and meaning-based (context) strategies to successfully solve the high volume of words needed to read English.

6 Tips for Effective Leveled Literacy Intervention Implementation

February 17, 2023 Nikki Drury, Literacy Trainer

With intentional planning, you can ensure Leveled Literacy Intervention instruction will have a powerful impact on student achievement.

Tags: Intervention

4 Easy Tips for Efficient, Effective Interactive Writing Lessons

February 1, 2023 Gen Arcovio, Literacy Trainer

Interactive writing is an engaging way to build children’s understandings of sounds, letters, words and how they all work together to create a meaningful message. What are some ways you have made your interactive writing lessons effective and efficient?

Tags: Teaching

Developing Justice-Oriented Readers

December 21, 2022 Allison Briceño, Associate Professor & Author

Kids, Books & Anti-Racism Series featured speaker Allison Briceño breaks down ways teachers can use justice questions to develop justice-oriented readers.

Spring 2023: Online Graduate Courses

December 15, 2022 Spring 2023 Online Graduate Courses

By enrolling in an online graduate course, you have the flexibility to learn at your own pace!

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Upcoming Professional Development

May 12 - July 6, 2025 (Summer Term I)

Phonics, Vocabulary, and Spelling in the Reading & Writing Classroom in Grades 3-8

In this 8-week online graduate course for teachers, learn the importance of systematic instruction in vocabulary, spelling, and word analysis skills in the intermediate grades and middle school.

$2,700 ($875/credit + $25/credit comprehensive fee) - required texts not included
May 12 - July 6, 2025 (Summer Term I)

Phonics, Vocabulary, and Spelling in the Reading & Writing Classroom in Grades K-3

In this 8-week online course for teachers, learn about instruction in phonics, phonological awareness, vocabulary, spelling, and word study for children in grades K-3.

$2,700 ($875/credit + $25/credit comprehensive fee) - required texts not included
June 25-26, 2025

AI-Powered Literacy: Practical Tools to Plan, Engage, and Inspire

This hands-on training will equip you with practical strategies and the confidence to integrate AI tools into lesson planning, boost student engagement, and enhance critical thinking and creativity. Join us and take your literacy teaching to the next level with cutting-edge technology!

$595

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