Professional Development
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Literacy Coaching Essentials
Do you aspire to make the most of data to help improve student outcomes? Join Heather and Linda to refine your skills and expand your ability to use data in every aspect of your work with teachers.
It’s Both/And: Teaching Each Child with a Variety of Texts
Learn how to provide a “healthy diet” of a variety of text types that are high-quality, engaging, culturally sustaining, and connect phonics skills with reading for meaning.
Reaching All Learners Speaker Series: Nawal Qarooni
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.
Guided Reading: Responsive Teaching in Grades K-2
In this 8-week online course for teachers and literacy educators, learn how to plan for and teach effective small group, differentiated instruction.
Guided Reading: Differentiating Literacy Instruction in Grades 3-8
In this 8-week online course for teachers and literacy educators, learn how to plan for and teach effective small group, differentiated instruction.
Elevating Literacy Expertise Through Coaching
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.
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. Learn how to improve student literacy outcomes by developing a coherent vision for literacy and a vibrant school culture that supports teamwork and continuous professional learning.
The New Benchmark Assessment System 2.0 (System 1, Levels A-P)
This two-day institute will help you learn how to use the new BAS 2.0 system to pinpoint student strengths and needs as readers, including oral reading behaviors, fluency, comprehension, writing about reading, and phonological awareness and early phonics skills.
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.
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!