Professional Development

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May 13-14, 2025

Words Matter: Engaging Vocabulary Instruction That Sticks for Grades 3-8

Ready to make vocabulary instruction stick? During this two-day workshop, you will learn evidence-based strategies to build deep word knowledge, foster curiosity, and create meaningful opportunities for students to use and apply new vocabulary for lasting academic success.

Workshop
May 14, 2025

The Science of Literacy Interventions

Successful literacy interventions don’t exist in a vacuum. Getting the most out of evidence-based interventions requires the coordinated, thoughtful, and responsive work of every educator in the building. Join us to learn more about evidence-based interventions in literacy and how teachers, specialists, and school leaders can work together to make literacy interventions successful.

Workshop
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!

Workshop
June 30, 2025

Fostering a Healthy Book Diet

Discover how a well-rounded “book diet” can fuel literacy growth, including comprehension, foundational skills, and a love of reading! This one-day professional learning will support you in selecting the texts that match students’ needs, interests, and reading abilities, creating an engaging, effective reading experiences for all learners.

Workshop
July 7 – August 31, 2025 (Summer Term II)

Intentional Teaching in a Readers’ Workshop for Grades K-2

In this 8-week online course for K-2 teachers, learn the purpose, organization, and structure of a readers’ workshop to optimize children’s literacy learning in the classroom.

Online Graduate Course
July 7 – August 31, 2025 (Summer Term II)

Intentional Teaching in a Readers’ Workshop for Grades 3-8

In this 8-week online course for grades 3-8 teachers, learn the purpose, organization, and structure of a readers’ workshop.

Online Graduate Course
July 21-24, 2025

4 Days, 4 Ways to Impact Every Reader

Join us for a 4-day institute where you’ll examine practical, evidence-based ways to build content knowledge, teach for transfer, select texts intentionally, and foster meaningful discourse—enhancing literacy instruction for every reader using any curriculum or program.

Institute
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What Teachers Need to Understand About the Alphabetic System: Phonics & Spelling

Expand your knowledge of the alphabetic system so you can teach foundational skills effectively to all of your students.