Leveled Literacy Intervention in Grades K-2

Gen Arcovio, Literacy Trainer

Gen worked as a literacy specialist and teacher in public schools for many years before joining the Center for Reading Recovery and Literacy Collaborative as a Literacy Trainer. She has experience as a Reading Recovery teacher, classroom teacher, interventionist, and literacy coach. Over the years, she has worked with many students, educators, and administrators in the area of literacy acquisition and learning. 

Required Materials

You must be able to have access to the LLI Primary Systems (Text Levels A–N/Orange, Green, or Blue) and be able to use these materials to teach students.

You must have access to:

• LLI System Guide (2nd Edition) or LLI Program Guide (1st Edition) for one grade level (Orange, Green, or Blue)
• When Reader’s Struggle: Teaching That Works, by Irene Fountas & Gay Su Pinnell
• LLI online resources to the corresponding grade level
• Either version of The Fountas & Pinnell Literacy Continuum:
  • Fountas, I.C.  & Pinnell, G.S. (2022).  The Fountas & Pinnell literacy continuum: A tool for assessment, planning, and teaching, grades prek-8, second edition. Heinemann.
  • Fountas, I.C.  & Pinnell, G.S. (2016).  The Fountas & Pinnell literacy continuum: A tool for assessment, planning, and teaching, grades prek-8, expanded edition. Heinemann.
• LLI online resources for the system grade level you are teaching

To learn more or purchase the LLI Primary Systems (Orange, Green, or Blue), click here.

Email us at CRRLC@lesley.edu if you do not have access to all of these materials.

Cancellation Deadline & Refund Policies

Non-Credit

You have until one week before the first day of this offering to cancel your registration. The cancellation deadline is Tuesday, March 18, 2025 and you will be charged a $50 processing fee. Email CRRLC@lesley.edu if you have a cancellation or substitution request. Regardless of weather conditions, if the event is held but you cannot attend, you will be billed for the full amount. 

Graduate Credit

Review the university’s cancellation and refund policies for credit bearing courses.

Registration Deadline

The registration portal closes on March 24, 2025 at 5pm. You will need to have all required materials by the first day of this training.

Requirements for Participation

Non-Credit Attendees

After the training, you will receive a certificate of attendance for your participation. To receive a complete certificate, participation during the specified times is required. Additional work may be assigned to meet the professional development hours.

Graduate Credit Attendees

Graduate Credit participants will be expected to complete additional assignments.

In-Person or Virtual Attendance

You may choose to attend this training in-person at Lesley University or virtually in real time. Should any of the conditions change and it is determined the training will be offered virtually only, you will be notified as soon as possible. We recommend that you contact us before reserving travel and lodging.

If you choose to attend in-person, the training room will have Lesley University’s HyFlex Classroom Technology to support an engaging learning environment for in-person and virtual participants. If you have questions about in-person or virtual attendance, please email us at CRRLC@lesley.edu.

In-person participants are required to follow the Lesley safety protocols.

Graduate Credit Option

With additional assignments and fees, this course can be taken for 3 or 6 graduate credits. Contact CRRLC@lesley.edu to register for credit.

• 3 graduate credits: $4,650 ($1,950 + $875*/credit + $25*/credit comprehensive fee) + required LLI system *subject to change
• 6 graduate credits: $7,350 ($1,950 + $875*/credit + $25*/credit comprehensive fee) + required LLI system *subject to change