ONLINE Session Currently in Progress: Five live 1.25-hour sessions. Sessions are 3:15-4:30 PM Eastern). Participants have access to webinar recordings for 30 days after each session | $625 for the series

In order to reimagine schooling that promotes access and equity for all learners, we must engage in brave conversations that forward our understandings. Across five sessions, we will explore concepts related to equity, racism, antiracism, identity and intersectionality, white supremacy, literacy, schooling, and education, along with actionable tools we can put in place in schools as we embrace equity. Let’s come together to think about how education can be more humanizing, affirming, and liberatory so that all children may fully engage with joy.

Each of five 75-minute sessions will take place within a LIVE, virtual format (Zoom) so you may engage with the instructor, Wendy Reed, along with other educators within the learning community. While live participation is encouraged, note that sessions will be recorded and you will have access to each recording for 30 days. So, if you do have to miss one or more sessions, you may view the recording and jump back into our community when you’re able.

This series is recommended for teachers, administrators, literacy coaches, and curriculum directors who wish to grow in understandings related to equity within education. Consider bringing your entire staff or literacy team to promote deep conversation and develop greater capacity for equity within your school.

There are no required materials for this series of sessions. However, Wendy will share several resources with you to access online, including a list of resources she will reference and recommend.

Classes are 3:15 to 4:30 PM Eastern, with 30-day access to a recording of each session.

• An Introduction to our Learning; Let’s Explore Equity (Thursday, April 29, 2021)
• Let’s Explore Racism and Antiracism (Thursday, May 13, 2021)
• Let’s Explore Culturally Relevant Education, Identity and Intersectionality, White Supremacy, Literacy, Schooling, and Education (Thursday, May 27, 2021)
• Let’s Explore Tools to Ensure Access to Equity, Antiracism, and Inclusion in Education (Thursday, August 26, 2021)
• Let’s Continue to Explore Tools to Ensure Access to Equity, Antiracism, and Inclusion in Education (Thursday, September 9, 2021)

Online Modules

Explore our Intermediate / Middle School and Primary Grades modules. Online slef-paced learning.

Register for Art of Coaching Institute I

Eight days: Sep 8-10, Oct 26-28, and Nov 22-23, 2021 | $2,400

Art of Coaching Institute Brochure

This series of professional development sessions will prepare participants to use coaching as a strategy for developing instructional capacity among literacy teachers. Participants will learn to shape understandings of best practice and prompt reflection to develop more responsive teaching and greater student achievement. These sessions use a hands-on, collaborative approach and will require that participants engage in coaching between sessions.

Bring Required Texts:

• Art of Coaching by Elena Aquilar;
• The Fountas and Pinnell Literacy Continuum, Expanded Edition by Fountas and Pinnell;
• Teaching for Comprehending and Fluency by Fountas & Pinnell.
• The Literacy Quick Guide: A Reference Tool for Responsive Literacy Teaching by Fountas & Pinnell (Heinemann) — ISBN 978-0-325-05128-4 / 0-325-05128-3 / 2018 / 96pp / Spiral / Grade Level: PreK - 8th.

Check back for dates. Two-Day Institute | $550

Art of Coaching Institute Brochure

Usual class time is 9:00 am to 3:30 pm Eastern time daily

As a follow-up to The Art of Coaching Institute 1, this two-day session will deepen thinking and provide additional opportunities to develop coaching expertise through collaborative learning experiences.

BRING REQUIRED MATERIALS:

• Art of Coaching by Elena Aquilar
• The Fountas and Pinnell Literacy Continuum, Expanded Edition;
• Teaching for Comprehending and Fluency by Fountas & Pinnell; and,
• The Literacy Quick Guide: A Reference Tool for Responsive Literacy Teaching by Fountas & Pinnell (Heinemann) — ISBN 978-0-325-05128-4 / 0-325-05128-3 / 2018 / 96pp / Spiral / Grade Level: PreK – 8th

Register for Literacy Leader Academy 2021-22

Virtual Synchronous Session Dates:- 2021: October 5 & 12, November 2 & 9, December 7 & 14. 2022: January 4 & 11, February 1 & 8, March 1 & 8 (9:30-11:30 a.m. Eastern) | $1,300

Asynchronous Coursework: Time commitments will vary from 30 minutes to 2 hours each month. These assignments are completed independently on your own schedule.

Literacy Leader Academy Brochure

A blended (synchronous and asynchronous) virtual professional learning academy designed to empower individuals, such as administrators, superintendents, curriculum leaders, and coaches, who lead teams, to become a Literacy Leader in their building or district. The synchronous sessions are provided on the schedule below. These live sessions will be recorded and available for a limited time afterward. Asynchronous coursework includes short readings with responses, traditional or virtual classroom observations with reflections, and other assignments that can be embedded in your own work easily.

Sessions will explain how you can support best practice in literacy by understanding the theory that supports it, what it should look like in a classroom, what resources are necessary, authentic conversations with teachers about their practice, and how to support teachers in their ongoing professional learning.

Sessions are designed to support you in becoming a transformational leader by identifying and exploring your current strengths as a leader, as you cultivate new habits and resilience to lead through challenging times. Practical tools and protocols are shared for ways to improve your ability to lead fellow educators in traditional and virtual settings.

This academy is highly recommended for administrators in schools affiliated with Literacy Collaborative or those considering joining the Literacy Collaborative network. However, you do not need to be affiliated with Literacy Collaborative to take advantage of this impactful professional learning.

REQUIRED MATERIALS:

• The Art of Coaching Teams: Building Resilient Communities that Transform Schools by Elena Aguilar;
• Responsive Literacy: A Comprehensive Framework Patricia L. Scharer ed. (2018)

Two Days: Jan 10-11, 2022 | $550 | Usual class time is 9:00 am to 3:30 pm Eastern time daily

In a genre study, readers delve into the exploration of fiction and nonfiction texts through an inquiry approach. Then they use the information and understandings gained through their inquiry to write their own effective, compelling pieces of narrative, expository, and persuasive texts. Genre Study increases the rigor in literacy instruction for ALL students by engaging them in the reading and writing processes through a workshop approach designed just for them.

You will work directly with the instructor. Participants will engage in an actual genre study of memoir. The instructor will model lessons and give participants time to practice, debrief, and reflect. It is essential that each participant collects a set of memoir texts prior to the first session. A list of recommendations is listed below.

Required Materials:

• Genre Study: Teaching Fiction & Non-Fiction Books by Fountas & Pinnell
• You will need access to 4-8 memoirs. If possible, include memoirs most like what your students would be reading independently or you would read to them. Also: a Writer’s Notebook (may be a simple composition notebook).
• Sticky notes

Recommended Memoirs:

While the list contains several possibilities, participants are welcome to access any memoirs they would like.

• Saturdays and Teacakes (Laminack)
• 14 Cows for America (Deedy)
• A Different Pond (Boa)
• Crow Call (Lowry)
• March (Lewis)
• Knucklehead (Scieszka)
• Brown Girl Dreaming (Woodson)
• Afghan Dreams: Young Voices of Afghanistan (O’Brien)
• Through my Eyes (Bridges)
• Up North at the Cabin (Chall)
• Canoe Days (Paulsen)
• Growing Up In Coal Country (Bartoletti)
• Little by Little (Clittle)
• Self-Portrait: Trina Schart Hyman (Hyman)
• Granddad Bill’s Song (Yolen)
• Great-Grandma Tells of Threshing Days (Cross)
• Star of Fear, Star of Hope (Hoestlandt)
• I Dream of Trains (Johnson)
• The Day Gogo Went to Vote (Sisulu)
• Looking Back: A Book of Memories (Lowry)
• Mandela (Cooper)
• The Wall (Bunting)
• Through My Eyes (Bridges)
• The Whispering Cloth: A Refugee’s Story (Shea)
• Under the Royal Palms (Ada)
• The Moon and I (Byars)
• Leagues Apart (Ritter)
• Dirt on Their Skirts (Rappaport and Callon)

You can also find extensive lists of memoirs by grade levels in the appendices of the Genre Study text required for this professional learning.

Register for Guided Reading K-6+ (Session 1)

Three Days: Sep 28-30, 2021 | $725 | Usual class time is 9:00 am to 3:30 pm Eastern time daily.

The focus of this 3-day institute is on intentional teaching through Guided Reading that results in powerful shifts in students’ abilities to strategically process a variety of text types and genres. Participants will engage in an in-depth study of the components of Guided Reading, understanding the reading process in order to increase skills for teaching that develop literal, inferential, and analytical thinking about a text. Join us to learn about and deepen your thinking in order to help your readers grow through Guided Reading!

Bring Required Text:

• Guided Reading: Responsive Teaching Across the Grades (Fountas & Pinnell, 2017)
• The Fountas and Pinnell Literacy Continuum, Expanded Edition

Register for Interactive Read Aloud K-12

One Day: 10/13/21 | $375 | Class time is 9:00 am to 3:30 pm Eastern time

Interactive Read Aloud is an art form particularly well-suited to supporting social emotional learning and helping students process trauma, especially trauma experienced during the pandemic. IRA is a critical component of any instructional system for literacy; it informs and supports every other part of the literacy framework. This institute will take participants deep into the practice of Interactive Read Aloud and support teachers in developing engaging IRA lessons that will foster students’ strategic thinking and collaborative conversation, as well as a literacy community. IRA Grades K-12.

Register for Literacy Leadership Team PD

Two Days: 11/08/21 and 02/23/22 | $550 | Usual class time is 9:00 am to 3:30 pm Eastern time daily

When collective investment is made in the vision and actions toward improved culture, collaboration, and communication, systemic change and growth may occur. By bringing a team of literacy leaders (ie., classroom teachers, coaches, and principals) to this PD, you’ll build rapport as you establish your vision and mission, and set goals for building collective capacity to impact positive change in your school.

Please bring the following required text:

• Responsive Literacy: A Comprehensive Framework, Scharer P.L. (2018) Scholastic.

Register for Word Study: Teaching Phonics, Spelling, and Vocabulary K-6

Two Days: Jan 26-27, 2022 | $550

By understanding our English orthography as a complex system that reflects the interplay of sound, pattern, and meaning relationships, we can help learners progress in their development. In this 2-day session, we will explore the theory behind orthographic knowledge attainment, along with assessment and practical classroom implications for systematic word study instruction.

Participants should bring required texts:

• Word Journeys: Assessment-Guided Phonics, Spelling, and Vocabulary Instruction, Second Edition (2014) by Kathy Ganske;
• The Fountas and Pinnell Literacy Continuum, Expanded Edition.

Register for Writing Workshop

ONLINE: August 18, 2021 | $375

ONLINE One-Day Institute: Wondering how to engage writers in powerful ways within a Writing Workshop? This professional learning session will offer you the opportunity to engage in a Writing Workshop within a community of learners via our virtual format. You will experience Writing Workshop for yourself as you interact with the presenter, participating in writer’s talks, minilessons, independent writing of your own, and group share. Our session will take place from 9:00-3:30 with a break for lunch from 11:30-1:00. We’ll have a great time together within this immersive learning experience, and even if you don’t currently view yourself as a writer, you’ll leave with a stronger appreciation for writing as a process!

Please also bring a writer's notebook (a blank notebook or one you have already started).

Note: Because this is an engagement session, it is recommended you also access the self-paced Writing Workshop module to develop understandings relative to the teaching and learning within Writing Workshop, including: how to begin/manage a workshop, building the writing process through minilessons, independent and guided writing, conferring with writers, and share time. For details: https://lc.osu.edu/modules.html