Strengthening Secondary Readers: A Self-Paced Professional Development Course | Pre-sale

Do you find yourself endlessly modifying texts and tasks because some students struggle to independently read what you include in your instruction? Do you know, specifically, what barriers are keeping these students from reading successfully? Let’s find out!

This self-paced eLearning course will equip you with insights, tools, resources, and practical knowledge to tackle the challenges of secondary literacy, focusing on word knowledge and comprehension. You'll learn actionable strategies to directly address these struggles, not just work around them. Work at your own pace while exploring techniques to strengthen vocabulary acquisition, enhance reading comprehension, and support students in making deeper connections to the text. Implement what you learn in your classroom to see real progress in student engagement and literacy development!

Benefits

This course offers the flexibility to work at your own pace, allowing you to learn and apply concepts as you go. With an easy-to-follow online format, you can access high-leverage routines and tools that you can immediately implement in your classroom. Whether you're looking to enhance word knowledge, improve reading comprehension, or engage students in deeper learning, this course provides practical, actionable strategies to elevate your literacy instruction and make a real impact.

• Develops educational leaders through targeted training and strategic planning sessions.
• Introduces innovative and evidence-based teaching strategies for literacy.

• Builds teacher capacities with professional development in literacy practices.

• Delivers a range of professional learning sessions that foster continuous development.

Who might benefit from participating?

• 6-12 ELA classroom teachers
• Instructional/literacy coaches
• Reading specialists
• Special education teachers
• Intervention teachers
• 6-12 content area teachers

Pricing: $225 per person (Coming July 2025)

Activate your learning! Add virtual coaching support to help you plan how to use the content of this course with leaders and/or teachers. Reach out to literacy@cesa6 for more information.