Whole District Literacy
Elementary Reading Academy
The CORE Elementary Reading Academy offers educators fundamental knowledge in effective research-based reading practices for all learners. The Academy applies research-based reading practices to research-based basal textbook series.
Participant Outcomes:
- Understand the research on the essential components of reading instruction and link research to practice.
- Gain clear and explicit models of instructional routines.
Levels: K–6
Audience: Limited to 45 participants, administrators, and teachers
Format: Five sessions with an optional sixth day
Materials: Assessing Reading: Multiple Measures, 2nd Edition, and the Teaching Reading Sourcebook, 2nd Edition, a practical guide to scientifically based reading instruction, covering phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension instruction
Adolescent Literacy Reading Academy
Similar to the CORE Elementary Reading Academy, the Adolescent Literacy Reading Academy targets teachers of language arts, interventionists, and special education staff in middle and high school settings. The content reflects the research on reading problems for struggling older readers and supports the recommendations of Striving Readers and Reading Next. Days 4 and 5 may also be taken by teachers of other content areas who use substantial amounts of text in their instruction.
Participant Outcomes:
- Understand the research on the essential components of reading instruction.
- Gain clear and explicit models of instructional routines.
- Link research to practice.
Levels: 6–12
Audience: Limited to 45 participants, administrators, and teachers
Format: Five sessions with an optional sixth day
Materials: Assessing Reading: Multiple Measures, 2nd Edition, and the Teaching Reading Sourcebook, 2nd Edition, a practical guide to scientifically based reading instruction, covering phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension instruction.
Workshops
Once foundational knowledge is established, CORE provides teachers and those who support them with the ongoing professional development and on-site support they need to master instructional practices and materials. We support effective implementation designs that create and sustain a culture of continuous learning and improvement.
Elementary Literacy Workshops
Reading Instruction:
- Advanced Reading Leader Workshop
- Classroom Management Workshop
- Differentiated Instruction Workshop
- Differentiated Instruction Workshop: Houghton Mifflin Reading
- Expository Text Comprehension Workshop
- Fluency Workshop
- Program Review Workshop
- Selecting Research-Based Materials Workshop
- Vocabulary Development Workshop, K–6
Writing Instruction:
Adolescent Literacy Workshops
Reading Instruction:
- Expository Text Comprehension Workshop
- Fluency Workshop
- Phonics Workshop for Secondary Educators
- Selecting Research-Based Materials Workshop
- Vocabulary Development Workshop, 6–12
Writing Instruction: