Literacy Services

Colorado + CORE Learning

 

Colorado Department of Education

 

CORE Learning’s online Reading Fundamentals Leader Institute is now a Colorado Department of Education Approved Professional Development Program that fulfills K-12 School Administrators’ evidence-based training requirements for the Colorado READ Act.

Reading Fundamentals Leader Institute

CORE’s online Reading Fundamentals Leader Institute builds school and district administrators’ foundational knowledge of literacy so they can identify what to look for in classrooms and lead the work of evidence-based literacy instruction. This course is intended for all Colorado K-3 principals and administrators

School and district leaders will delve into the five essential components of reading instruction—phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension—and:

  • Focus on instructional leadership and the challenges of implementation
  • Understand the qualities of effective instruction
  • Learn how to monitor implementation including using classroom observation protocols
  • Address issues around organizational change and sustainability of implementation efforts

Course Outcomes

  • Learn effective practices of an instructional leader
  • Understand the Science of Reading and the key features and practices of Structured Literacy 
  • Identify the principles and features of explicit and effective instruction 
  • Observe and practice instructional routines that support the five essential components of reading instruction
  • Identify key look-fors in instructional practice 
  • Use assessments to inform data-based decision-making within an MTSS framework
  • Use professional development and job-embedded coaching to support, monitor, and maintain sustained change

Course Takeaways

  • The Teaching Reading Sourcebook and the Assessing Reading: Multiple Measures
  • Tools for structuring MTSS
  • School and district implementation rubric 
  • Tools to support classroom observations and walkthroughs, including look-fors in the key components of literacy
  • Effective tools and coaching techniques to improve reading outcomes. 
  • Instructional models for all components of reading 
  • A plan for data team meetings and tools to support improved achievement
  • Tools to structure and evaluate professional development
  • A checklist to support instructional coaching cycles

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Frequently Asked Questions

The course costs $700 per person including materials.

All necessary materials are provided within the course. Participants will be using a Participant Resource Guide (provided virtually), the CORE Teaching Reading Sourcebook, and CORE’s Assessing Reading: Multiple Measures.

Specific topics that are included in this course:

  • Instructional Leadership        
  • Big Picture & Structure of English
  • Letter Knowledge & Phonological Awareness     
  • Effective Instruction
  • Phonics Instruction 
  • Irregular Word Instruction 
  • Vocabulary, Specific Word Instruction     
  • Vocabulary, Word Learning Strategies                 
  • Assessment & Data Mtgs
  • Differentiation 
  • Multisyllabic Words 
  • MTSS         
  • Coaching
  • Fluency Intro & Instruction
  • Comprehension (Part 1 Literary Text)
  • Comprehension (Part 2 Informational Text)
  • PD, Changing Practice & Monitoring

The training is made up of fourteen 90-minute online modules for a total of 21 hours. All sessions take place online.

In order to complete the course and receive your certificate of completion you must attend 20 hours of training and complete a CORE end-of-course exam and score 90% or above. We provide opportunities to retake the exam.

This will be a virtual training via Zoom. You will be sent the Zoom Invite Link for your training a week before your training start date.

Continue Your Science of Reading Journey

Online Elementary Reading Academy

Based on the science of reading, learn the five critical components of reading instruction in order to teach all students, including English learners and those with word reading difficulties, such as dyslexia, to be strong readers.
Early Literacy Planning & Implementation Collaboration

Our Early Literacy Planning and Implementation Collaborative (ELPIC) provides school teams with the tools and skills they need to develop powerful plans to improve early literacy.
Literacy Coaching & Site Implementation Support

CORE provides coaching and embedded support to help advance literacy and learning goals.

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