Professional Learning

A Closer Look

Kickstart or refresh your team’s understanding of the science of reading and its connection to instructional equity—all without planning a single session. Lit offers interactive, research-based professional learning on the science of teaching reading and HQIM implementation.

Each session is designed to help your team quickly understand the research about how our brains learn to read and how that research translates into real instructional practice and materials. Because when your team knows the “why,” it’s easier to stay focused on and committed to what needs to change to make the best decisions possible for your students.

Designed for: Grade K through 8 leaders and teams who want to lead evidence-based reading cultures and change reading outcomes

Science of Reading Fundamentals

Every session in our Science of Reading fundamentals sequence is interactive, grounded in research, and designed to build your team’s understanding and confidence.

Code Breakers to Meaning Makers

Build a foundational understanding of why the science of reading matters and how it promotes instructional equity for historically marginalized and racially, culturally, and linguistically diverse students.

The Reading Brain Unpacked

Dive into the foundational models of reading development: Gough and Tunmer’s Simple View of Reading and Hollis Scarborough’s Reading Rope. Learn how these can help guide instructional decision-making.

The Architecture of Instruction

Examine the components and principles of structured literacy and apply this understanding to evaluate and strengthen your instructional programs and practices.

We Are What We Read

Explore how background knowledge, vocabulary, and language comprehension are interconnected. Understand why building intentional background knowledge is essential for reading comprehension.

The Reading Ecosystem

Unpack what it takes to support evidence-based reading instruction at scale. Using Lit’s Reading Ecosystem Alignment Diagnostic (READ), reflect on the key components needed for a research-aligned system.

Multiple Ways to Learn

Workshops
Let Lit develop a customized scope-and-sequence for your team, supplementing your current professional learning scope-and-sequence or summer training.

Offered: Year-round online or at your site

Professional Learning Communities
Lit can help you build and implement system-wide PLCs focused on the implementation and internalization of High-Quality Instructional Materials (HQIMs).

Offered: Year-round online or at your site

Hold Your Spot

Take the first step in building a team that understands the fundamentals of the science of reading and is ready to transform literacy outcomes in your schools.

Schedule a Conversation Now

Let Us Reach Out

“Even though it is mentally challenging material, I really enjoyed learning the science behind reading. Often teachers are given the ‘what’ and the ‘how,’ but seldom the ‘why.’ It is powerful to see the evidence behind why we need to shift our practices.”
– Eddie Rangel, Chief Executive Officer, Adelante Schools
2020 Lit Institute Participant

Professional Learning

A Closer Look

Science of Reading Fundamentals

Multiple Ways to Learn

WorkshopsLet Lit develop a customized scope-and-sequence for your team, supplementing your current professional learning scope-and-sequence or summer training.

Offered: Year-round online or at your site

Professional Learning CommunitiesLit can help you build and implement system-wide PLCs focused on the implementation and internalization of High-Quality Instructional Materials (HQIMs).

Offered: Year-round online or at your site

Hold Your Spot

Schedule a Conversation Now

Let Us Reach Out

Workshops
Let Lit develop a customized scope-and-sequence for your team, supplementing your current professional learning scope-and-sequence or summer training.

Professional Learning Communities
Lit can help you build and implement system-wide PLCs focused on the implementation and internalization of High-Quality Instructional Materials (HQIMs).