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Free Webinars
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On-demand
This free edWebinar shows how personalized coaching bridges knowledge and classroom practice. Learn how a district leader and coach partner to break ‘sit-and-get’ PD cycles and drive lasting literacy improvement.
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On-demand
The goal of this free edWebinar is to empower K-4 educators and administrators with actionable, evidence-based frameworks to maximize every minute within their daily literacy block.
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On Demand
Free! Webinar Wednesday – this live, virtual webinar explores the role of connected text practice in literacy instruction.
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Oct. 5
Registration closes Oct. 5, 2026Free! Make & Take Monday workshop – discover how explicit instruction using the “I Do, We Do, You Do” model empowers student ownership of learning.
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Oct. 21
Free! Webinar Wednesday – The Gradual Release of Responsibility model provides a roadmap for scaffolding instruction from teacher modeling to independent student application.
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Nov. 2, 2026
Registration closes Nov. 2, 2026Free! Make & Take Monday Workshop. Learn to categorize student spelling mistakes across four key error types to better inform targeted instruction.
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Nov. 18, 2026
Free! Webinar Wednesday. Turn your students’ spelling mistakes into diagnostic data!
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Dec. 7, 2026
Registration closes Dec. 7, 2026Free! Make & Take Monday Workshop. Increase student response rates, engagement, and participation using Opportunities to Respond.
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Dec. 16, 2026
Free! Webinar Wednesday. Boost student engagement and learning retention across all grade levels with practical, low-prep response techniques.
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Jan. 11, 2027
Registration closes Jan. 11, 2027Free! Make & Take Monday Workshop. Teach your students how to decode complex, multisyllabic words.
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Jan. 20, 2027
Free! Webinar Wednesday. Help students decode complex multisyllabic words with systematic syllabication principles, syllable types, and division strategies.
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Feb. 1, 2027
Register by Feb. 1, 2027Free! Make & Take Monday Workshop. Use phonemic awareness routines to strengthen foundational reading skills.
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Feb. 17, 2027
Free! Webinar Wednesday. Get up-to-date on current debates and scientific research about phonemic awareness instruction.
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Mar. 15, 2027
Register by Mar. 15, 2027Free! Make & Take Monday Workshop. Get more value out of decodable texts.
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Mar. 17, 2027
Free! Webinar Wednesday. Learn how to transition students from decodable text to authentic literature.
Resources
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The Orton-Gillingham Approach is a direct and explicit, language-based, and multisensory approach to teaching reading, writing, and spelling. Initially developed in the 1930s by Dr. Samuel T. Orton, a neuropsychiatrist and pathologist, and Anna Gillingham, an educator and psychologist, the Orton-Gillingham (OG) Approach is…
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In this video, Michelle Szabo, Program Manager for Instruction at the Stern Center for Language and Learning, discusses executive function skills and what they mean for your child at home and for your student in the classroom.
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Have you ever had a student who did not know their letters and sounds coming into first grade? Who could not segment or blend sounds?


