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Literacy Specialists Supporting Educators to Improve Literacy
The Center for Literacy & Learning is excited to announce that we will offer Lit Academy 4.0 to school systems through our Professional Development Service. As a Louisiana-based national non-profit focused on literacy, our professional training and support help advance evidence-based best practices for teaching and learning.
You’re invited to learn more about how Lit Academy 4.0 provides training and support for Pre-K through grade 12 educators in schools and across school districts to ensure all students receive high-quality literacy instruction. Our content is focused on the Science of Reading, interventions, best practices with your curriculum, GROWing literacy goals and so much more.
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Lit Academy is a two-day learning event that will provide literacy teams with intensive, collaborative, and application-based workgroup sessions focused on implementing the science of reading literacy plans.
With innovative sessions geared toward evidence-based literacy instruction, collaborative, hands-on learning, and year-long engagement from The Center, educators will have the opportunity to learn ways in which they can apply these strategies to their schools’ curricula.
Lit Academy 4.0 now offers 3 tracks to choose from for your session to best suit your school’s needs.
Track 1 | Track 2 | Track 3 |
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The Science of Reading OR Gradual Release of Responsibility: Reading Comprehension | The Science of Reading OR Standards Progression in Literacy | The Science of Reading OR Literacy across Content Areas |
Best Practices with any Curriculum | Differentiation in Tier 1 Instruction | Gradual Release of Responsibility: Reading Comprehension |
Literacy across Content Areas | Effective Use of Literacy Data for Intervention: Part 1 | Building Vocabulary: Why and How? |
Standards Progression in Literacy | Effective Use of Literacy Data for Intervention: Part 2 | Writing |
GROWing Literacy Goals | GROWing Literacy Goals | GROWing Literacy Goals |
To learn more about each track, click here.
Lit Academy is a collaborative, team-based, hands-on learning experience that brings together members of a school team charged with literacy-focused decision-making and implementation. Literacy leadership teams may consist of the following educators:
- Principals
- Literacy Coaches
- Mentor Teachers
- Curriculum & Instruction Leads
- TRTs/RHTs
- Interventionists
- ELA Lead Teachers
- Assistant Principals of Curriculum
- Instructional Leaders
- Master Teachers
- SBLC Leads
- Curriculum Specialists
As a participant in the 2024 Lit Academy Cohort 4.0, teams will be provided additional year-long engagement support opportunities that are in addition to the in-person 2-day intensive event. The Center will host quarterly virtual support meetings and participants will receive 1-year access to The Center’s PathLMS site to receive Lit Academy resources, training videos, recordings of virtual meetings, and engage in a cohort discussion board.
To Be Prepared, Please Bring…
- ELA tier 1 curriculum(s)
- ELA intervention curriculum(s) & materials
- Current literacy plan (If your school or district has one)
- Student Literacy Data
- Laptop and Chargers
- Others: schedules, lesson plan templates, any relevant observation tools
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