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Blueprint
Strong reading comprehension does not happen by accident. Join a five-session study of Nancy Lewis Hennessy's The Reading Comprehension Blueprint, a practical guide that translates research on language comprehension into concrete instructional moves across grade levels and content areas.
- Build a shared understanding of the language comprehension components that drive proficient reading
- Examine how each component shows up in daily instruction across grade levels and content areas
- Apply blueprint planning tools to design comprehension-rich lessons connected to existing curriculum
- Purchase your own copy of The Reading Comprehension Blueprint by Nancy Lewis Hennessy
- Read Chapters 1 and 2 ahead of Session 1
To earn PD credit, participants must attend, sign in and out of each session, and complete the evaluation on the final day.
What Research Tells Us & What to Do
Grounding K-8 writing instruction in evidence: how writers develop, why students struggle, and what works.
Writing is one of the most cognitively demanding tasks we ask students to perform, yet it remains one of the least explicitly taught skills in K-8 classrooms. This session grounds participants in what the research tells us about how writers develop, why so many students struggle, and what effective writing instruction actually looks like.
- An understanding of the cognitive demands of writing and why students struggle
- A clear picture of what research-aligned writing instruction looks like
- Practical tools from the TAPE planning framework
- Strategies drawn from The Writing Revolution ready for Monday morning
Register early — limited to 24 seats, available on a first-come, first-served basis.
To earn PD credit, participants must attend, sign in and out, and complete the workshop evaluation.
Unleashing the Science of Learning
Four evidence-based strategies that strengthen memory, deepen understanding, and build student confidence in any K-12 classroom.
What if the strategies teachers already use could work significantly harder for students — with just a few intentional shifts? Grounded in the research behind Powerful Teaching by Agarwal and Bain, this hands-on session introduces four evidence-based strategies that strengthen memory, deepen understanding, and build student confidence.
- Four evidence-based strategies from the science of learning
- Practical tools you can use the following week
- Small instructional shifts that strengthen memory and understanding
- Confidence-building moves that work across grade levels and content areas
Register early — limited to 27 seats, available on a first-come, first-served basis.
To earn PD credit, participants must attend, sign in and out, and complete the workshop evaluation.
