Literacy Lessons

New professional development for teachers in special education settings and for ESL teachers

In keeping with Marie Clay’s desire to provide professional development to all teachers who are responsible for delivering literacy lessons to individual children, we are pleased to offer a new course of study for teachers working in special education settings with students beginning to read and write.

Teachers enroll in one course per quarter in Year One (three courses, 9 graduate credit hours) and one course (3 graduate credit hours) in Year Two. In Year One, teachers learn more about Reading Recovery-based instructional procedures and teach two Reading Recovery students. Year Two is a transitional year in which the teacher is guided by a teacher leader to design and deliver the instructional procedures to beginning readers in special education settings.

This new program of professional development will offer graduate study coursework in designing and delivering Literacy Lessons to individual students in special education settings who are beginning to read and write.

Upon completing the two year professional development model, teachers will be designated as Literacy Lessons Intervention Specialists (LLIS).

Professional development continues for as long as the teacher designs and delivers Literacy Lessons.

For more information please contact Dr Emily Rodgers at: [email protected]