Featured Professional Learning Opportunities
See All Upcoming Professional DevelopmentLevel-Up Your Students’ Knowledge, Vocabulary and Comprehension Through High-Quality Nonfiction Texts
2-8Learn how to support your students in comprehending nonfiction texts which will enable them to build knowledge and develop content and academic vocabulary.
Joyful Writing in Pre-K: Fostering Young Writers
PreKIn this 2-day institute for early literacy educators, learn how to bring playful engagement together with oral language and foundational literacy learning to foster young children’s understanding of writing across the day.
Register to participate in-person at Lesley University or virtually!
Kids, Books, and Anti-Racism Series: Vivian Vasquez
K-8Join us for the third event in our 2024 Kids, Books, and Anti-Racism series!
Over 30 Years of Academic Excellence in Literacy Learning
The Center for Reading Recovery & Literacy Collaborative at Lesley University has been engaged in thirty years of innovative, research-based, system-wide educational improvement efforts. We are focused on a single mission—to ensure that every child has the opportunity to live a literate life.
We have been working with educators in school systems to improve children’s literacy.
Teaching for Fluency All Day, Every Day
Here are a few tips to integrate intentional teaching for fluency, without adding anything new to your day.
New Diverse Titles to Add to Your Classroom Library
Inspired by the first session in our Kids, Books & Anti-Racism Series, Literacy Coach Mary Cronin shares a few book recommendations of her own.
Facilitating Conversations about Race: Kids, Books & Anti-Racism Series
Jennifer Orr, our next Kids, Books & Anti-Racism Series featured speaker, discusses how books can serve as a starting point when facilitating conversations about race.