The Early Literacy team engages in continuous learning and professional development to ensure we provide you with information, guidance, and resources grounded in research and evidence. We utilize the Institute of Education Sciences, Regional Education Labs, The Reading League, The Rollins Center and Cox Campus, What Works Clearinghouse, and many more to guide our work.
The Institute of Education Sciences provides high-quality guidance and coursework on the Foundations in Emergent Literacy Instruction. This IES guide offers an overview of Oral Language as a component of Emergent Literacy.
Cox Campus offers an Early Literacy course just right for the classroom program teacher. The following resources are provided in their free course.
Thank you to Dr. Danielle Thompson of The Transformative Reading Teacher Group. Dr. Nell is a valued partner in our work. These are the notes from her talk on the Learning Series.
Also from Dr. Nell, this document contains information and links for the Language is Everything Symposium in 2024. Various researchers and leaders in the field gave talks on the role of rich oral language instruction in English language arts.