This course is appropriate for K-2 teachers who teach CKLA Skills in a general or special education setting. 

**To receive 0.50 hours of college credit, participants must complete both courses—Skills and Knowledge. If you complete only one course, college credit will not be awarded. A minimum of 0.5 college credit hours is required to earn college credit; however, completing a single course does qualify for 3 professional development points. 

Target Audience is K-2 CKLA teachers in general and special education setting. Students will  learn effective planning practices for CKLA knowledge, including prioritizing which content to teach, engaging all students, and scaffolding instruction to make help all students access the content. 

Objectives: 

• Teachers will identify primary focus objectices and formative assessments for lessons.

• Teachers will plan for upcoming knowledge lessons with notes for engagement, additional support/scaffolds, and timing. 

• Teachers will collaborate with other CKLA instructors to effectively plan for instruction.

• Teachers will leverage generative AI to plan scaffolds and supports for CKLA instruction.

**To receive 0.50 hours of college credit, participants must complete both courses—Skills and Knowledge. If you complete only one course, college credit will not be awarded. A minimum of 0.5 college credit hours is required to earn college credit; however, completing a single course does qualify for 3 professional development points. 

ISBN:  978-1-4516-3972-8

This session is for anyone seeking to engage their students in rigorous content, while making it fun and interactive.  How do we get them unstuck?  Students thrive when educators care deeply, act boldly, and set high standards.  With that in mind, participants will learn how to transform their classroom stuck in tradition or mediocrity  (molasses) to an innovative and deeply invested learning environment.  Let's learn to bring energy, excitement, discipline, and creativity into our classrooms!   

ISBN: 978-1-250-22318-0

This is a book study centered on closing the communication gap that can exist between teachers and their students regarding trauma and resilience. There will be discussion and questions/responses for each chapter.

Text-to-Speech (TTS) is a powerful, universal tool that can be used to meet a variety of learners' needs. In this course, you will learn what text-to-speech is, why you should use it, and who you can use it with. You will also learn about different TTS tools, how to consider and select a specific tool, and get ideas for implementing TTS tools in the classroom. Additionally, you will learn more about Read&Write and Orbitnote, two tools that all staff and students have access to in the district. 

This course focuses on using assessment data to identify reading difficulties and design targeted intervention plans. Participants will learn how to select, implement, and evaluate instructional strategies based on how the brain learns to read.  

You must: 

*Complete all online coursework for Volume 1.

*Pass the end-of-volume test with a score of 80% or higher.

*Attend all in-person training sessions. 

This course examines instruction in beginning phonics, word recognition, spelling, and advanced decoding. Educators learn to design explicit, systematic instruction aligned to the science of reading to support accurate and automatic word-level literacy skills across learners. 

You must: 

*Complete all online coursework for Volume 1.

*Pass the end-of-volume test with a score of 80% or higher.

*Attend all in-person training sessions.