Current PD Opportunities

• September 2025 - June 2026: Monthly Meet-Ups: Practical Conversations on Screening and Literacy with MRA and MCRC

• January 21, 2026: A Deep Dive into Differentiated Reading Instruction! with Dr. Sharon Walpole

• Spring 2025: MCRC Professional Development Series

• January 25, 2024: Shifting the Balance: Bringing the Science of Reading into the Upper Elementary Classroom with Jan Burkins

• January 19, 2023: Shifting the Balance; 6 Ways to Bring the Science of Reading Into the Balanced Literacy Classroom with Kari Yates 

• January 21, 2021: The Role of Phonemic Awareness with Dr. David Kilpatrick 

• November 14, 2019: Instructional strategies to develop proficient decoding, spelling, and comprehension skills with Sharon Zinke. 

• October 25, 2019: Building Life Long Readers with Lori Oczkus

• October 5, 2018: Practical Strategies for Teaching Reading with Lori Jamison Rog

• February 12, 2018: What is in the best interest of our students? with Kelly Gallagher 

• October 6, 2017: Assessment and Instruction of Students with Language Based Learning Difficulties with Melissa Skoczylas, SLP

• April 12-13, 2017: Critical Literacy: Challenge, Inspire, Empower hosted by the Manitoba Reading Association

• November 9, 2016: Social Justice in the Manitoba Classroom with Linda Christensen

• October 7, 2016: Translating Assessment Findings to Increase Literacy Achievement with Dr Elish-Piper 

• November 30, 2015: Dr. Leyton Schnellert

• January 30, 2015: Secret Stories: Cracking the Reading Code – With the Brain in Mind! with Katie Garner