COMPREHENSIVE LITERACY SOLUTIONS FOR CALIFORNIA
Keys to Literacy is proud to partner with California County Offices of Education. With deep expertise and strong organizational capacity, KTL delivers effective literacy solutions for educators and leaders across educational systems and settings.
Our Services:
Keys to Literacy provides a wide range of services to support literacy instruction and leadership, including PK–12 professional learning and coaching, literacy audits, leadership development, and partnerships with institutions of higher education. We are especially excited to offer our Certified Facilitator Training as a powerful, sustainable model for building local capacity. This unique approach prepares educators to deliver our professional learning programs within their own systems, supporting long-term impact and scalability across schools, districts, and county offices.
Literacy Audits
Comprehensive Literacy Audits; Systems & Structures for Implementation of MTSS.
Professional Learning
PK-Grade 12 Literacy PD & Coaching, Certified Facilitator Training
Instructional Leadership
Literacy Leadership Institutes & Coaching
Higher Education
Innovative Partnerships with Institutions of Higher Education
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Let’s partner to build a sustainable foundation for literacy success.
Keys to Literacy’s Certified Facilitator Model
Licensed Certified Facilitators deliver professional development for select Keys to Literacy programs through a blended online training model. This approach seamlessly integrates face-to-face facilitation with an online course, allowing facilitators to engage participants in interactive learning experiences. By combining in-person debrief sessions with online resources, facilitators can provide tailored support that meets the diverse needs of educators while enhancing their understanding and application of the Keys to Literacy programs. This model promotes ongoing collaboration and skill development, ensuring a comprehensive learning experience for all participants.
Certify in a Variety of Keys to Literacy Courses
Keys to Literacy offers evidence-based professional development aligned with the science of reading for K-12 educators. Choose from a variety of our courses to bring this learning to educators in all grade levels within your county.
Keys to Literacy Professional Development
Onsite & Online Learning That Lasts
Keys to Literacy offers options for delivering professional development that accommodate the different needs of districts, schools, and educators. We use a multi-component professional learning model that includes initial training and long-term support for teachers, administrators, and peer coaches. We also offer a variety of onsite, online, and certified facilitator delivery models.
The Key Comprehension Routine - Grades 4-12
This course provides instructional routines geared toward comprehension strategies that support and impact listening and reading comprehension in any subject area.
The Key Vocabulary Routine - Grades 4-12
This course provides instructional routines geared toward vocabulary in any subject area that supports students with evidence-based strategies such as selecting words to teach in-depth, using context and word parts, and promoting word consciousness.
Keys to Content Writing
Keys to Content Writing equips grades 3-12 educators with evidence-based practices for integrating writing instruction across all subject areas. The program focuses on strengthening students’ critical thinking, text organization, syntax, and writing craft through practical strategies that align with state literacy standards. Participants learn to use writing to deepen content learning while providing appropriate scaffolds to support all learners across grade levels and disciplines.
Keys to Beginning Reading
The IDA-accredited Keys to Beginning Reading offers K-5 general educators and K-12 special educators/interventionists comprehensive training in essential structured literacy components through eleven modules. The evidence-based 40-hour course covers the science of reading fundamentals, addressing the strands of Scarborough’s Reading Rope, from foundational skills like phonemic awareness and phonics (word recognition strands) to components like vocabulary, comprehension strategies, and reading assessment (language comprehension strands). The instructional practices are designed to easily transfer to classroom lessons and can be integrated with any reading curriculum or published reading program.
Keys to Early Writing
Keys to Early Writing provides K-2 educators with comprehensive, evidence-based strategies for teaching foundational writing skills. The course addresses critical components including text structure, syntax, transcription skills (spelling, handwriting), writing craft, and the writing process. Through systematic instruction, educators learn to build a community of writers while developing students’ skills in sentence construction, organizing ideas, and writing from sources.
Advanced Word Study: Grade 4 and Beyond
This course provides instructional practices for teaching advanced word study skills that combine knowledge about both the sound-spelling correspondences and the meaning units (morphemes) that make up most English words.
Contact our team to learn how we can partner together.
From leadership development that strengthens systems & structures to professional learning & coaching tailored for PK-12 educators, we offer practical, evidence-based training that delivers results for all learners.
Contact us today to explore how we can collaborate.
