COMPREHENSIVE LITERACY SOLUTIONS FOR IOWA (CLSD)
Keys to Literacy is proud to partner as an approved vendor with Iowa schools and districts. KTL has the experience, knowledge, and organizational capacity to provide literary solutions for educators and leaders.
Our Services
Keys to Literacy is proud to partner as a vendor with Iowa school districts and support the following objectives:
- Creating a plan to support student growth in all assessed areas of reading, writing, and language development
- Assisting teachers in effective, evidence-based literacy professional development across grades K-12
- Setting intentional and impactful MTSS supports and interventions to improve students’ literacy outcomes
Our Offerings
We offer a range of services, including PK-12 evidence-based professional learning and coaching for educators, comprehensive literacy audits, literacy institutes, and coaching for leaders. Together, we can help create the knowledge, systems, and structures required to support critical literacy work, grounded in quality, evidence-based professional learning, and data.
Keys to Beginning Reading - Grades K-5
This course provides a complete foundation of reading instruction, including oral language skills. Keys to Beginning Reading is an accredited teacher training program by the International Dyslexia Association (IDA).
Keys to Early Writing - K-2
This course develops essential writing skills through explicit instruction, assisting in providing a strong foundation.
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 support 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 - Grades 3-12
This course provides research-based teaching strategies for writing instruction that can be easily integrated into content areas, writing curricula, or published programs. In addition, KCW provides high-leverage strategies for writing within standardized assessments.
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.
Our professional development courses are available in various formats:
Instructional Leadership
Keys to Literacy will engage with your school or district to support building leaders, instructional coaches, and/or lead teachers to understand evidence-based practices, diagnose the current state of instruction within classrooms, and establish an effective literacy plan that is built on content knowledge and data to increase student achievement in literacy.
Implementation Schools
We partner with schools and districts across the country to help create high performing systems of learning. These partnerships are called, “implementation or laboratory schools”.
Literacy Evaluations
Keys to Literacy is one of the few literacy consulting groups that provides a comprehensive literacy audit for schools and districts.
Leadership Coaching
Our mission is to transform low- or under-performing schools into high-achieving, self-sustaining educational systems of excellence.
Leadership Institute & Professional Development
Systems, Structures and the Science of Reading are the key ingredients in all highly-performing schools.
Why choose Keys to Literacy?
Let’s partner for student success! From professional learning tailored for PreK-Grade 12 educators to leadership development that strengthens systems and structures, we offer practical, evidence-based training that drives results for all learners.
Contact us today to explore how we can collaborate!
