COMPREHENSIVE LITERACY SUPPORT FOR CALIFORNIA
Keys to Literacy is proud to partner with California schools, districts, and county offices of education. KTL has the experience, knowledge, and organizational capacity to provide literacy solutions for educators and leaders across LEAs, COEs, and the California Department of Education.
Keys to Comprehensive Literacy: A New TK-5 Course for California
Keys to Comprehensive Literacy is built specifically for California educators. It integrates our IDA-accredited Keys to Beginning Reading course in full with content from Keys to Early Writing (K-2) and Keys to Content Writing (grades 3+).
The course is aligned to the CA ELA/ELD Framework, the California ELD Standards, and the California Dyslexia Guidelines. It has received preliminary approval as a provider of Science of Reading professional development under AB 1454.
Covers: Literacy Basics, Oral Language, Phonological and Phonemic Awareness, Phonics and Advanced Word Study, Fluency, Vocabulary, Sentence and Text Structure, Writing, Comprehension, Reading Difficulties, Reading Assessment
Our Services:
We offer a range of services including PK-12 evidence-aligned professional learning and coaching for educators; literacy leadership training and coaching; and support for county offices of education and LEAs implementing California CLSD priorities. Together, we can help you create the knowledge, systems, and structures required to support critical literacy work.
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Let’s partner to build a sustainable foundation for literacy success.
Keys to Literacy & Lead to Literacy: A California Partnership
Keys to Literacy is a professional learning partner for Lead to Literacy (LtL), a statewide California initiative strengthening secondary literacy across county offices of education. Led by Napa COE in partnership with Butte, Riverside, Siskiyou, and Tulare COEs, LtL is aligned to California’s CLSD priorities. Keys to Literacy is proud to provide literacy leadership and adolescent literacy professional learning for this initiative.
Enroll in the Leadership Course
Take the Lead to Literacy online adolescent literacy leadership course at your own pace. This 12-hour asynchronous course covers Literacy Basics, Adolescent Literacy, supporting students with literacy difficulties, and data-driven reading intervention. Includes the training book The Essentials of Adolescent Literacy. Available to individual educators and school groups.
Cost: $200 per participant
Become a Certified Facilitator
County Offices of Education and district staff can pursue the Certified Facilitator pathway to build internal capacity for delivering adolescent literacy leadership professional development across their region or district.
Contact us to set up a Certified Facilitator training for your district or County Office of Education
Our areas of expertise:
- Development of comprehensive literacy plans & MTSS
- Understanding of the critical importance of literacy system alignment and sustainability through common structures
- Exceptional, practical evidence-based literacy professional development & coaching aligned with the Science of Reading and Writing for all stakeholders, including leadership/administrators, classroom teachers, and interventionists, spanning PK-Grade 12 (State, District, Building, ESAs)
- Support for county offices of education in building regional capacity for adolescent literacy leadership
Onsite and Online Learning & Coaching that Lasts:
Keys to Literacy offers options for delivering professional development & coaching that accommodate the different needs of districts, schools, and educators. We utilize a multi-component professional learning model that encompasses initial training and ongoing long-term support for teachers, administrators, and peer coaches. We also offer a variety of onsite, online, and certified facilitator delivery models.
Our professional development courses are available in various formats:
Keys to Literacy Professional Development
Keys to Literacy offers options for delivering professional development that accommodate the different needs of districts, schools, and educators.
Keys to Comprehensive Literacy
TK-5, California Edition. Covers oral language, phonological and phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, comprehension, reading difficulties, and reading assessment, along with foundational and content writing instruction, in one connected course built for California educators
Keys to Adolescent Literacy
Equips educators and leaders with evidence-based strategies for disciplinary literacy, comprehension, vocabulary, and writing across content areas in grades 4-12. Foundational to the Lead to Literacy partnership work in California.
Keys to Content Writing
Evidence-based practices for integrating writing instruction across all subject areas in grades 4-12. Strengthens critical thinking, text organization, syntax, and writing craft aligned to California literacy standards.
Keys to Literacy Leadership
Keys to Literacy Leadership supports K-5 educators in building coherent, structured literacy systems, strengthening instructional practices, and leading sustained improvement
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.
