APPROVED PROFESSIONAL LEARNING FOR KENTUCKY’S READ TO ACHIEVE (RTA) GRANT
Keys to Literacy provides comprehensive, evidence-based professional learning approved by KDE that covers all four key areas required for your competitive RTA grant.
Keys to Literacy Professional Learnings RTA Objectives:
- Provide comprehensive coverage across all four key areas through KTL’s status as one of the few approved providers. This allows schools to select key areas and determine their preferred 2-year implementation timeline.
- Deliver accessible professional development through multiple format options, including:
- Fully asynchronous online courses
- Hybrid model combining asynchronous online course + virtual-live facilitated debrief sessions
- Live virtual facilitation
- Live in-person facilitation
- Design and implement a flexible, customized professional learning plan tailored to your school’s needs, incorporating job-embedded implementation coaching to support sustained educator growth.
- Ensure high-quality instruction and support by deploying highly skilled literacy consultants with proven teacher and administrator experience.
- Maximize your professional development investment through affordable and economical pricing structures that deliver exceptional value.
About the RTA Grant
KDE anticipates funding approximately 150 schools at an estimated $70,000 per year for two years. Schools awarded RTA grant funds must provide matching funds and ensure the complete sustainability of the professional learning requirements and all costs associated with implementing the professional learning and intervention program into the appropriate tiers of instruction for the two years. After these two years, RTA schools will be eligible to request a grant renewal for an additional two years, contingent upon implementation of all program components, grant requirement compliance, demonstrated student progress, the availability of funds, and successfully meeting all assurances per KRS 158.792 Section 3(b). Click here to access the KDE RTA website. Click here to see the approved vendor list.
The grant application is due to KDE by December 2, 2025, which includes a detailed, high-quality professional learning plan for all teachers and staff who provide reading instruction in the primary (K-3) program. This includes identifying a professional learning provider.
Our Services
We offer K-3 evidence-based professional learning and coaching for educators, an OPTIONAL component offering comprehensive literacy audits, literacy institutes, and leadership coaching. Together, we can help create support for the critical literacy work, grounded in quality, evidence-based professional learning.
Professional Learning Approved for the RTA Grant -K-3
- Keys to Beginning Reading
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- 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). Click here to learn more about Keys to Beginning Reading.
- Keys to Early Writing
- This course develops essential writing skills through explicit instruction, providing a strong foundation. Click here to learn more about Keys to Early Writing.
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Let’s partner to build a sustainable foundation for literacy success.
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 Institute
Our mission is to transform low- or under-performing schools into high-achieving, self-sustaining educational systems of excellence.
Professional Development
Systems, Structures and the Science of Reading are the key ingredients in all highly-performing schools.
Our professional development courses are available in various formats:
Contact our team to learn how we can partner together.
Let’s partner for literacy success! From professional learning tailored for K-3 educators to optional support for 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.
