Professional Development Offerings

Training designed to support literacy instruction by K-12 educators.

Keys to Literacy Professional Development: Onsite, Online Learning that Lasts

With offerings tailored for grades PreK-3, elementary, middle and high school, our instructional practices and practical training methods ensure that schools improve literacy levels as their students improve their literacy skills. 

View our professional development topics below. Our major courses are available in multiple formats: Onsite Face-to-Face, Virtual-Live Using Zoom Meeting, Facilitated Online Courses, Asynchronous Online Courses, Train-the-Facilitator. 

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Keys to Literacy professional development was recommended in the National Council on Teacher Quality’s Four Pillars to Reading Success Action Guide. 

ESSER-Eligible, Evidence-Based Courses

The Keys to Literacy professional development courses listed below are eligible for Elementary and Secondary Emergency Relief (ESSER) Funds. The evidence-based instructional practices support a district’s efforts to address academic learning needs and disrupted learning resulting from the COVID pandemic. Download a summary of the research supporting our instructional practices.

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Keys to Content Writing

Keys to Content Writing provides professional development for research-based best practices for writing instruction that can be integrated in any subject and aligned to state literacy standards. Participants learn practical strategies for teaching writing skills, how to use writing to support content learning, and how to provide scaffolds to students who need support.
Writing | Elementary, Middle School, High School
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Keys to Early Writing

This instructional routine trains teachers to introduce basic oral and written expression skills. Participants learn instructional practices that address the K-3 writing requirements of the Common Core. The routine includes: introduction to the writing process, engaging a community of writers, daily pre-writing and quick writes, basic text structures, and writing scaffolds.
Writing | Primary, Elementary
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Keys to Adolescent Literacy

This to one-day training offers an overview of adolescent literacy instruction for students in grades 5-12 in all subject areas. It builds the background knowledge of middle and high school teachers about how students learn to read and why some students struggle, as well as best practices for teaching content reading and writing skills. The training covers these topics: components of reading/writing instruction, how the brain learns to read, causes of reading/writing difficulty, definitions of content and disciplinary literacy, and an overview of the comprehension, vocabulary, and writing skills that can be taught in the content classroom.
Comprehension, Vocabulary, Writing | Middle School, High School
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Understanding Dyslexia

Would you like to better understand dyslexia and how it affects students' reading ability? There are many reasons why students have difficulty with reading and writing skills. For 10 - 15% of students the cause is dyslexia, a neurobiological learning disability that is characterized by difficulties with accurate or fluent word recognition and poor spelling. This professional development provides the background knowledge about dyslexia that all elementary educators need in order to understand why students with dyslexia have difficulty with reading and how to support them in the classroom.
Writing | Elementary, Middle School, High School
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Customized Literacy Professional Development

We recognize that educators, schools, districts and other educational organizations have unique professional development needs. In addition to our standard professional development topics, Keys to Literacy will work with you to develop a customized plan for literacy professional development and materials to meet your unique needs.
Comprehension, Literacy Planning, Phonics, Vocabulary, Writing | Primary, Elementary, Middle School, High School
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ACCESSING KEYS TO LITERACY PD DURING SCHOOL CLOSURES

We are closely monitoring the COVID-19 situation and the impact on our employees and the schools where we provide professional development.

During this time period when onsite, face-to-face training and coaching is not possible, we offer multiple options for accessing our literacy PD content and instructional practices.

If you are a current or new partner, explore our website or contact us to learn more about:

info@keystoliteracy.com
978-948-8511