Registration Deadline: WED. 2/4/26 Venue: Online (see details below) Participants will engage in a couple of classroom activities to experience scaffolding, checking comprehension and the gradual release of responsibility. These aspects of teaching and tutoring are then defined, explained further and participants get opportunities to practice them.

Registration Deadline: FRI. 2/6/26 Venue: Online (see details below) Teaching intermediate alphabetics (syllables, prefixes, suffixes, root words) is a great way to help students build their decoding and comprehension skills. Come learn a variety of fun and easy-to-use routines and activities for helping intermediate-level readers develop these important tools.

Registration Deadline: WED. 2/11/26 Venue: Online (see details below) Are you currently teaching or volunteering in an online or hybrid/HyFlex class? Is your current class pivoting to online instruction? Join this session to learn about common technology issues and basic skills you will need to support learners in Zoom or Google Meet. We will also […]

Registration Deadline: THU. 2/12/26 Venue: Online (see details below) This webinar series is a follow-up to the Online & HyFlex Teaching Foundations workshop offered as a pre-conference session at the 2025 Summer Institute. All staff and volunteers who are involved with online or HyFlex classes are invited to attend. These webinars will be interactive and […]

Registration Deadline: THU. 2/12/26 Venue: Online (see details below) Research shows that explicitly teaching a set of comprehension strategies is a great way to help intermediate-level readers maximize their understanding of texts. Come learn a handful of great comprehension tools that will help students develop critical thinking skills and comprehension skills.

Registration Deadline: MON. 2/16/26 Venue: Online (see details below) Vocabulary is everyone’s favorite reading component! And helping students master reading vocabulary is a key to helping them master comprehension. But how many words should you teach? And which words are the most important? What strategies are best for helping students learn new words? How do […]

Registration Deadline: WED. 2/18/26 Venue: Online (see details below) Participants develop their personal cultural awareness and learn how expectations around school culture shape how people teach and learn. Guiding principles for effectively delivering instruction to adults are also covered. Finally, participants increase their sensitivity to the challenges of learning English and developing literacy as an […]

Registration Deadline: TUE. 2/24/26 Venue: Online (see details below) Come and review the important role of fluency in reading instruction. We will discuss the three key components of reading fluency and look at a variety of activities tutors and teachers can try. We will talk about the mechanics of doing fluency practice via Zoom, Google […]

Registration Deadline: MON. 3/2/26 Venue: Online (see details below) You don’t need to be a computer expert in order to teach computer skills! Come learn how help students build their […]

Registration Deadline: TUE. 3/10/26 Venue: Online (see details below) Teaching intermediate alphabetics (syllables, prefixes, suffixes, root words) is a great way to help students build their decoding and comprehension skills. […]

Registration Deadline: THU. 3/12/26 Venue: Online (see details below) This webinar series is a follow-up to the Online & HyFlex Teaching Foundations workshop offered as a pre-conference session at the […]

Registration Deadline: FRI. 3/20/26 Venue: Online (see details below) Research shows that explicitly teaching a set of comprehension strategies is a great way to help intermediate-level readers maximize their understanding […]