Come to Cambridge for your literacy professional development.

Summer 2019 offerings for teachers, literacy specialists,

Center for Reading Recovery
and Literacy Collaborative and school administrators / lesley.edu/summer
29 Everett Street
Cambridge, MA 02138

Read Like Writers:

Using the Study of
Craft Techniques to
Strengthen All Writing

JULY 15–18, 2019

Featuring Amy Ludwig
VanDerwater, Author of
Poems Are Teachers

S U M M E R 2 01 9 P R O G R A M S

Lesley University Center for Reading

Recovery and Literacy Collaborative
Make the most
of your summer.
Welcome to Cambridge, one of the world’s
best-loved college towns, and home to Lesley
University. Here, coffeehouses are an institution,
as well as excellent restaurants, colorful history,
and abundant culture. A few days in Cambridge
will make you feel like a student again.
Summer professional development and courses through Lesley University’s Center
for Reading Recovery and Literacy Collaborative, directed by Irene Fountas, provide
educators with professional learning to help every student become a more confident
and engaged learner. Energized by high quality training, teachers return to schools
with renewed enthusiasm, inspired ideas, and a readiness to address standards.
The Center is a nationally-recognized leader in literacy professional development
for educators working with students in grades PreK–8.

Guided Reading:
S M T W T F S Differentiating Literacy Instruction, Grades 3–8
July 8–12
Word Study:
JULY Teaching Phonics, Vocabulary, and Spelling, Grades 3–8
Read Like Writers:
July 15–18 Using the Study of Craft Techniques to Strengthen
7 8 9 10 11 12 13 All Writing, K–8
School Leaders Seminar:
14 15 16 17 18 19 20 July 22–25 What Every School Leader Needs to Know About Effective Literacy
Teaching, Coaching, and Teacher Leadership, Grades K–6
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Guided Reading:
July 22–26
Responsive Teaching, Grades K–2
28 29 30 31 1 2 3 Introduction to Fountas & Pinnell Classroom™
July 29–30

AUGUST Phonics, Vocabulary, and Spelling in the Reading/Writing

August 5–9
Classroom, Grades K–3
Leveled Literacy Intervention for Grades 3,4,5, and 6–12
28 29 30 31 1 2 3 August 6–8* (Levels L–Z/Red, Gold, Purple, and Teal): Intensive Small-Group
Instruction for Struggling Readers
4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Leveled Literacy Intervention for Grades K–2:
August 12–14* (Levels A–K, Green, Blue, Orange): Intensive Small-Group
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Instruction for Struggling Readers
Taking the Lead:
August 12–16*
18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Investing in Your School Grades K–5
The Effective Literacy Coach Training
August 19–22*
Grades K–8

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lesley.edu/summer *Plus additional dates in the fall
LESLEY UNIVERSITY / CENTER FOR READING RECOVERY AND LITERACY COLLABORATIVE

Summer Literacy Institute

Read Like Writers: Using the Study of Craft Techniques to

Strengthen All Writing, K–8
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT HOURS: 24 / Help students learn how to read like writers while creating the opportunities
and providing the teaching they need to build powerful writing systems over time. Come with colleagues and strengthen your
practice by developing a vision for your writers and use authentic assessments to inform your decisions as a teacher of writing.
Guest Speaker Amy Ludwig VanDerwater and Lesley University Faculty.

AUDIENCE DATES

This institute is suitable for classroom teachers, reading July 15–18, 2019
teachers, literacy specialists, and school leaders working 8:00 am–3:45 pm
with students in grades K–8. When you register, you will (Registration opens at 7:30 am on day one.)
choose the track you would like to take.
• Grades K–2 (Primary)
• Grades 3–8 (Intermediate)

COST

Noncredit / $850 (includes required professional texts)

Graduate Credit / Can be taken for two or three credits
$975 per credit + $40 registration fee + $100 required text fee
EEDUC 6020: Read Like Writers: Study of Craft Techniques (K–2)
EEDUC 6030: Read Like Writers: Study of Craft Techniques (3–8)

Engage with Amy Ludwig

VanDerwater to elevate
the student writer’s craft
using poetry
Author of Poems Are Teachers: How Studying Poetry Strengthens Writing in All Genres, Amy Ludwig
VanDerwater also writes books for children. Her titles include Forest Has a Song, Every Day Birds,
Read! Read! Read!, and With My Hands, and her poems appear in many anthologies. A graduate
of Teachers College, Columbia University, former fifth grade teacher, and writing teacher of
20 years, Amy offers writing workshops for all ages, and speaks frequently at conferences.
She makes her home in Western New York, sharing snips of life at her popular classroom blog
poemfarm.amylv.com

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LESLEY UNIVERSITY / CENTER FOR READING RECOVERY AND LITERACY COLLABORATIVE

Summer Programs 2019

Guided Reading: Differentiating Literacy Instruction, Grades 3–8

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT HOURS: 35 / Participants will learn how to observe and assess the reading behaviors
of intermediate and middle school students; form flexible groups; analyze and select appropriate texts; and plan guided
reading lessons that address the needs of individual readers within the group. Participants will learn about the complex
nature of the reading process and consider how each element of a guided reading lesson presents opportunities for teaching
and learning that will support the varying needs of students, including those whose first language might not be English.
With Helen Sisk, Assistant Director, Intermediate and Middle, Lesley University.

AUDIENCE DATES COST

This course is for classroom teachers, July 8–12, 2019 Noncredit / $875
reading teachers, and literacy specialists. 8:00 am–3:45 pm Graduate Credit / Can be
taken for three credits
$975 per credit + $40
registration fee

Word Study: Teaching Phonics, Vocabulary, and Spelling, Grades 3–8

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT HOURS: 35 / This course examines the rationales and theories underpinning the teaching
of phonics, spelling, and vocabulary in an authentic literacy classroom for grades 3–8. You will investigate essential categories
of learning and consider ways in which word study fits into a broader language and literacy framework. You will analyze teaching
and engage in inquiry that will deepen your understanding of how words work and serve as a set of instructional practices
for effective teaching of a range of students. With Jillian Fountain, Faculty, Intermediate and Middle, Lesley University.

AUDIENCE DATES COST

This training is for intermediate/middle school classroom July 8–12, 2019 Noncredit / $875
teachers, reading teachers, and literacy specialists. 8:00 am–3:45 pm Graduate Credit / Can be
taken for three credits
$975 per credit + $40
registration fee

“ Very helpful course. Expanded on what I already knew

about word study and gave me a broader tool kit to use
in the classroom.”
—MICHAEL BOWLER, DIRECTOR OF TEACHING AND LEARNING

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 School Leaders Seminar: What Every School Leader Needs
to Know About Effective Literacy Teaching, Coaching,
and Teacher Leadership, Grades K–6
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT HOURS: 25 / This four-day seminar is designed for school leaders interested in examining
the roles of effective teaching, systematic assessment, literacy coaching, and supervision in improving student achievement in
reading and writing. Topics include establishing coherence and a culture of continuous professional learning; understanding
texts, readers, and the writing process; and the design for instruction including intervention, phonics, spelling and word study.
With Irene Fountas, Author, Director; Cindy Downend, Assistant Director, Primary; and Helen Sisk, Assistant Director,
Intermediate and Middle, Lesley University.

AUDIENCE DATES COST

This seminar is designed for principals, assistant July 22–25, 2019 $1,950 per person
principals, superintendents, assistant superintendents, 8:30 am–3:30 pm Graduate Credit / Contact
literacy coaches, curriculum and English language arts litcol@lesley.edu for more
specialists or directors, and teams of central office leaders. information about graduate
credit costs. Professional
materials included.

Guided Reading: Responsive Teaching, Grades K–2

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT HOURS: 35 / Participants will build a strong understanding of reading as a complex
process and learn how to help students become more proficient readers through differentiated instruction in small, guided
reading groups. They will use running records of oral reading behaviors to study a child’s progress in reading over time and
consider the role that a gradient of texts and matching books to readers has on student progress. Participants will analyze
assessment data to form flexible groups, select appropriate texts, and plan guided reading lessons for effective literacy
instruction of diverse students. With Heather Rodman, Faculty, Primary, Lesley University.

AUDIENCE DATES COST

This training is for classroom teachers, reading teachers, July 22–26, 2019 Noncredit / $875
and literacy specialists. 8:00 am–3:45 pm Graduate Credit / Can be
taken for three credits
$975 per credit + $40
registration fee

“ I feel so much more grounded in the actual foundations

of the guided reading portion of Reading Workshop.
I have less anxiety about my ability to incorporate Guided
Reading as a regular part of my teaching of reading.”
—C AROLYN HAMMONDS, DIRECTING TEACHER FOR THIRD GRADE AT BEAUVOIR,
THE NATIONAL CATHEDRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, WASHINGTON, D.C.

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 “ Thank you for creating such teacher-friendly materials
that will allow me to now share my knowledge and
passion with my teachers. Together we will change
lives in my school for teachers and students.”
—PRINCIPAL

Introduction to Fountas & Pinnell Classroom™

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT HOURS: 12 / This two-day session will introduce educators to a system for teaching
students that includes authentic experiences in reading, thinking, talking, and writing. Beginning with a vision of authentic
literacy learning, participants will learn how to use whole group, small group, and individual teaching to provide coherent
literacy instruction across the grades. In order to benefit, your school/district should be interested in, or are planning to
implement, Fountas & Pinnell Classroom.™

AUDIENCE DATES COST

This training is suitable for K-6 teams of teachers, literacy July 29–30, 2019 Noncredit / $595 per person
specialists, school leaders. 8:30 am–3:30 pm Cost includes box lunch
each day and the
Literacy Quick Guide
professional text.

Phonics, Vocabulary, and Spelling in the Reading/Writing

Classroom, Grades K–3
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT HOURS: 35 / This course offers educators the opportunity to learn the role that phonics,
phonological awareness, vocabulary, spelling, and word study instruction play in learning to read and write. Participants
expand their knowledge of the alphabetic principle and how words work, develop an understanding of the essential elements
of a word study curriculum, learn how to assess students’ reading and writing for phonics and spelling knowledge, and use
a continuum of word study to plan for instruction. Attention will be given to supporting English language learners and to
students who have difficulty learning to read and write. With Kristine Haveles-Pelletier, Adjunct Faculty, Lesley University.

AUDIENCE DATES COST

This training is for classroom teachers, August 5–9, 2019 Noncredit / $875
reading teachers, and literacy specialists. 8:00 am–3:45 pm Graduate Credit / Can be taken
for three credits $975 per credit
+ $40 registration fee

“ This course has energized me to return

to the classroom!”
—ELEANOR MADSEN, KINDERGARTEN TEACHER,
LOCUST VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT, NEW YORK

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Leveled Literacy Intervention for Grades 3, 4, 5, and 6–12
(Levels L–Z/Red, Gold, Purple, and Teal): Intensive
Small-Group Instruction for Struggling Readers
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT HOURS: 36 / Using the Leveled Literacy Intervention (LLI) Red System (grade 3),
Gold System (grade 4), Purple System (grade 5), and Teal System (grades 6–12), this professional development training
will provide you with an introduction to an effective literacy intervention system for struggling readers in the intermediate,
middle, and secondary grades. In this six-day training, you will learn rationales and procedures for high-impact lessons that
engage students’ attention and thinking, and help them successfully read increasingly challenging text levels. Participants who
plan to teach LLI to at least one group will benefit most from the training. With Pat Martin, Adjunct Faculty, Lesley University.

AUDIENCE DATES COST

This training is for: August 6–8 and Noncredit / $1,950 per person
• L iteracy teachers and special education teachers who October 23–25, 2019 Graduate Credit / Contact
provide small-group instruction to children reading below 8:30 am–3:30 pm litcol@lesley.edu for more
grade-level expectations information about graduate
• Title I teachers and reading specialists credit costs
• Staff development personnel and literacy coaches
supporting teachers who provide supplemental
instruction to struggling readers

Leveled Literacy Intervention for Grades K–2:

(Levels A–K, Green, Blue, Orange): Intensive
Small-Group Instruction for Struggling Readers
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT HOURS: 36 / Over the course of this six-day training, you will be introduced to a
supplementary intervention system designed to help teachers provide powerful, daily small-group instruction for struggling
readers and writers. Leveled Literacy Intervention students participate in 30-minute intensive lessons, five days per week, that
combine reading, writing, and phonics and word study. Leveled Literacy Intervention for grades K–2 uses a specially created
and sequenced set of original children’s books, leveled A–N. Teachers use planned lessons that enable them to do highly
effective and efficient teaching, resulting in accelerated student progress. Participants who plan to teach LLI to at least one
group will benefit most from the training. With Pat Martin, Adjunct Faculty, Lesley University.

AUDIENCE DATES COST

This training is for: August 12–14 and Noncredit / $1,950 per person
• Literacy
 teachers who provide small-group instruction October 15–17, 2019 Graduate Credit / Contact
for children reading below level N 8:30 am–3:30 pm litcol@lesley.edu for more
• Title
 I teachers, reading specialists, Reading Recovery information about graduate
teachers, and special education teachers who work with credit costs
children reading below level
• Staff
 development personnel and literacy coaches
supporting teachers who provide supplemental
instruction to struggling readers

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 “ I found it extremely useful when the trainers went over
each aspect of readers’/writers’ workshop and word
work/poetry workshop. This really gave me a better
understanding of how to implement each of these
models and why they are beneficial.”
—KAYLEEN KENNEY, CLASSROOM TEACHER

Taking the Lead: Investing in Your School, Grades K–5

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT HOURS: 60 / This seminar provides training to individuals who will take a lead in
developing literacy educators in the school. Participants will expand their expertise in the content of teaching reading, writing,
phonics/word-study, and in the instructional practices that build a community of engaged, active learners in K–5 classrooms.
Across the ten days, participants also engage in discussions of how best to facilitate continuous professional learning of
colleagues in their school or school system. With Center for Reading Recovery and Literacy Collaborative Faculty.

AUDIENCE DATES COST

This training is for lead teachers; literacy coaches; August 12–16, 2019 and
administrators (teams or individuals). November 4–8, 2019
8:30 am–3:30 pm
Noncredit / $3,500 per
person
Graduate Credit / Contact
litcol@lesley.edu for more
information about graduate
credit costs

The Effective Literacy Coach Training, Grades K–8

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT HOURS: 60 / This intensive professional development training helps literacy coaches to
improve teacher expertise and student achievement in their school, and supports literacy coaches in all aspects of their role.
You will learn how to navigate the multiple roles of a literacy coach successfully, including creating an effective school-based
literacy team, organizing for coaching quality, and helping teachers to see the relationship between literacy theory and
real-world practices. We will identify the critical attributes of a healthy, professional learning community for adult learners,
and how to build it for your school in collaboration with school administrators. With Center for Reading Recovery and Literacy
Collaborative Faculty.

AUDIENCE DATES COST

This training is suitable for literacy coaches, reading August 19–22,
specialists, literacy coordinators, principals, instructional October 15–17 and
coaches, and language arts directors. December 3–5, 2019
8:30 am–3:30 pm
Noncredit / $3,500 per person
Graduate Credit / Contact
litcol@lesley.edu for more
information about graduate
credit costs

“ I will continue to think about my own beliefs and ways to

communicate to teachers and balance with their beliefs.”
—LANESS WEST, COLLEGIATE SCHOOL

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Online Courses in Literacy Teaching and Teacher Leadership

AUDIENCE DATES COST

This course is for K–8 classroom
teachers, reading/literacy
specialists, literacy coaches,
and administrators.
The following courses in literacy
teaching can be taken individually
for 3 graduate credits or as
part of a graduate certificate
program. In-depth descriptions
are available online.
Summer I Term: $1,950 per course + $100 in fees
May 13–July 7, 2019 (copyright, registration,
• Phonics, Vocabulary, and Spelling in and technology)
the Reading/Writing Classroom K–3
(EEDUC 6039) LEARN MORE
• Intentional Teaching in a Writers’
lesley.edu/online-literacy
Workshop 3–8 (EEDUC 6185)
• Shared Leadership for School
Certificate programs are eligible for federal financial aid.
Improvement (EEDUC 6406)
Summer II Term:
July 8–September 1, 2019
• Intentional Teaching in a Readers’
Workshop K–2 (EEDUC 6180)
• Intentional Teaching in a Readers’
Workshop 3–8 (EEDUC 6168)

We Now Offer Two Certificate Programs

Graduate Certificate in Developing Literacy Expertise through Responsive
Classroom Teaching—Eighteen-credit graduate certificate is designed
for professionals interested in deepening their expertise in the systematic
observation and assessment of reading, writing, and language behaviors.
Learn to use responsive teaching that incorporates differentiated instruction
for whole group, small group, and individual learning.

NEW Graduate Certificate in Literacy Coaching and Teacher Leader

Expertise—Twelve-credit graduate certificate is designed for literacy coaches,
teacher leaders, or administrators who want to develop expertise in literacy
coaching, shared leadership, and developing a culture of professional learning
across a school or district.

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Take your learning to the next level.
The Center for Reading Recovery and Literacy Collaborative at Lesley University offers courses and workshops year-round to
expand your knowledge and refine your craft. Our professional development is known for its research-based curriculum and
practical approach. Explore new ways of thinking about your impact on student growth with the flexibility and support from
our expert faculty.

Can’t make it this summer?

If you can’t come to us, we’ll come to you. Many of the
offerings in this brochure can be taught right in your district.
Learn more about our onsite professional development.
lesley.edu/onsite-pd

We offer a 10% discount on the graduate

credit rate for Lesley alumni, Cambridge
residents, Cambridge Public School
teachers, and seniors 55+.

Policies
REGISTRATION
Submission of a registration form is an agreement to
pay the full event registration fee and to abide by all
Lesley University and Center for Reading Recovery and
Literacy Collaborative policies.
ATTENDANCE POLICIES
We will issue a certificate of attendance to each
participant at the conclusion of the event. Any
participant who leaves an event early or arrives late
on any given day will receive a reduced number of
attendance hours on their certificate. Participants
taking the summer institute for graduate credit are
expected to attend and participate fully.
DISABILITY SERVICES FOR STUDENTS
If you are a student with a documented disability,
or feel that you may have a disability, and need an
accommodation to attend any of our events, please
let us know so that we may put you in touch with the
appropriate disability administrator for the University.
CANCELLATION, SUBSTITUTION,
AND REFUND POLICIES
Noncredit Students
• Cancellation dates for each event are on our website.
• If you cancel in writing before the cancellation date,
we will issue a refund minus a $50 processing fee.
• If you are unable to attend, you may send a substitute
at any time. Substitute must attend entire event.
• Regardless of weather conditions, if the event is
held but you cannot attend, you will be billed for
the full amount.
Graduate Credit Students
• Registration fees ($40) are non-refundable.
Contact Registrar’s Office to verify final pricing.
• For courses with six or fewer class meetings,
institutes, and conferences, there is a 100% refund
if the course is dropped prior to the start date of
the course.
•U
 niversity policy does not allow retroactive
withdrawals or refunds. Once the course has begun,
there is no refund.

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