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This webinar will use Zoom.

This webinar will run from 10:00 am - 12:00 pm ET / 7:00 am - 9:00 am PT on October 19, 2024 for a total of 2 credit hours.

For those who cannot attend the live webinar on October 19, a recording of the webinar will be available for 7 days following the live webinar, beginning the following Monday.
CE credit is only available for live attendance.

In this Introduction to the Science of Reading workshop, Kim Lockhart will share the what, why and how of a science-based approach to reading instruction that leads to more equitable learning outcomes for students. She will highlight the reading research, explain two important reading models, and explain the six elements of the reading process that required explicit, systematic instruction, including oral language, phonemic awareness, phonics, vocabulary development, fluency, reading comprehension. Teachers will leave this workshop feeling more knowledgeable, confident, and inspired to learn the reading research and how to connect it to classroom practice to ensure more equitable learning outcomes for students with diverse learning needs.
 

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Participants will be able to:

  • Explain the term science of reading and understand how the reading research informs classroom instruction
  • Identify two important models that illustrate the complexity of the reading process
  • Understand how a structured literacy approach meets the learning needs of diverse groups of learners
  • Identify practical, science-based strategies that support the reading development of English Language Learners, students with reading disabilities, and dyslexia
  • Learn how spelling instruction strengthens reading proficiency
  • Identify high-yield resources that support reading instruction in the classroom


WHO SHOULD ATTEND

This seminar is applicable to K-6 classroom teachers, reading remediation teachers, and teachers of additional language learners.

WORKSHOP LEADER
 

SteveKim Lockhart, MEd, is an elementary classroom teacher, reading specialist, and advocate for science-based reading instruction in public education. She teaches at Vancouver Island University's Faculty of Education and, in 2022, contributed to the revision of the new, science-based Language curriculum in Ontario, Canada. Kim has presented at national and international conferences, including the ResearchEd conference in Toronto, Ontario and Literacy & Justice for All conference in Oakland, California, and advocates strongly for every child's right to read.