Investment: $299

How do we seamlessly integrate literacy into content-rich units without losing the clarity and impact of explicit instruction? This course is designed for educators in PYP and content-area-driven schools who want to make the most of transdisciplinary or theme-based units while still growing students’ ability to comprehend complex texts. 

Over two days, we’ll explore models of integration, the power of purposeful text sets, strategies for building knowledge and vocabulary, and how to plan unit-based assessments that connect with the learning and allow teachers to see the next steps with reading comprehension. 

You’ll leave with:
🔹 Practical strategies for balancing integration and explicit instruction
🔹 Tools for planning background knowledge and vocabulary support
🔹 A text set approach that deepens content and comprehension
🔹 Guidance on designing outcome-based assessments
🔹 A co-constructed unit and a plan to bring it to life in your school

Course curriculum

    1. Course Information

    1. Padlet

    1. Chapter 1 - Course Introduction

    2. Chapter 2 - How the Science Supports Content Area Studies

    3. Chapter 3 - You Can-t Fit a Square Peg into a Round Hole

    4. Chapter 4 - Explicit Instruction and Inquiry

    5. Chapter 5 - Weaving Grade Level Literacy into Content

    6. Chapter 6 - Powerful Texts Build Powerful Learning

    7. Chapter 7 - How Do We Know it-s Working

    8. Chapter 8 - Keeping it Real

    9. Chapter 9 - Bringing It All Together

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About this course

  • $299.00
  • 12 lessons
  • 2 hours of video content

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Facilitator

Courtney Hughes

Courtney Hughes has spent the last 14 years in Bucharest, Romania. She has been a homeroom teacher, literacy coach, language coordinator, curriculum coordinator and literacy consultant. She has worked with schools in Europe, a the Middle East and Asia to enhance their literacy programs and make balanced change in the best interest of their students.She has a Master’s of Teaching from Fordham University and a Postgraduate Certificate of Educational Administration from George Washington University.