A 15-Hour Professional Learning Course

Literacy instruction works best when language, meaning, and content are intentionally planned—not left to chance.

Active Learning for Early Literacy supports educators in designing literacy instruction that builds reading, writing, and academic language simultaneously, with a clear focus on supporting multilingual learners across content areas.

This course helps teachers move beyond strategies in isolation and toward coherent, language-rich literacy instruction that works in real classrooms.

What Educators Will Learn

Participants will:

• Understand the language demands of literacy tasks across grade levels

• Design instruction that supports comprehension, vocabulary, and writing

• Use functional language planning to make literacy expectations explicit

• Scaffold reading and writing without lowering rigor

• Provide feedback that supports clarity, cohesion, and meaning

Why Literacy Matters

Many literacy challenges are actually language challenges.

This course helps educators:
✔ Support multilingual learners within core literacy instruction
✔ Strengthen reading and writing outcomes across disciplines
✔ Increase access to grade-level texts and tasks
✔ Teach literacy with intention—not guesswork