REGISTER NOW – EARLY BIRD PRICING ENDS ON 4/30/2025!

The Adolescent Literacy Series translates findings of research in adolescent literacy to increase teacher knowledge and provide teachers with practices that can be immediately used in their daily content area classrooms in grades 6-12. Teachers will better understand the needs of adolescent learners in relation to literacy and how to support access to the core curriculum and complex text through a focus on disciplinary literacy.

This series for consists of ten 2.5-hour facilitated, synchronous modules held via Zoom and continued learning through asynchronous materials and follow up activities. These modules address questions such as:

• – What happens in the brain when we read? How can this understanding inform our instruction?
• – What are basic, intermediate, and disciplinary literacy? How do these levels impact reading grade level content material?
• – How do we plan differentiated instruction to allow all students to access complex text?
• – How do we analyze instruction to determine the presence of features of effective instruction?
• – What is the importance of vocabulary acquisition? What impact does it have on comprehension?
• – What role does strategy instruction play? How do high-leverage instructional routines support constructing meaning from text?
• . . . and much more!

Completion Requirement: Registration is for the entire series. Satisfactory completion is defined as attendance at no less than 20 out of 25 hours of scheduled, synchronous course time, and completion of all course assignments by September 30, 2025. Each training session will be recorded and posted in the course in case of any absences or need for a refresher, but is not considered an acceptable substitute for attendance. We strongly recommend reviewing the live session dates below before registering. 

Dates & Topics

Please note: Registration is for the entire series. Each training session will be recorded in case of any absences or need for a refresher.

Introduction to Adolescent Literacy
Tuesday, 7/8/2025 9:00am-11:30am EDT

Features of Effective Instruction
Thursday, 7/10/2025 9:00am-11:30am EDT

Using Background Knowledge and Inferencing Skills
Tuesday, 7/15/2025 9:00am-11:30am EDT

Constructing Meaning While Reading: Get the Gist
Thursday, 7/17/2025 9:00am-11:30am EDT

The Role of Vocabulary in Meaning Acquisition
Tuesday, 7/22/2025 9:00am-11:30am EDT

Self-monitoring and Questioning to Support Meaning Acquisition
Thursday, 7/24/2025 9:00am-11:30am EDT

The Role of Fluency and Syntax in Meaning Acquisition
Tuesday, 7/29/2025 9:00am-11:30am EDT

Text-based Discussion
Thursday, 7/31/2025 9:00am-11:30am EDT

The Reading-Writing Connection
Tuesday, 8/5/2025 9:00am-11:30am EDT

Pulling It All Together: Sustaining Practices
Thursday, 8/7/2025 9:00am-11:30am EDT

PLEASE NOTE: This online registration form is for credit card processing only. If you’d prefer to pay with a purchase order, please email a copy to info@hillforliteracy.org along with the required registration information (names, emails, job titles/role, and schools of each attendee).