These academic processes were the most individually motivating activities I have ever done with students.

Melinda Person

Having students write single-topic paragraphs to clearly communicate their understandings of math concepts allowed me to identify each student’s depth of understanding, address misconceptions, and provide precise feedback to strengthen each student’s math knowledge and skills.

Sharon Jerzyk

Without the academic reading and writing processes, I don't think I would have been able to make it through my academic career so easily.

Kaoly Her

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Assess and Improve Literacy-Development Efforts

We partner with district, school, and teacher leaders to assess literacy-development efforts, identify areas for improvement, create plans to expend literacy development energies more efficiently and effectively, and incorporate effective literacy-development approaches into program, course, unit, and lesson designs, teachers’ instructional practices, and students’ classroom learning experiences.

What We Do:

Assess current literacy development efforts
Identify needs for improvement
Plan effective responses
Support implementation

Training Literacy Development

We equip teachers with literacy development knowledge and tools to effectively lead students in exercising the academic literacy practices expected in their courses.

Effective Learning Experiences

Our literacy develop efforts are guided by Characteristics of Effective Teaching and Learning, conditions essential for students to access and engage deeply in learning.

About Us

Improving achievement through effective academic literacy development practices.