This course provides educators with a comprehensive, research-based foundation in structured literacy instruction, examining reading development, the challenges students face in learning to read, and evidence-based practices for supporting diverse learners including those with reading disabilities. The content covers essential components of reading instruction — phonological awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension — alongside explicit writing instruction. Through engagement with scientific reading research via multiple formats, participants will develop the expertise to implement systematic, explicit literacy instruction that supports struggling readers, students with disabilities, and culturally and linguistically diverse learners in becoming proficient readers and writers across content areas.
