
CREA - Cohort AA - Volume 1 (AA-1): Language Essentials for Teachers of Reading and Spelling K-12 (LETRS) - Minot (Summer 2025) [Multi-Day Series]
Tuesday, May 13, 2025
Description
OBJECTIVE: LETRS® provides K-12 educators with an in-depth understanding of the science behind teaching literacy and gives them the background and depth of knowledge to teach language and literacy skills to every student. Designed to be the cornerstone of a multiyear, systemic literacy improvement initiative, LETRS® is the most respected comprehensive professional development course for instructors of reading, spelling, and related language skills.
Volume 1 of this professional learning series focuses on the following units:
- Unit 1: The Challenge of Learning to Read
- Unit 2: The Speech Sounds of English
- Unit 3: Beginning Phonics, Word Recognition and Spelling
- Unit 4: Advanced Decoding, Spelling, and Word Recognition
AUDIENCE: K12 Educators
PRESENTERS:
- Kaley Mills, CREA PD Specialist
- Kirsten Hass, CREA PD Specialist
DELIVERY: This series will be delivered as a combination of online and face-to-face sessions.
CREDIT: 2 per semester; total of 4 per year
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COST: TBD
Minot (Location TBD)
Minot, ND United States
This series is offered over multiple sessions, with a mixture of online and face-to-face sessions.
Cohort AA-1 (TUESDAYS): LETRS VOL. 1
Session | Date | Time | Location |
Kickoff | May 13th, 2025 | Recorded | Online |
Online Check-In | May 27th, 2025 | 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM | Online |
Unit 1 Face-to-Face Debrief Day | June 10th, 2025 | 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM | Minot |
Online Check-In | June 24th, 2025 | 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM | Online |
Unit 2 Face-to-Face Debrief Day | July 8th, 2025 | 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM | Minot |
Online Check-In | July 22nd, 2025 | 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM | Online |
Unit 3 Face-to-Face Debrief Day | August 5th, 2025 | 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM | Minot |
Online Check-In | August 25th, 2025 (Monday) | 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM | Online |
Unit 4 Face-to-Face Debrief Day | September 15th, 2025 (Monday) | 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM | Minot |
Face-to-Face Session Location:
Minot (Location TBD)
Online sessions:
Links to join online Zoom sessions will be shared prior to each session date.
English Language Arts
Literacy
Teacher - Elementary
Teacher - Secondary
NDSoR Aligned