Empowering California Educators to Improve Students’ Literacy Success
As California educators strive to improve student literacy outcomes, research indicates skilled teachers and effective instruction based on the science of reading are essential to increasing grade-level proficiency.
LETRS® (Language Essentials for Teachers of Reading and Spelling) professional learning empowers educators and administrators with deep knowledge to be literacy and language experts in the science of reading and Structured Literacy.
Designed for educators of TK–3 students, as well as fourth- and fifth-grade students striving to achieve proficiency, LETRS accelerates teacher knowledge, improves instruction, and increases student achievement.
LETRS Empowers Educators, Engages Students, and Improves Outcomes
Teachers are the most essential factor to student success. However, only 49% of teaching institutions effectively prepare educators for literacy instruction.
LETRS is proven to accelerate teacher knowledge and improve instructional practice, resulting in increased student engagement and reading proficiency.
- Reduces the number of students experiencing reading difficulties
- Facilitates early identification and intervention with reading challenges, including dyslexia
- Increases overall student achievement levels
- Supports teaching literacy skills in English, as well as how literacy is acquired in any language
Solution Spotlight: Why LETRS Professional Learning Is Imperative for Literacy Acceleration
LETRS Accelerates Educators’ Literacy Knowledge with Courses of Study for:
- Elementary Educators: Ensure teachers master the fundamentals of literacy instruction required to transform student learning
- Early Childhood Educators: Empower TK–K teachers with in-depth knowledge to teach essential early literacy, language, and cognitive skills
- Administrators: Equip instructional leaders to create school and districtwide systems and structures that improve overall literacy instruction
LETRS Leverages Decades of Research in the Science of Reading
Rooted in the science of reading, LETRS professional learning empowers teachers with the skills needed to master the fundamentals of Structured Literacy reading instruction—phonological awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, comprehension, writing, and language.
- Overview: Your California Science of Reading Solutions: LETRS and Lexia® Core5® Reading
- Interview with Dr. Louisa Moats: Why Every Educator Needs to Understand the Science of Reading
- Solution Spotlight: The Science of Reading: Tools and Resources to Support Your Literacy Instruction
- Podcast: The Science of Reading: Why Didn’t We Learn What We Needed to Know in College?
Discover Why Your Peers Recommend LETRS
“We want to keep LETRS at the forefront. This is a real paradigm shift in how we’re approaching not only professional development, but also literacy instruction.”
–Kristen Anderson, Director of Literacy and Intervention, Hemet Unified School District, California
Infographic: LETRS Helped Transform Literacy in Mississippi
Contact us to learn more about how your California peers are improving literacy outcomes with LETRS.
Video Testimonial: LETRS is the tool to change lives
Video Testimonial: LETRS and Lexia Core5 Reading are the perfect combination for reading success
Watch these videos to learn more about LETRS
Why LETRS: LETRS bridges decades of evidence-based research into classroom success
Overview: LETRS helps develop more effective teachers of reading
Support LETRS Professional Learning with Educator Effectiveness Grant Funding
California’s Educator Effectiveness Grant can be used to fund programs that improve literacy instruction—such as professional learning with LETRS.
Northern CA Professional Learning Solutions Specialist:
Lou Gonzalez
559-776-8183
Southern CA Professional Learning Solutions Specialist:
Jeannette Schroeder
LETRS is IDA Accredited
LETRS is an International Dyslexia Association® (IDA)-Accredited Program and meets the IDA standards for teachers of reading.
View additional resources on the value of investing in teachers’ literacy knowledge
White Paper: Literacy Professional Learning: 10 Reasons Why It’s Essential
White Paper: Confident Teachers Create Successful Readers
White Paper: The Need for Research-Based Literacy Professional Learning
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