Early Literacy
Coaching, Consulting, and Professional Learning
Why join?
- Strengthen early literacy instruction through a variety of classroom coaching practices
- Strengthen your birth to age 3 literacy offerings, including family classes, home visits, and materials
- Align preschool through third grade literacy curriculum and instruction
Who should join?
- Educators balancing developmentally appropriate, culturally relevant instruction and the science of literacy
- Educators looking to enhance the effectiveness of their curriculum or assessments
- Schools without a literacy specialist or instructional coach
How does it work?
Early Learning Providers, Tribes and Districts can choose from the following options:
- Classroom Coaching includes observation, modeling, co-teaching, conferencing, co-planning.
- Center, School, and District Consultation for literacy program design, birth-3rd alignment, curriculum and assessment selection, broker literacy partnerships.
- Professional Learning: Includes content delivery, modeling, planning, and practice in the following areas:
- Oral language, vocabulary, and comprehension
- Phonological awareness and phonics
- Fluency and prosody
- Multilingual learners and culturally relevant practices
- Children with special needs and disabilities
Children’s Institute Early Literacy partners with centers, schools, and districts to enhance birth-to-third grade literacy through hands-on coaching, consulting, and professional learning grounded in research and practice. This work is led by Erin Lolich, Early Literacy Specialist.
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Interested in learning more?
Children’s Institute is now an approved early literacy vendor for Oregon Department of Education’s Customized Coaching & Professional Learning (CCPL) grant
Children’s Institute does an exceptional job of blending deep content expertise, understanding of implementation science, and the ability to build trusting personal relationships. They have helped us strengthen our early literacy efforts significantly in a short period of time.
Explore Early Literacy Resources
Explore the building blocks of early literacy and simple, research-informed strategies to support children’s reading development.
Understand why alphabet knowledge matters, and how simple, effective, practices can support early reading success.
Watch Erin model an engaging and joyful read-aloud with a birth-to-three playgroup.
