Professional development in the Science of Reading for secondary teachers is crucial for supporting adolescent literacy skills. This training provides teachers with foundational knowledge about the cognitive processes involved in reading, including word recognition (phonemic awareness, decoding and sight recognition) fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension. Through interactive activities, teachers will learn the importance of embedding specific strategies for building reading skills and providing ample opportunities for students to practice applying those skills. Activities will include strategies for teaching vocabulary, including selecting keywords from texts, teaching word meanings in context, and planning opportunities for repeated use through discussion and writing. We will also explore activities that help students engage with texts more deeply, understand text structures and extract meaning more effectively, across content areas, ultimately improving academic outcomes for all students.
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