Full course description
Start Date
Varies
Price
No Cost
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Credential
NE Early Literacy Workshop
Digital Badge
Length
Varies by Cohort
Commitment
1-3 Hours
Weekly
Format
Asynchronous &
In-Person Workshops
Unlock Reading Skills for Early Learners
Course Description
The NE Early Literacy Workshop provides professional learning for educators focused on developing K-3 foundational literacy skills. Grounded in research and based on the National Reading Panel’s 5 Pillars of Reading Instruction: phonemic awareness, phonics, vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension, participants will identify concrete strategies to support student learning. Educators will build content knowledge and instructional skills in evidence-based early literacy instruction and gain resources to plan and teach in alignment with the Nebraska State ELA Standards.
Learning Objectives
- Identify the relationship between phonemic awareness and reading proficiency
- Develop strategies for teaching phonics using an explicit, systematic approach
- Develop strategies to enhance students’ sight word vocabulary and word analysis skills to identify words and their meaning
- Articulate the dimensions of fluency, how fluency or the lack thereof influences comprehension, and examine strategies to enhance fluency
- Know and apply in practice considerations for factors that contribute to deep comprehension
- Improve the field and/or school community by sharing expertise with colleagues through presentations, professional learning communities, and interdisciplinary collaborations to ensure comprehensive support of early readers
Target Learner
- K-3 Classroom Teachers
- Special Education Teachers
- EL Teachers
- Reading Specialists
- Coaches & Facilitators
- Administrators
Course Topics
- Phonological and Phonemic Awareness
- Phonics
- Vocabulary / Sight Words
- Fluency
- Comprehension
Meet the Course Facilitator
Jennifer Lemke, Ed.D.
Assistant Professor, Teacher Education - UNO College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences
Policies
In 2024-2025, Nebraska K-3 Educators must be approved through their district to participate.
Successful K-3 Reading Literacy Digital Badge completers are eligible to earn either graduate course credit OR a paid stipend.
Course credit and stipend are both dependent upon 1) successful K-3 Reading Literacy Digital Badge completion and 2) execution of course credit or stipend protocols.