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BIG NEWS! 📣 VIU has officially announced its NEW Elementary Literacy Foundations for Practicing Teachers micro-credential, and I’m thrilled to be teaching it beginning in January 2027! Here’s why this new micro-credential matters so much: We keep asking teachers to implement evidence-based literacy instruction, but are we investing enough in helping them develop the knowledge and skills to actually DO it? Teachers can’t teach what they haven’t been taught. And another literacy program isn’t a substitute for teacher knowledge. This course is about changing that. We’ll dig into the science of reading AND writing, explore explicit and systematic instruction, learn how to use screening data to inform instruction, and examine what teachers can STOP doing to make more time for what works. And you know me- I don’t just tell teachers what to do. I SHOW them! Expect practical examples, classroom demonstrations, evidence-based routines, and strategies you can put into practice with your students right away. Because professional learning shouldn’t just change what teachers KNOW. It should change what teachers DO. 📚 Fully online 📅 Starting January 2027 🎓 University micro-credential for practicing teachers I’m incredibly excited to be part of this opportunity to strengthen teacher knowledge, build instructional capacity, and ultimately improve literacy outcomes for students. Would you be interested in taking a university course that focuses on the science of reading AND what it actually looks like in the classroom? Link for more info in the comments! @VIUniversity @AnaVieira21C @VIUProvost #ScienceOfReading #StructuredLiteracy #LiteracyInstruction #TeacherTraining #EvidenceBasedTeaching #VancouverIslandUniversity

See this CFC for an edited book that Drs. Amber Moore, Harini Rajagopal, and Theresa Rogers are co-authoring! “Storied Citizenship: Reimagining Civic Encounters Among Children and Youth in the Post-Digital Age".