**RESCHEDULED DATES TBD Adolescent Literacy Solutions**

Adolescent Literacy Solutions

This four-day course focuses on preparing educators to develop vocabulary knowledge for middle and high school students and teach comprehension strategies that work for both literary and informational text.

Academic Literacy Series (2 days)

• Academic Vocabulary: Participants learn and practice evidence-based methods to directly teach important content vocabulary, teach students to figure out unknown words using contextual and morphemic analysis skills, and engage in fun and stimulating activities that foster "word consciousness."
• Comprehension Strategies and Text Structure: Participants learn about current, validated research in comprehension instruction. They receive in-depth instruction in selected instructional techniques that have broad application in both narrative and informational text at all grade levels.

Intensive Intervention Series (2 days)

• Science of Reading Overview and Decoding Instruction for Adolescents: The topics covered in these sessions include an overview of the Science of Reading, basic linguistics, phonics with an emphasis on multisyllabic word instruction.
• Fluency Development: These sessions focus on instructional methods, based on the science of reading, for teaching students ot become fluent readers and spotlights the relationship between fluency and comprehension. Highlights include specific techniques to increase time on text and promote rereading.

Tuition:

$615 - BrightWorks Member

$740 - Standard Rate

Please make checks payable to BrightWorks and mail to: 

BrightWorks
Attn: Brittany Stepan
2 Pine Tree Drive, Suite 101
Arden Hills, MN 55112

Please note: If an invoice is required, an additional fee of $10 will be applied.

Cancellation: You can cancel your own registration for an event before the cancellation deadline. (Please check the event information for specific cancellation details.) If the event has a fee, refunds are possible only if cancellation is prior to the deadline. If you do not attend and do not cancel prior to an event, you are still responsible for payment and will be billed.

Special Accommodations: Please alert BrightWorks 2-3 weeks prior to the workshop/event if you need special accommodations, including sign language interpreters. (BrightWorks requires a notice of 2 business days to cancel a sign language interpreter. If you fail to cancel, we reserve the right to bill your school/district for this expense.) Update your profile as needed. Special accommodations are not included with each registration, but are stored in your profile until you make changes.