Teaching Reading Comprehension in Transitional Kindergarten through 12th Grade Classes

This course is designed to improve teacher’s understanding and skill in teaching reading comprehension through the use of complex text in transitional kindergarten through 5th grade and content area literacy in grades 6-12. Participants will study key policy and research documents as well as the new Common Core Standards. This is a blended course with five weeks of online reading, assignments and discussion and two face to face meetings for follow up on topics determined by participants during the online portion of the course.