Become the Reading Intervention Expert You've Always Wanted to Be!

To become successful readers, struggling readers need instruction and practice that is differentiated, targeted, and explicit. That’s why every Successful Reader package includes nine hours of Web-based professional development. It’s the best way to discover strategies and tools that will help you meet the learning needs of these students and accelerate their reading growth.

With Successful Reader professional development, you will:

• Learn how to use Successful Reader lessons, books, and software most effectively by putting research-based principles into action.
• Learn how to provide direct, explicit instruction on the most critical comprehension strategies.
• Learn interactive and multi-faceted techniques that promote strong vocabulary development and inspire enthusiasm for words.
• Learn how to use data to make the right instructional decisions for every student.
• Learn how to provide scaffolded support so that all students gain in achievement.
• Learn how to create a community of learners in which individual differences are respected and addressed.
• Learn how to foster collaboration, provide purposes for reading, and tap into interests and backgrounds so that students fully engage in the reading experience and are motivated to learn.