Literacy

Literacy Support

Across the educational landscape, schools are tasked with meeting the diverse learning needs of students and professional development needs of teachers. District and building administrators face challenges in aligning instruction with high-impact strategies supported by the science of reading and selecting and implementing curricular materials. As the focus on science of reading-based instructional practices continues to grow, opportunities exist to better align literacy instruction with current research.

At CELL, we are poised to help schools support educators as they work to provide high-quality instruction aligned with the science of reading from early childhood through high school. We are actively working with a collection of schools and districts and are expanding our capacity to serve more. Additionally, we are also actively supporting higher education educator preparation programs (EPPs) in Indiana as they work to incorporate science of reading research and practices to fully align with state licensing mandates. 

Based on your organization’s needs, CELL can assist in the following ways:

• Collaborative instructional rounds
• Data analysis
• Onsite professional development
• Curriculum/program review
• Support for literacy leaders
• Support for paraprofessionals
• Modeling
• And more

We believe that every student deserves access to evidence-based, developmentally appropriate literacy instruction to set the foundation for lifelong learning and that every school’s literacy needs are unique.

Want to know more about how CELL can help strengthen your literacy efforts through a custom plan? Contact our team at cell@uindy.edu.

Indiana Literacy Cadre

CELL serves as an initiative leader for the Indiana Literacy Cadre, which is working to help Indiana’s students read proficiently by the end of third grade.

The Indiana Literacy Cadre develops and implements collaborative professional development for K-3 educators across the state based on the science of reading, a compilation of evidence-based research on reading, reading development, and reading instruction.