Professional learning opportunities by CAREI core
Literacy Core professional development offerings
- CAREIALL: Advancing Language and Literacy | A comprehensive professional development course designed to support educators in operationalizing structured literacy in their classrooms.
- Functional Phonics+Morphology | Training and coaching support for the implementation of the FP+M curricula.
- PRESS - Path to Reading Excellence in School Site | A framework for literacy achievement in grades K-5, offering the professional learning opportunities and resources to implement systematic supports in elementary reading.
- Customized literacy solutions, with professional learning opportunities tailored to your communities.
Professional development to support MTSS implementation
- Installing coaching infrastructure and support through the district and buildings for sustained implementation.
- Installing and training staff in data-based decision making practices and procedures for continuous improvement.
- Installing and training staff in MTSS implementation unique to secondary level.
- Installing and training staff in utilizing Early Warning Systems.
Guidance and support for investigators across the career span
- Collaboration with researchers to strengthen their grant writing, conceptualize research plans, and create compelling arguments.
- Guide and direct high-quality, equity-centered research designs: from pilot studies to large-scale.
- Support the identification of analytic strategies, ensuring the rigorous and equitable use of data that can be translated into clear, actionable insights.
Program evaluation, goal-setting, and educator support
- Evaluation capacity building for educators and administrators, including collaboration on survey and assessment design, focus groups, and data analysis to guide decision-making.
- Development of logic models/theories of change that visually depict programs, providing educators with the tools they need to ensure a more effective, evidence-driven approach to implementation and evaluation.
Looking for ongoing learning opportunities? Join the District Assembly!
CAREI District Assembly brings together university researchers and school practitioners from across the country. Through our member-only portal, you'll gain access to:
- On-demand professional learning modules (eligible for Continuing Education Unit—CEU certification).
- Research Watch newsletters.
- Research-based tools, implementation resources, and guides.
- Documents, slides, and recordings from past District Assembly sessions.
- Research and policy briefs curated by CAREI experts.