How To Be a Science of Reading Detective

Recorded on March 5, 2024

A core literacy curriculum needs to be aligned with evidence-based practices every step of the way. But with so many literacy programs to choose from, how do you know if they're true to the research? Join Michele Hart, senior product specialist at Amplify, to learn what features and qualities to look for when evaluating curricula, red flags to avoid, and the five instructional shifts you can make today to make the greatest difference to your students.

Making the Shift to the Science of Reading: True Stories of Transformation 

Recorded on March 18, 2024

Hosted by Meagan Molbert and Karen Venditti and featuring a nationwide panel of administrators.

Join us as we revisit some of our favorite moments from our Nov. 8 Amplify CKLA/ELA Administrator Customer Panel webinar. You’ll hear from administrators who’ve seen the power of building background knowledge and systematic phonics instruction in their schools, and learn how the right curriculum can help educators deliberately and systemically build early literacy skills on a foundation of knowledge.
 

mCLASS and Boost Reading Educator Roundtable: The Power of Assessment to Drive Instruction and Intervention

Recorded on March 27, 2024

Hosted by product specialists Whitney Chatterjee and Charissa Snyder and featuring a nationwide panel of educators. 

Data is a crucial part of your Science of Reading journey, but how can you capture and use this data? Join us to hear directly from a panel of Boost Reading and mCLASS^® teachers on how they used data to drive their classroom instruction and intervention needs. They’ll talk about the importance of teacher-led assesssments, the power of data, and how this data guides them throughout the school year to set their students up for success.

Middle School ELA Educator Roundtable: Strategies for Building Skills and Boosting Writing Stamina

Recorded on April 10, 2024

Hosted by Laura Young and featuring a nationwide panel of educators.

Middle schoolers are at a critical time in their lives. How can you keep them moving forward in their education, while also preparing them for the increased challenge of high school? Hear from a panel of Amplify ELA teachers to discover how to teach classic texts in fresh ways, expand students’ academic knowledge, build vocabulary and writing stamina, and more.

Biliteracy Educators Roundtable: Bringing a Biliteracy Curriculum to Life

Recorded on April 15, 2024

Hosted by biliteracy specialists Ana Torres and Alestra Flores Menéndez and featuring a nationwide panel of educators.

¡El futuro es bilingüe! Join us to hear from real educators who bring biliteracy education to life for their multilingual/English learners. They'll talk about how critical data is for developing literacy in English and Spanish, as well as how using assessment, personalized learning, and core curriculum designed specifically for multilingual/English learners and built on the Science of Reading accelerates biliteracy development to create a better future for their students.