Training Descriptions

Corrective Reading Decoding 2027 Level A

The Corrective Reading program provides systematic reading instruction to students performing below grade-level expectations in grades 3 and above. Decoding Level A supports non-readers, those who are extremely deficient in decoding skills, by teaching sound-spelling relationships, reading strategies for sounding out words, and applying those strategies both in isolation and in context. Students who place into Level A may recognize some words but lack adequate strategies to successfully read words like “frost” and “track.”

Corrective Reading Decoding 2027 Levels B1 & B2 (Two-Part Training)

The Corrective Reading program provides systematic reading instruction to students performing below grade-level expectations in grades 3 and above. Level B1 refines word-attack skills by teaching sounds and sound combinations, introducing new vocabulary, and promoting word discrimination. There is a strong emphasis on fluency building and comprehension through daily reading of decodable, connected text.

Level B2 continues the instructional sequence of Level B1, focusing on student practice in word attack and spelling, vocabulary development, and daily reading of decodable, connected text. Practice for rate and accuracy, as well as charting daily fluency progress, are features that help students recognize their progress and increase their motivation to work hard to build reading skills and catch up to their grade-level peers. Students who place into Decoding B1 or B2 often have inconsistent reading skills and frequently guess at words, rather than applying decoding strategies that will lead to accurate word reading.

Reading Mastery Signature Edition (RMSE) Level K Reading (Two-Part Training)

Learn to effectively implement Reading Mastery Signature Edition Level K Reading, a beginning reading program for non-reading children. The RMSE Level K program systematically teaches all the prerequisite skills children need to master the fundamentals of beginning literacy, including phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension. Upon mastery of the skills taught in Level K, children are ready to expand their reading skills to Level 1 reading standards. Participants will learn the technical delivery skills needed to support children in developing these essential reading skills. Due to the amount of material covered in this training, it is divided over two days. 

Reading Mastery Signature Edition (RMSE) Level 1 Reading 

Learn to effectively implement Reading Mastery Signature Edition Level 1 Reading, which is the second level of the Reading Mastery series. Participants will learn the technical delivery skills needed to support children as they learn and apply strategies for decoding difficult words, increase fluency in passage reading, and develop comprehension strategies. Participants will also learn how RMSE Level 1 develops basic reasoning skills such as making inferences, drawing conclusions, and working independently.

Direct Instruction Spoken English (DISE)

This session provides training for teaching Direct Instruction Spoken English (DISE), Levels 1 and 2. DISE teaches fundamental mastery of the English language to students with little or no knowledge of it. Students need to have at least a fourth-grade level of knowledge in their own language to be successful in the DISE program. With this foundation, DISE can give students the oral language skills they need to benefit from their other classes as quickly as possible. The goal of the DISE program is to enable students who don’t speak English to master the basics of the English language in one school year.

Spelling Mastery Levels A & B (Grades 1 & 2)

Spelling Mastery Level A (SMA) and Spelling Mastery Level B (SMB) teach students spelling skills through two interwoven strategies: the phonemic strategy for beginning spellers and the whole-word approach to teach common words that cannot be taught through the phonemic strategy. SMA teaches the sound-symbol strategy (phonemic) for spelling simple, regularly spelled words to provide spellers with generalizations for spelling many words and word parts. SMA uses the whole-word strategy for teaching a set of high-frequency, irregularly spelled words that do not fit generalizations. SMB expands the sound-symbol strategy to more difficult, regularly spelled words and increases the number of irregularly spelled words that students spell.

In this training, you’ll learn and practice effective delivery techniques, correction procedures, mastery and testing standards, and remediation strategies.

Spelling Mastery Levels C-F (Grades 3-6)

Spelling Mastery Levels C through F teach students spelling skills through three interwoven strategies: the phonemic strategy, the whole-word approach to teach common words that cannot be taught through the phonemic strategy, and the morphographic approach for advanced spellers.

In this training, you’ll learn and practice effective delivery techniques, correction procedures, mastery and testing standards, and remediation strategies.

Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons

Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons (TYC) is a structured, explicit foundational reading program for beginning readers, with applications for intervention and high-impact tutoring. TYC provides a carefully sequenced progression of foundational reading skills that takes beginning readers from early phonemic and decoding skills to increasingly complex reading tasks. When implemented with fidelity, TYC advances students from beginning reading skills toward reading proficiency at approximately a 1.5 grade-level equivalent. TYC is an explicit, systematic approach to beginning reading instruction and has been used in homes and educational settings for decades. This book of 100 carefully sequenced reading lessons has been endorsed by Right to Read founder Robert Sweet and New York Times writer John McWhorter, and was the only instructional program Emily Hanford recommended to further reading on her Sold a Story podcast. 

Participants will learn how to deliver TYC lessons effectively, apply mastery criteria, use correction procedures, and implement appropriate remediation strategies.