This summer, we are offering the first institutes that focus on teaching reading in the content areas using multi-level text. Our Professional Development pages now contain information that follows up on the institute. At this time, you will find teaching demonstrations, strategy tips, and resources to help you teach reading comprehension. We will be posting downloadable handouts from the Institute soon! Please log into your own account, select Professional Development from the side menu, and visit the professional development site

If you waited to enroll a summer academy, ELL on-line academy, or comprehension institute, you will find very few open spaces in late May. While that's GREAT for our work, it's hard for you. We know that many teachers change their minds about attendance, the closer we get to opening dates. We encourage you to check back on the Event Enrollment page for late-opening spaces (usually the week before the event). And watch this page for announcements about fall 2009 offerings--we will be posting them soon.

We have been forced to cancel the Special Education Academy, scheduled for August in Wytheville, because of low enrollment there. The Special Education Academy in Hampton Roads for June is currently full, but spaces do come open closer to the event when enrollees often change their minds about attendance. The individuals enrolled in Wytheville have been asked to watch for cancellations. We will be offering this academy again in the fall semester. Please watch this website for the announcement of places and times.

Fall Graduate Class

For those teachers who wish to take their reading academy experiences to the graduate course level, please see the attached flyer for specific information regarding registration dates and tuition costs for the Fall 2008 EDIS 589W Reading First in Virginia: Effective Literacy Instruction. This class is appropriate as follow-up for all academies.

Click here to download flyer.

Dates for the Summer Comprehension Institute to be held in Richmond, VA have been announced. The institute will bring teachers together to study best practices related to teaching comprehension in the content areas. This is a free event, open to administrators, K-3 teachers, K-12 special educators, and those who work with children at those levels.
Enrollment is now open through this website; please login to your account (or create one) to reserve a seat.

The graduate level follow-up course for teachers who have attended an academy (either regular ed or Special Education Teacher Reading Academy) and who have earned a certificate in that academy, will be offered this summer. Registration opens in May, with the 8-week summer course beginning on June 9th. Please come to the TEMPO website (http://tempo.virginia.edu) or the Reading First in Virginia website for more registration information. Click here to download a flyer with more specific details.

In the eLibrary, you will find up-to-date internet resources on topics of interest to teachers related to research-based reading instruction.

Reading First photographers create Instructional slideshows of best practices to share with you.

For information on the George Graham Lecture in Reading and other professional opportunities, visit Lectures.