Resources for Educators

Click on any organization below to learn about their professional development offerings.

– State and County Office of Education Offerings

California Dyslexia Initiative (CDI)

Free: 

• Professional Learning Opportunities
• Webinars & Videos
• Expert Webinar Series on Structured Literacy
  (summary & schedule)

To learn more about CDI and to stay informed of their upcoming events:

• Read their Background, Goals & Overview
• Signup for their Quarterly Newsletter
• Join their Professional Learning Community 

Contra Costa County Office of Education (“Project ARISE”)

Free:

• Online Literacy Courses for California Educators

For more information about Project ARISE, click below:

• Reading Instruction and Intervention Grant

Los Angeles County Office of Education (“Get Reading Right”)

Low cost:

• Get Reading Right: Online Course
• Get Reading Right: K-5 Consortium
• Get Reading Right: 4-12 ELA Classroom
• CA Statewide Structured Literacy Coaching Academy
• CA Statewide Administrators’ Reading Collaborative

For more resources and information from the Los Angeles County Office of Education:

• Explore their Reading/Language Arts Library
• Signup for their Monthly Newsletter

UC|CSU Collaborative for Neurodiversity and Learning

Free self-paced e-learning dyslexia modules:

• Introduction to Dyslexia
• Dyslexia and the Brain
• Screening and Assessment for Dyslexia

Click below for more information and resources from this unique collaborative:

• Background & Overview
• Resources for Literacy Development

– Other Offerings

Dyslexia Training Institute

Many options:

• Online Classes & Webinars

Sign up to stay in touch with DTI:

• Join their Email List

International Dyslexia Association

Northern California Branch:

• Teacher Training
• Teacher Training Scholarships

Los Angeles Branch:

• Teacher Training
• Teacher Training Scholarships

Southern California Tri-Counties Branch:

• Webinars
• Teacher Training Scholarships

The REED Charitable Foundation

Various free and low cost options:

• Teacher Training
  (including Teacher University’s free monthly webinar)
• The Orton-Gillingham Approach

To keep connected and stay informed of everything REED is doing:

• Join their Email List

Additional Organizations Offering Resources for Educators

 

• AIM Institute for Learning and Research
• BOON: Teacher Training Scholarships/Professional Development
• California: Science of Reading – What I Should Have Learned in College
  (Facebook group for ongoing support and sharing)
• CORE Learning: Online Elementary Reading Academy
• Keys to Literacy
• Landmark School Outreach
• Lexercise
• Neuhaus Education Center
• The Reading League California
• Top Ten Reading Tools

Please note that DDCA does not officially endorse, represent, or have a legal connection with any of the organizations listed above.

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