Key Takeaways:

·      Fall is a great time of year to focus on professional development and acquire the skills you need to help your students experience a greater love of learning.

·      From foundational skills and fluency, to guided and independent reading and writing tips, Scholastic offers an expansive selection of professional resources to drive student achievement and ignite their passion for learning.

·      With best-selling titles by leading education experts, Scholastic can support you and help your students grow toward greater independence inside and outside the classroom.

Scholastic Education offers an expansive selection of books, curricular resources, and ebooks on a variety of topics from foundational skills and fluency to guided and independent reading and writing to help you deepen your practice and facilitate conversations about teaching, learning, equity, family engagement, and literacy achievement.

Prioritizing professional development is always a challenge for teachers, especially once you’ve settled into the routine of a new school year. This fall, however, offers a great opportunity to continue acquiring the skills you need to help your students deepen comprehension skills, become proficient word solvers, and discover the joy in learning. As the leaves change and the apples are picked, consider dedicating time each week to furthering your teaching practice by taking advantage of Scholastic’s wide collection of professional development books and resources!

We offer an expansive selection of books, curricular resources, and digital tools on a variety of topics, from foundational skills and fluency to guided and independent reading and writing, to help you deepen your practice and facilitate conversations about teaching, learning, equity, family engagement, and literacy achievement.

Known for our best-selling titles by leading experts like Ruth Culham, Karen Mapp, Stephanie Harvey, and Pam Allyn, we are committed to helping educators support all students in growing toward independence, especially when it comes to planning data driven instruction.

Developed by leading literacy experts Jan Richardson, Ph.D., and Maria Walther, Ed.D., Next Step Guided Reading Assessment is a great example of how our professional development books can provide you the necessary tools to move students toward reading independence.

These data driven instruction resources will help you properly assess your students’ reading  level and take the next steps to help them become stronger readers. You’ll also be able to see each of your students’ word knowledge, phonics skills, fluency, and comprehensions skills. These collections even include a data management system to help you use classroom data to form reading groups and plan and teach lessons that are more effective and challenging for your young readers.

By focusing on your professional development this fall, you’ll be able to drive student achievement for the rest of the school year and beyond. Our professional development resources are great tools to move students toward reading independence and help deepen comprehension skills through a variety of techniques and teacher-approved strategies. For more professional development books and resources to add to your toolkit, check out these best-selling and essential reads. 

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