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title: Structured Literacy for Special Education Academy (Grades 6-12)
description: Questions? Please contact Amy Ruppert, Program Assistant at aruppert@cesa6.org.
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## Structured Literacy for Special Education Academy (Grades 6-12)

 November 14, 2025 8:30 AM - 3:00 PM CDT

 CESA 6 - 2300 State Road 44 Oshkosh, WI 54904 USA

Questions? Please contact Amy Ruppert, Program Assistant at aruppert@cesa6.org.

**Transform Your Instructional Approach with Secondary Readers Who Have Individualized Education Service Plans!**

With the right instruction and support, all students can learn to read and write — but it can be challenging to meet the diverse needs of special education. Aligned with the latest research around the science of reading and writing, this **two-year academy** will equip participants with assessments, instructional routines, and tools they need to develop specific Individualized Education Service Plan (IEP) goals, provide instruction, and monitor progress.

**Benefits**

**Year One: Reading Focus**

- Know which literacy assessments to use to diagnose students’ specific needs in Basic Reading, Reading Fluency, and Reading Comprehension.
- Understand how to write IEP goals that are tightly connected to the current reading research.
- Develop a repertoire of instructional routines and tools to target students’ IEP goals through specially designed and universal instruction.
- Understand how to monitor the progress of specific IEP goals within Basic Reading, Reading Fluency, and Reading Comprehension.

**Details**

- Two half-day leader sessions at CESA 6, Oshkosh
- Four full-day, whole-team learning sessions at CESA 6, Oshkosh
- Three one-hour virtual coaching sessions per district

**Year 1: Dates**

Leader-only, half-day sessions: 8:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

- November 11, 2025
- December 9, 2025

Full team, full-day learning sessions: 8:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

- November 14, 2025
- December 3, 2025
- February 12, 2026
- March 5, 2026

Cost: $2,285 per person, per year  
*(minimum of 4 team members required)*

Location:  CESA 6, 2300 State Road 44, Oshkosh, WI 54904

**Year Two: Writing Focus**

- Know which literacy assessments to use to diagnose students’ specific needs in Written Expression.
- Understand how to write IEP goals that are tightly connected to the current writing research.
- Develop a repertoire of instructional routines and tools to target students’ IEP goals through specially designed and universal instruction.
- Understand the reciprocal relationship between reading comprehension and written expression.
- Understand how to monitor the progress of specific IEP goals in the area of Written Expression.

**Details:**

- Two half-day leader sessions at CESA 6, Oshkosh
- Four full-day, whole-team learning sessions at CESA 6, Oshkosh
- Three one-hour virtual coaching sessions per district

**Year 2: Dates TBD**

**Who Should Participate on Your District Team?**

- Special Education Directors
- Special Education Teachers
- Program Support Teachers
- Special Education Paraprofessionals
- Curriculum & Instruction Directors
- Principals
- School Psychologists

**QUESTIONS?**

Please contact Amy Ruppert, Literacy Program Assistant at [aruppert@cesa6.org](mailto:aruppert@cesa6.org).

**This event has reached its capacity.**