Structured Literacy for Special Education Academy (Grades K-5)
CESA 6 - 2300 State Road 44
Oshkosh , WI
54904 USA
Questions? Please contact Amy Ruppert, Program Assistant at aruppert@cesa6.org.
The Power of Literacy: Ensuring Access for Every Young Reader
With the right instruction and support, all students can learn to read and write. This two-year academy will equip participants with assessments, instructional routines, and tools aligned with the latest research around the Science of Reading and writing, to develop specific Individualized Education Plan (IEP) goals, provide instruction, and monitor progress.
Benefits
- Know literacy assessment options to support instruction.
- Understand how to write IEP goals tightly connected to current reading and writing research.
- Understand how to monitor the progress of specific reading and writing areas, and in the areas of written expression.
- Develop a repertoire of instructional routines and tools in the areas of basic reading, reading fluency, and reading comprehension, and in the areas of written expression.
- Identify specific instructional routines and tools to target students’ IEP goals through specially designed and universal instruction.
Details
Year One: Reading Focus
- 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
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. - 12:00 p.m.
- November 25, 2025
- December 16, 2025
- February 10, 2026
- April 30, 2026
Cost: $2,285 per person, each year
(minimum of 4 team members)
Year Two: Writing Focus
- 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 a 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.