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Literacy Symposium 2019

Thank you for your interest in the Literacy Symposium, a premier professional development event for connecting research to practice.

Inspired educators lead to inspired learners

Annually, Voyager Sopris Learning^® invites the most distinguished speakers to address current topics in the field of literacy. The live Literacy Symposium 2019 event took place July 8–9, but you can still access more than 30 hours of online material including sessions by today's top literacy specialists Steven Dyskstra, Ph.D., Jane Ashby, Ph.D., and more.

This on-demand professional development experience features the latest research in literacy instruction delivered in a simple and affordable online solution. Literacy educators from preK to higher education interested in improving student success in reading and writing are encouraged subscribe.

Our one-year subscription is $139 per person and gives educators on-demand access to unparalleled literacy professional development in one convenient location. Year-round access means participants can use all content from the past two years.

Literacy Symposium 2019 features nationally recognized authors in literacy education, including:

• Steven Dykstra, Ph.D.
  Understanding research: Become an informed research consumer who digests, understands the science of reading to make better teaching decisions
• Charles Haynes, Ed.D., CCC-SLP
  Leslie Laud, Ed.D.
  Help students with language-learning disabilities express themselves: Learn about structured, theme-centered strategies for developing sentence-level writing that enable students to write fluently
• Jane Ashby, Ph.D.
  Reading and the brain: Study the brain basis of reading and the implications of reading research for improving classroom education
• Melissa Farrell, Ph.D.
  The relationship between listening comprehension and reading comprehension: Although rarely acknowledged, listening is a primary vehicle through which children learn and it is rarely taught. Understanding the reading/listening ratio can help struggling students succeed

Additional speakers and topics are continually added.

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Thank you for your interest in the Literacy Symposium, a premier professional development event for connecting research to practice.