Embracing Literacy 2025 Events

Introduction:
Welcome to "Leading With Literacy at Every Level: Empowering Teachers, Classrooms, and Schools for Secondary Success." As educators, we know that literacy is fundamental to students' academic success and personal development. This session invites you to explore the vital role that teachers play in advancing literacy initiatives and fostering a culture that prioritizes reading and writing across all subjects and grade levels.
Together, we will examine how, as educators, we can empower ourselves and our colleagues to lead within our classrooms and schools effectively. You will learn practical strategies to create a literacy-rich environment that engages students and supports their diverse learning needs. We'll discuss how to set clear literacy goals that align with our teaching practices and improve student outcomes.
Throughout our time together, we will highlight collaborative approaches that encourage teamwork among educators, enabling us to share insights, resources, and effective practices. You will gain valuable tools to enhance your instructional techniques through coaching, data analysis, and continuous improvement, all aimed at elevating literacy instruction.
Join us as we delve into the powerful impact of literacy leadership from a teacher's perspective. By embracing our roles as literacy advocates, we can inspire our students to reach their full potential and achieve lasting academic success together. Let’s work collectively to lead with literacy at every level!

Objectives:

1. Role of Literacy in Teaching: Understand the critical role of effective literacy instruction in promoting student engagement and academic success at the secondary level.
2. Setting Instructional Goals: Learn to establish clear, actionable literacy goals that align with curriculum standards and are informed by student performance data.
3. Collaborative Teaching Practices: Explore methods for fostering collaboration among educators to enhance literacy instruction and support diverse learning needs through shared resources and strategies.
4. Empowering Student Learning: Gain practical techniques and strategies to empower students in their literacy development, ensuring they build the necessary skills for academic achievement and lifelong learning.

Credit Reflection Questions: Applying Learning to Practice

• What new insights did you gain from the presentation, and how did they connect to your existing knowledge or experience?
• In what ways did the presentation deepen or enhance your understanding of the topic?
• How do you plan to apply what you learned in your work? Who will benefit from it, and what changes or improvements do you expect to see?

Session Description:We’ve laid the foundation—now it’s time to build the future.
Join us for a dynamic, purpose-driven evening as the TRL WY Executive Board and Members come together to shape what’s next for our statewide movement. In this exclusive strategy session, we’ll reflect on what we’ve accomplished, surface the big ideas we’re dreaming about, and set a bold course forward grounded in the science of reading and systems-level change.
This isn’t just a meeting—it’s a momentum-builder.
Together, we’ll:

• Celebrate TRL WY’s milestones and member impact
• Dive into “What’s Next, Wyoming?” with breakout brainstorms and shared priorities
• Align our mission with TRL National and the Compass vision
• Define actionable next steps, working groups, and leadership opportunities for Year 2

Come ready to listen, lead, and launch. Your voice will help steer our next chapter—and the future of literacy in Wyoming.

Making Structured Literacy Work for Language-Diverse Classrooms

Introduction
Some believe Structured Literacy doesn’t work in language-diverse classrooms, but Maya Goodall and Dr. Dale Webster of CORE Learning will show you why that’s a misconception. Literacy and language are deeply connected for every learner. For students from language-diverse backgrounds, effective reading instruction requires more explicit attention to oral language, but all students benefit from approaches that integrate both language and literacy development.

This session will demonstrate how Structured Literacy principles can be adapted to support students from language-diverse backgrounds by leveraging their linguistic diversity as a strength. You’ll gain practical insights into how understanding the relationship between oral language and literacy leads to instruction that is equitable, effective, and accessible for Multilingual Learners, English variety speakers, and students with dyslexia.

Learning Objectives

1. Connect Structured Literacy principles with second language acquisition and oral language development, 
2. Adapt Structured Literacy instruction to build on students' existing linguistic knowledge and strengths, 
3. Implement specific strategies that support Multilingual Learners, English variety speakers, and students with dyslexia, 
4. Bridge the gap between students' oral language skills and literacy development using Structured Literacy approaches.

Credit Reflection Questions: Applying Learning to Practice

• What new insights did you gain from the presentation, and how did they connect to your existing knowledge or experience?
• In what ways did the presentation deepen or enhance your understanding of the topic?
• How do you plan to apply what you learned in your work? Who will benefit from it, and what changes or improvements do you expect to see?

Introduction



Objectives

Credit Reflection Questions: Applying Learning to Practice

• What new insights did you gain from the presentation, and how did they connect to your existing knowledge or experience?
• In what ways did the presentation deepen or enhance your understanding of the topic?
• How do you plan to apply what you learned in your work? Who will benefit from it, and what changes or improvements do you expect to see?