- Cama-i, quyana tailuci!
- (Central Yup’ik)
- "Greetings, thank you for coming!"
Digital Library Resources
Resources for Educators
Alaska’s Reading Playbook is a guide for educators teaching in Alaska’s unique educational landscape. This playbook combines decades of nationwide research with examples and resources developed by educators in our state.
Webinars
Pillar of Reading: Fluency
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Evidence-Based Fluency Strategies for K–8 Kate Winn provides this dynamic presentation designed to deepen understanding of reading fluency. Participants will explore the:
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Fluency & Vocabulary as Bridges to Comprehension webinar by Melissa Loftus & Lori Sappington highlight how fluency and vocabulary strengthen reading comprehension. Learn how to:
PowerPoint handouts and QR codes for podcasts and printable resources extend learning. |
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The Heroics of Fluency Instruction Elizabeth Bassford webinar explores the essential role of fluency in reading development. Learn what current research says about fluency's purpose—not just as a metric, but as a bridge to reading for meaning and comprehension. The session highlights how
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The Keys to Literacy Video and Webinar Library offers free, on-demand professional learning ideal for individual educators or schoolwide staff development. Writing, reading, language instruction and book studies span across K-12 grade levels.
Part 1: Working Memory at Its Best: Strategies for Effective Literacy Instruction
Explore short-term, long-term, and working memory. Discover how cognitive load theory can help reduce barriers to learning and strengthen literacy skills for striving readers, including students with dyslexia.
Part 2: Practice That Transfers: Helping Striving Readers Build Durable Skills
Learn research-based strategies to manage load and help striving readers retain and transfer literacy skills through intentional practice.
Websites
This website provides easy access to myHeggerty's login page, multiple support sites, training videos, and resources.
This website includes 900 UFLI downloadable files, spelling test data reports, small group planning sheets, UFLI support sites, and much more.
This website is designed to give parents an overview of UFLI, provide them with support for using the homework practice pages, and share Scarborough’s Reading Rope in a parent friendly way.
Resources to Share with Families
Family Engagement Resources can be used by school districts and educators to support families in helping their child with reading at home. The resources include ready-to-print pamphlets and flyers for distribution or can be used as digital resources.
External Resources
Do you have community members who would like to learn how to provide effective and research-based reading tutoring to students? DEED recommends training tutors with the following FREE online courses:
- Saga Coach This online training program provides the foundational skills for being an effective tutor. The training is independent of grade and subject.
- Early Literacy: Print Awareness, Phonological Awareness, and Alphabet Knowledge This course explains the research of how students learn to read and how to teach early literacy skills.
- Systematic and Explicit Phonics Instruction This course explains how to provide systematic and explicit phonics instruction to students.
After completing these three courses, an individual will have the foundational knowledge needed to tutor students in reading.
Virtual Learning
Consortium
Our Purpose
Our purpose is to make virtual education and professional development resources available to students and teachers in Alaska.