Each Professional Learning session/workshop will be led by our carefully trained literacy experts to offer personalized instruction. All professional learning seminars are designed to build on teachers’ strengths, provide explicit demonstration, foster active participation, and help teachers transfer new knowledge into classroom practice.
Empower your educators with personalized, practical training—delivered on-site or virtually. Our expert-led sessions meet teachers where they are, build on their strengths, and provide hands-on strategies that translate directly into classroom success. Let's grow together!
Our customized workshops are led by expert literacy educators who specialize in supporting teachers during every phase of implementation. Each session is tailored to address specific needs, build on existing strengths, and provide practical solutions that lead to long-term classroom success.
Through explicit modeling, hands-on practice, and collaborative learning, we empower educators to translate new strategies directly into effective instruction. Our professional learning experiences are built to inspire, support, and transform teaching.
Expert Support for Successful Implementation
Pioneer Valley Books provides expert-led sessions to help teachers confidently launch and effectively implement our curriculum. From getting started to refining instruction, our customized workshops offer hands-on guidance, practical strategies, and ongoing support to ensure lasting success in the classroom.
Professional Learning for In Tandem
- In Tandem is a 5-day small-group reading curriculum that combines a high-quality decodable book with a rich fiction or nonfiction text to accelerate learning across reading, writing, phonemic awareness, phonics, vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension.
- Our professional development sessions equip educators with practical strategies, lesson modeling, and coaching to implement effective, differentiated instruction. Perfect for classroom, intervention, ELL, and special education settings, In Tandem helps every student become a confident, joyful reader.
Professional Learning for Phonics Launch
- Support effective implementation of Phonics Launch with expert-led professional development.
- These sessions help teachers deliver evidence-based, systematic phonics instruction using engaging lessons and our decodable Phonics Storybooks.
- Training includes practical strategies for differentiation and support in all key areas of early literacy—from phonemic awareness to decoding and encoding.
Stepping Together: Whole-Class Literacy for K–2
- Stepping Together is a shared reading program that delivers engaging, whole-class instruction in phonemic awareness, phonics, reading, comprehension, and writing.
- With fiction and nonfiction texts, decodable Super Stories, and rich phonics resources, it’s a complete formula for early literacy success.
- Professional learning sessions support teachers with practical strategies, modeling, and coaching to ensure effective classroom implementation.
Professional Learning for Digital Reader
- Discover how to make the most of Digital Reader—an engaging, online reading platform that supports personalized learning, motivates students with built-in goals and rewards, and offers an ever-growing library of decodable, fiction, and nonfiction texts.
- Our professional development sessions equip educators with practical strategies to implement the platform effectively, differentiate instruction, and accelerate student growth. With expert guidance and follow-up support, you’ll be ready to turn every student into a confident, independent reader.
Professional Learning for Interactive Read-Aloud
- Bring the power of purposeful read-alouds to life with Pioneer Valley Books’ Interactive Read-Aloud. This rich resource supports comprehension, vocabulary, and discussion through high-quality texts and thoughtfully crafted lessons.
- Our professional development sessions provide educators with the tools to deliver engaging, interactive instruction that builds language and thinking skills for all learners. With modeling, guided practice, and practical tips, teachers gain the confidence to create meaningful, literacy-rich experiences every day.
Professional Learning for Decodable Books
- Empower early readers with Pioneer Valley Books’ Decodable Books—including Phonics Storybooks, MyCodables, and InfoCodables.
- These carefully sequenced texts support systematic phonics instruction while building fluency, vocabulary, and confidence. Our professional development sessions guide educators in using decodables effectively to reinforce targeted phonics skills, monitor progress, and support diverse learners.
- With practical strategies, lesson modeling, and ongoing support, teachers will be equipped to make the most of these powerful resources in any classroom setting.
Professional Learning for Literacy Footprints
- Maximize the impact of Literacy Footprints—a comprehensive, research-based guided reading system designed to accelerate student growth.
- Our professional development sessions help educators implement the program with fidelity, using its easy-to-follow lessons to deliver targeted instruction in reading, writing, phonics, phonemic awareness, vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension.
- Whether for classroom, intervention, or ELL settings, our training provides practical strategies, lesson modeling, and coaching support to ensure every student moves forward as a confident, strategic reader.
