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Our Approach
We’re not your typical professional development provider
1. We help educators teach reading and writing standards with strategies that are simple and effective.
2. Our professional development is so practical, you can get started implementing right away.
3. We think learning should be fun. (That includes professional learning, too!)
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Services we provide
Teacher Training
Live Virtual Training
Virtual/Interactive Workshops
On-Demand Workshops
On-Site Training
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Professional Learning
Live Virtual Consulting
Remote Coaching
Mini-Lesson Modeling
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Remote Coaching
Mini-Lesson Modeling
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Books & Resources
Launching the Writer’s Workshop
Smekens Originals
Mentor Texts
Professional Books
The Literacy Store
Smekens Originals
Mentor Texts
Professional Books
The Literacy Store
How it works
Learn simple strategies
Take the mystery out of best-practice reading and writing instruction.
Start implementing
Execute classroom-tested strategies with your own students right away.
Impact every student
Build successful readers and writers with practical strategies that work.
What other educators say
“Kristina was someone we really wanted to bring to Kettering, so all of our teachers could learn from her and with her.”
Michele Massa
Literacy Coach,
Kettering Schools, Kettering, OH
“All of us felt like, this is it. We can’t wait to get back to our district and start writing. This is our answer we have been waiting for for a long time.”
Julie Cox
District Literacy Coach,
Danville District 118, Danville, IL
“More intentional writing with a little mini-lesson thrown in. I think we were kind of stuck in the past of ‘I have to lecture share for 30 minutes and then we can write for 10.’”
Jeanetta Kathman
Principal,
Holmes Middle School, Covington, KY
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