Training focuses on the power of reading and writing

OCM BOCES recently hosted 160 teachers and instructional leaders, representing over a dozen school districts, for the first two days of training called Language Essentials for Teachers of Reading and Spelling (LETRS). These workshops focused on how language, reading, and writing are related to one another and other critical elements most effective in improving reading outcomes overall.

Over the course of the next two months, teachers will focus on what research tells us about how the brain learns to read, and how to translate that research into effective classroom practice that will help students become stronger readers and writers.