Full course description
Start Date
January 13, 2025
Price
No Cost
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Credential
K-3 Reading Literacy
Digital Badge
Length
One
Semester
Commitment
1-3 Hours
Weekly
Format
Asynchronous &
In-Person Workshops
Unlock Reading Skills for Early Learners
Course Description
The K-3 Reading Literacy Badge builds knowledge and instructional practices focused on early literacy development. With a focus on the components of foundational skills: (print concepts, phonological awareness, phonics and word recognition, and fluency), participants will understand how typical readers develop, and identify evidence-based strategies to support K-3 student learning and practice.
Learning Objectives
- Examine concepts of print and their influence on the development of early readers
- Identify the relationship between phonemic awareness and reading proficiency
- Develop strategies for teaching phonics using an explicit, systematic approach
- Develop strategies to enhance students’ sight word vocabulary and word analysis skills to identify words and their meaning
- Articulate the dimensions of fluency, how fluency or the lack thereof influences comprehension, and examine strategies to enhance fluency
- Improve the field and/or school community by sharing expertise with colleagues through presentations, professional learning communities (PLCs), and interdisciplinary collaborations to ensure comprehensive support of early readers
Target Learner
Nebraska K-3 Educators
Course Topics
- Print & Phonemic Awareness
- Decoding
- Sight Word Recognition
- Fluency
Meet the Course Facilitator
Jennifer Lemke, Ed.D.
Assistant Professor, Teacher Education - UNO College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences
Policies
In 2024-2025, Nebraska K-3 Educators must be approved through their district to participate.
Successful K-3 Reading Literacy Digital Badge completers are eligible to earn either graduate course credit OR a paid stipend.
Course credit and stipend are both dependent upon 1) successful K-3 Reading Literacy Digital Badge completion and 2) execution of course credit or stipend protocols.