#LearnGrowThrive Summer Academy 2025

This session will introduce participants to a finite and manageable set of actionable, measurable, and replicable practices that have consistently transformed student achievement across urban, suburban, and rural schools and districts throughout the United States—before, during, and after the pandemic. During this workshop, educators will engage with key instructional strategies designed to enhance both teaching and student outcomes. The four foci of the professional development workshop are as follows:

• Focus #1: Composing and Leveraging Performance-Based Objectives
• Focus #2: Curriculum-Driven Opportunities to Teach and Assess General and Content-Specific Academic Language
• Focus #3: Gradual Release of Responsibility, the 5Es, and the Planning Table
• Focus #4: Defining Expectations for Writing

Participants will leave informed, energized, and equipped with a concrete blueprint for integrating literacy practices into instruction in all grades and content areas characterized by support and accountability.