RISE Reading Workshop and Science of Reading Tools
Help your pre-service teachers become proficient in structured literacy
250 professors at 200 universities have used our free workshop to train
4300 pre-service teachers in phonics-based reading instruction
Introduction to the Science of Reading and Structured Literacy
Available in slide deck and video formats
Introduction to the Science of Reading and Structured Literacy slide deck with presenter notes for professor use in literacy courses.
Introduction to the Science of Reading and Structured Literacy video with slides & audio. For professor use in literacy courses or can be assigned as independent study tool.
Dr. Rebecca Putman from Tarleton State University shares her thoughts on the RISE Reading Workshop
“The RISE Reading Workshop allows me to provide content about phonics, effectively and efficiently, and helps my students gain a deeper knowledge and understanding of phonics. Ultimately, this knowledge will help them pass their certification exams and become effective literacy teachers.”
Professor Comments on the Rise Reading Workshop
“It’s really easy for students to sign up. You create a class on the RISE Reading Workshop website and send students a link to join the class. Typically, the Workshop takes them between 6 and 10 hours to complete.”
“The RISE Reading Workshop website provides helpful data on your students that can be used to evaluate their knowledge of phonics.”
“I am able to set and see the benchmarks that my students need to meet.”
“It’s nice that the students can complete the Workshop outside of class time, as an assignment.”
“The course also has a dashboard that provides data on the time spent on the course, the number of words decoded, and the students final score on the assessment.”
“My students often mention the RISE Reading Workshop in my course evaluations as being a helpful element of my course.”
One of Dr. Putman’s students said, “The RISE Reading Workshop assignment provided explanations and examples that allowed me to have a better understanding of phonics. Today I can answer, ‘how can you tell if a word has the short or long vowel sound?’ A question that I was unable to answer before. This assignment, along with Dr. Putman’s lesson on phonics was my ‘aha’ moment this semester.”
Workshop Administrator Overview
Workshop Student Overview
Workshop Method Overview
What Professors are Saying
“We have to remember that reading is one of the most complex things we do.”
“The online workshop is going to enable professors to expose teachers to the basic fundamental skills of phonics instruction without encroaching on classroom time at all.”
-Dr. Ludlow
“The students in my class that pass the RISE Reading Workshop Course are ready to teach reading and Phonics in their student’s classroom. Many of them currently out in the field have said that the RISE Reading Workshop Course has made the difference on how they teach Phonics and how they understand how phonics work.”
“When the students finish the course with a passing score, they know phonics inside and out.”
—Dr. Sloan
Resource Links
Teacher Pre-Service: Recommended Texts
Professor Webinar: How to Use the Rise Reading Workshop (for professors new to the Workshop)
Professor Webinar: Rise Reading Workshop Refresher
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For additional information contact our Rise Workshop director, Michelle Gibby.