Why Reading Works: A Clear Foundation
Educators deserve more than strategies—they deserve understanding. This course begins with the science behind how the reading brain develops, giving you clarity about why certain practices work and why others create barriers. When you know the purpose beneath the practice, your instruction becomes more intentional and far more effective.
How to Teach with Structured Precision
Confusion disappears when instruction aligns with research. You’ll learn how to teach from sound to print through explicit, systematic routines that support all readers. This course turns evidence into actionable methods you can apply in your next lesson, strengthening decoding, language, and reading fluency.
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What Strong Instruction Looks Like in Practice
Effective teaching is both art and architecture. In this course, you’ll design lessons that support multilingual learners, students who struggle, and those ready for deeper challenge. You’ll leave with a blueprint for high-quality literacy instruction that is clear, equitable, and grounded in the Science of Reading.
About the course
Teaching reading in K–5 classrooms requires more than commitment; it requires clarity. Many educators feel caught between competing programs, shifting expectations, and the ongoing pressure to raise literacy outcomes without always having a coherent roadmap. This course is designed to remove that uncertainty. Science of Reading for K–5 Classrooms offers a structured, research-grounded pathway that helps teachers understand why the reading brain develops as it does, how to teach from sound to print with precision, and what effective instruction looks like when delivered to diverse learners. Instead of asking teachers to work harder, this series helps them work with greater intention—using evidence-based routines that strengthen decoding, language, and comprehension across the school year. You’ll gain actionable routines you can use in your next lesson, a clearer sense of how to align instruction with the strongest reading research, and the confidence to make instructional decisions rooted in both science and sound practice. The three-session structure reflects the Golden Circle model: starting with purpose, moving into method, and culminating in design. This creates a level of coherence rarely found in traditional PD. If you’ve ever felt unsure about which literacy practices truly move learning forward or if you want to build a stronger, more equitable foundation for all readers, this course gives you the tools and the reasoning to do so. Join the January Founding Cohort, secure the introductory rate, and begin the work of transforming literacy instruction with clarity and purpose. Enroll now.
Dr. Andrea Carter-Robin, EdD
I am Dr. Andrea Carter-Robin, an educator, school founder, and literacy researcher whose work has been shaped by two decades of teaching, leading, and designing programs that help children learn to read with confidence. My journey began in classrooms where students carried enormous potential but didn’t always receive instruction aligned with the Science of Reading. I saw firsthand how inconsistent practices, limited training, and competing mandates left teachers overwhelmed and left too many children behind. Those early challenges pushed me to pursue deeper study in literacy, complete advanced degrees, and ultimately found Mosaic International School in Lagos, Nigeria, where I witnessed the transformative power of structured literacy across languages, cultures, and learning profiles. My work is grounded in a belief that every child can learn and that teachers deserve clear, evidence-aligned tools that match the complexity of their daily work. I faced my own barriers, schools with limited resources, systems resistant to change, and the weight of proving that belief-driven instruction could produce measurable results. What carried me through was the conviction that literacy is both a gift and a right, and that high-quality instruction can change the trajectory of a child’s life. I am excited to share this knowledge because I know what it feels like to want to do the best for your students and lack the structure or clarity to get there. My goal is simple: to give teachers the understanding, the routines, and the confidence to teach reading in ways that honor the brain, uplift every learner, and create classrooms where possibility is not the exception, but the expectation.
Course Schedule & Session Outline Session 1 — Why Reading Works the Way It Does: How the Brain Really Learns to Read Explore the cognitive and linguistic foundations of reading. Understand why the brain needs explicit, structured instruction and what happens when those components are missing. Session 2 — How to Teach from Sounds to Print: Applying the Core Components of Structured Literacy Learn how to translate reading science into daily instruction through systematic routines that strengthen phonemic awareness, decoding, fluency, and language understanding. Session 3 — What Strong Instruction Looks Like: Designing Literacy Lessons for Every Learner See what effective instruction looks like in practice. Design clear, equitable lessons that support multilingual learners, emerging readers, and students who need additional scaffolding.
What people are saying
"Dr. Carter made the Science of Reading feel practical and attainable." Roger B.
I left with a clear sense of direction in my literacy instruction. Dr. Carter connects cognitive science to everyday classroom choices in a way that stays with you.
Teacher (Illinois)
As a 4th grade teacher, I’ve struggled to bridge research with what my students actually need each day. Dr. Carter made the Science of Reading feel practical and attainable. I finally feel equipped to teach with clarity and confidence.
Fourth Grade Teacher
As a literacy coach, I’m constantly searching for PD that bridges research and real instruction. Dr. Carter’s approach gave my teachers the clarity they needed and gave me a framework I can use to support them throughout the year.
Literacy Coach
I left with a clear sense of direction in my literacy instruction. Dr. Carter connects cognitive science to everyday classroom choices in a way that stays with you.
Teacher (Illinois)
As a literacy coach, I’m constantly searching for PD that bridges research and real instruction. Dr. Carter’s approach gave my teachers the clarity they needed and gave me a framework I can use to support them throughout the year.
Literacy Coach
As a 4th grade teacher, I’ve struggled to bridge research with what my students actually need each day. Dr. Carter made the Science of Reading feel practical and attainable. I finally feel equipped to teach with clarity and confidence.
Fourth Grade Teacher
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January Founding Cohort Price
$197.00