ECRI Foundational Skills Training for SPEL and Systemic Support Sites
Word Reading, Text Reading, Fluency, Encoding, Reading Block Integration, Data-Based Decision Making
Session Dates
Wednesday October 07, 2026 8:30 AM - 4:00 PM - PaTTAN - EAST
Closed
This event is by invitation only. You must have a registration key in order to register.
Participants will understand how and why (a) using instructional routines to enhance the delivery of advanced word reading, text reading, fluency practice, and encoding will increase practice opportunities for students, (b) to structure their reading block to enhance their current Core reading instruction, and (c) to use data sources to improve decision-making actions.
Objectives:
Participants will be able to:
- List the instructional components of a Foundational Skills Lesson and be able to describe the order of skills when completing “pause and process” questions in the training workbook
- Identify some possible data sources and describe how they may be used for decision-making actions when participating in team discussions
- Identify, describe, and demonstrate the explicit instructional elements of reading instruction incorporated into each ECRI routine during break-out discussions and practice opportunities
- Demonstrate the delivery of instructional routines for irregular words, phoneme blending, sound-spellings, decoding regularly-spelled words, affixes, advanced word reading, contractions, decodable text reading, fluency in connected text, phoneme segmenting, and encoding regularly-spelled words when practicing routines in small groups
- Develop and articulate a plan for ECRI Foundational Skills implementation within Tier 1 and Tier 2 structures within individual buildings
Target Audience
K - 2 Classroom Teachers, Literacy Specialist/Coach and/or Literacy Interventionist (i.e., Title 1, or Tier 2 intervention teachers), MTSS Coordinator/School Improvement Specialist, Administrators, other school leaders who will help coordinate and support implementation, IU TAC.
Reasonable efforts will be made to accommodate individuals who have special needs as addressed by the Americans with Disabilities Act and who need assistance at this event. Contact Kristen Olszyk at
kolszyk@pattanpgh.net