This professional development session is designed to equip campus administrators with the knowledge and skills necessary to support and evaluate effective literacy instruction. Focusing on foundational literacy components—phonological awareness, phonemic awareness, decoding, encoding, and connected text—administrators will gain insights into what quality teaching of these skills looks like in the classroom. Participants will learn how to identify instructional practices that build students' ability to break apart sounds, decode words, encode ideas in written form, and read fluently with comprehension. Administrators will explore what to look for during walkthroughs and lesson reviews, such as alignment with standards, strategic scaffolding, differentiation, and student engagement. Attendees will leave with practical tools to foster collaboration among educators, provide constructive feedback, and create a campus-wide culture of literacy excellence that ensures all students develop strong reading foundations.
