Class Description - Amplifying Fluency with the Science of Reading (Scarborough's Reading Rope) (8.21.26-8.20.27)

Date: Register anytime between August 21, 2026 - August 20, 2027
Course #: EDIA 515
Instructor: Janelle Thompson (janelle@growprofessionally.com)
Number of License Renewal/Graduate Credit: 1
Registration Deadline: Last day to register is Friday, August 20th 2027 by 5:00 p.m.

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Big News! ISEA Graduate Credit is Back—and Better!

Ready to take the next step in your professional development? We've just launched an exciting partnership with Upper Iowa University to bring back Graduate Credit for ISEA Academy courses!

This collaboration provides two major wins for you:

More Affordable: We've successfully negotiated a lower cost per Graduate credit hour! Invest in your education without breaking the bank. (The new rate is in the "Fees" section at the top of the page.)
A Head Start on Your Degree: A select group of your ISEA Academy courses can now count as elective credit in an Upper Iowa University graduate program. Get credit for the professional learning you're already doing! (Don't forget to check with your program advisor for all the details!)

Important Note for Graduate Credit: To be eligible to receive Graduate credit through Upper Iowa University, you must possess a bachelor's degree from an institution that its regional accreditation association recognizes.

Get ready to dive in! This is your opportunity to enroll in a self-paced, one-credit, four-week course that is entirely on your schedule!

Once your registration is processed, look for an email from your instructor packed with everything you need to know. As soon as you get those instructions, you're ready to begin!

Remember, you have the entire 4 weeks to complete all your assignments, discussions, and the final project. It's flexible, but the clock is ticking!

Don't miss out! The deadline to register for License Renewal or Graduate credit is Friday, August 20, 2027 by 5:00 p.m. Secure your spot today!

Course Description:

Do you want to dive deeply into the Science of Reading? "Scarborough's Reading Rope: Amplifying Fluency and Comprehension," participants will engage deeply with strategies designed to develop both fluency and comprehension in readers. This course emphasizes explicit and systematic instruction to develop these critical reading skills. The participants will leave this course ready to implement the Science of Reading in more depth by understanding the importance of automaticity. This course will emphasize the need to design purposeful practice opportunities to be able to free up cognitive energy to think and make meaning. Participants will walk away having specific strategies to teach and practice fluency and automaticity for the purpose of comprehending text.

Learning Objectives:

Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:

Fluency Development: Participants will learn how to implement explicit strategies such as repeated reading and fluency-building routines to help students read with accuracy, automaticity, and prosody. Participants will learn and be able to implement fluency and automaticity routines at the sound, word, phrase, sentence, and connected text level. The importance of fluency in enhancing comprehension by freeing cognitive resources for understanding meaning will be emphasized.
Comprehension Strategies: The course will delve into systematic approaches to teaching comprehension skills, including prediction, summarization, inferencing, and questioning techniques. Participants will understand the importance of building background knowledge and the role it plays in comprehension. Participants will explore how these strategies scaffold understanding and deepen engagement with texts across various genres and content areas

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**Important Information for You**
Please read through as these are Frequently Asked Questions in which answers can be found within this page.

1. The instructor will email you once your class registration has been processed and forwarded to him with information on how to get started in the class:

Emails regarding this class will come from the instructor, Janelle Thompson, with this email address: janelle@growprofessionally.com;
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If you are using a school email address, many schools have their network security filters set up to push unknown emails directly to spam and you will not even see it; if this is the case you will need to either talk to your IT department and request emails with the email address be allowed through or let us know you want to use a different email address.

2. The Tabs at the top of the registration page have important additional information regarding this class:

The Syllabus gives information of what will be expected of you in the course. Generally it will include course policies, rules and regulations, required texts, and a schedule of assignments; and
The Fees will let you know how much this class will cost depending on the type of credit you want to take it for as well as if you are an ISEA member or not.
The Cancellation Policy is important so you know how to cancel if you need to and how refunds are handled.
The ISEA Official Transcript page tells you how to access your transcript once the class has ended.