CRLP Fall 2026 Teacher Leadership Invitational
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The California Reading and Literature Project (CRLP) hosts the 2026 Fall Teacher Leadership Invitational at UC Berkeley, centered on the theme Beyond Decoding: Unlocking Understanding. Designed for Bay Area Teacher Leaders, this event focuses on the body of research surrounding language comprehension and its role in developing skilled, engaged readers. The program examines evidence-based practices that assist students in transitioning from accurate word reading to deep, meaningful text comprehension.Program Topics & HighlightsEvidence-Based Practices: Approaches for improving language comprehension. Student Motivation: Strategies for supporting engagement during reading comprehension instruction. Core Comprehension Skills: Focus on inferencing and the structural role of language in reading comprehension. Featured Guest: An introduction to UC Berkeley Professor Kristin Keane, CRLP's Principal Investigator and co-author of Language and Literacy Beyond Decoding (the selected text for this year's Book Study). Professional Networking: Opportunities for regional literacy educators to connect and collaborate.
