Program: Online In-service Courses
Audience: K-12
Dates: 6/12/2025 to 7/25/2025
New Introducing The Reading Institute's Science of Reading 15-hour Microcredential - a new, innovative professional learning experience authored by Dr. Katie Pace Miles, professor of early literacy at Brooklyn College. This course was designed with current and aspiring educators in mind, and ties reading science theory and research to authentic classroom practice.
This course is organized into eleven modules - 10, one-hour primary modules, and one additional 5-hour
extension module, totaling 15 hours of coursework. Each primary module contains video content that
blends subject matter expertise with example instructional practices from real classrooms. Primary modules
also contain engaging checks for understanding and supplemental resources to extend learning. The
extension modules includes articles and readings to extend learning on all primary topics.
Course Content Scope
Module 1: Introduction: Why Are We here?
Module 2: Science of Reading Theory
Module 3: Oral Language, Phonological Awareness, and Phonemic Awareness
Module 4: Orthographic Mapping, Phase Theory, and Phonics
Module 5: Phonics, Part 2
Module 6: Fluency
Module 7: Vocabulary
Module 8: Comprehension
Module 9: Writing
Module 10: Literacy and Neurodivergence
Module 11: Articles and research to extend learning on primary module topics, with a specific focus on NYS
While most of our 15 hour courses have a $50 cost, this course is only $25. You will also earn the Reading Institute's Microcredential in The Science of Reading.
The 10-hour Science of Reading Intro Course was authored by Katie Pace Miles, Ph.D., Associate Professor & Director of the Advanced Certificates in Reading Science at Brooklyn College, City University of New York (CUNY), Co-Founder & Principal Investigator of CUNY Reading Corps, and Founder & President of The Reading Institute.