Since 2010, our priority is to deliver quality programs to educators working with children with learning disabilities, through these three goals:
1.
Build Teacher Knowledge:Build Teacher Knowledge:
Ensuring educators have the capacity to provide effective core literacy instruction and intervention to children at risk for reading problems.
2.
Assess Student Literacy Skills:Assess Student Literacy Skills:
All children in kindergarten and grade one are screened for potential reading difficulties.
3.
Support Students at Risk:Support Students at Risk:
Children at potential risk for reading problems are provided with support at the earliest possible stage in their educational journey.
New Courses!
Literacy Assessment Certificate (LAC) – Previously called the RRST
- Price: $185
- Length: 15-25 Hours
- Ideal for teachers of students in Kindergarten, Gr. 1, ELL, & older struggling students.
- The Literacy Assessment Certificate (LAC) is a unique online course that combines the Teaching Foundation Literacy Skills (TFLS) and the Assessment of Foundational Reading Skills (AFRS).
- Research-based information, strategies, and activities that are essential for building blocks to strong word recognition and spelling skills.
- Learn how to use and administer the assessment tool to assess students’ phonological awareness and phonics skills, followed by learning to
interpret student scores to inform planning for individual, small group, and classroom instruction. - This course aligns literacy instructional practice with the Science of Reading and Alberta ELAL curriculum outcomes.
- Certification to administer the Assessment of Foundational Reading Skills tool is given upon completion of both sections (TFLS + AFRS).
Teaching Foundational Literacy Skills Certificate (TFLS)
- Price: $135
- Length: 12-18 Hours
- Ideal for teachers of Kindergarten – Grade 3, including older struggling students and English Language Learners
- Provides research-based information, strategies, and activities for teaching foundational literacy skills that are essential building blocks to
strong word recognition and spelling skills. - Teachers that complete this course can immediately implement learnings into daily classroom activities. Whether a teacher is new or experienced, this course will enhance all teaching levels.
- This course aligns literacy instructional practice with the Science of Reading and Alberta ELAL curriculum outcomes.
- Group discounts available, contact us for more info
Literacy Essentials – Educational Assistants Certificate
- Price: $105
- Length: 4 – 7 Hours
- Ideal for Educational Assistants working in the classroom.
- Gain the skills you need to effectively teach essential reading and writing skills to students in Kindergarten through Grade 3, older struggling students, and English Language Learners.
- Participants can work at their own pace to complete this course.
History of Right to Read Programs
The original version of LDAA’s literacy assessment tool was called the Reading Readiness Screening Tool (RRST). It covered broad reading readiness skills addressed in Kindergarten and Grade 1 curriculum and has been used widely in schools since 2013. Small updates have been undertaken over the years. In 2023, LDAA focused on rewriting the original Reading Readiness Screening Tool (RRST) to the new name, Assessment of Foundational Reading Skills (AFRS) tool to ensure alignment with the new updated Alberta Learning Curriculum.
The new revision sharpens the focus on two foundational domains, phonological awareness and phonics, and to ensure the tool and accompanying courses are in alignment with the most current research on the science of reading.
We are very excited about the new Assessment of Foundational Reading Skills tool and our Literacy Assessment Certificate Courses!
–And we hope you will be too!
