The Region 4 Dyslexia team offers targeted professional learning sessions to support effective implementation of
Reading by Design®, a systematic, explicit, and intensive literacy intervention for K–12 students.
These sessions are designed for teachers, interventionists, and administrators to deepen instructional practice,
ensure fidelity, and adapt the program to meet diverse student needs.

Extended Professional Learning Offerings Include:

  • Reading by Design—Delving Deeper Series – This series is designed for educators who want to refine their instructional skills. Choose from specialized topics, such as advanced decoding, morphology, master checks and more.
  • Reading by Design Administrator Training – Learn how to observe and support implementation with confidence.
  • Refreshing Your Reading by Design Instruction Training – Revisit core strategies and enhance your instructional delivery.
  • Adapting Reading by Design for Specially Designed Instruction Training – Tailor instruction to meet the needs of students served through special education.
  • Reading by Design Implementation Series – Strengthen your impact in these 6-hour sessions focused on internalizing and rehearsing Volume 5 of Reading by Design, requires completion of the Intervention Series and the Implementation Series for Volumes 1 and 2.

For details, or to request customized professional development, email dyslexia@esc4.net.


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Events

Events found: 12
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Tuesday, October 28
Refreshing your Reading by Design Instruction

Session ID : 1916415

This virtual refresher session helps experienced Reading by Design® educators reconnect with the program, refine their instructional practices, and gain new strategies to enhance dyslexia intervention.

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Thursday, October 30
Reading by Design Implementation Series Volumes 1 and 2

Session ID : 1894226

For trained dyslexia interventionists, coaches, and leads seeking to strengthen lesson delivery and deepen understanding of Reading by Design®. Participants will internalize and rehearse Volumes 1 and 2 lesson components....

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Tuesday, November 4
Reading by Design Implementation Series: Internalization and Rehearsal Volume 5

Session ID : 1848161

For trained dyslexia interventionists, coaches, and leads seeking to strengthen lesson delivery and deepen understanding of Reading by Design®. Participants will internalize and rehearse Volume 5 lesson components. Volumes 1...

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Wednesday, November 5
Reading by Design® Administrator Training

Session ID : 1921595

This training is for administrators who will be observing and evaluating teachers using the RbD® dyslexia intervention program.

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Thursday, November 6
RbD Delving Deeper Series: Mastering Mastery Checks

Session ID : 1894757

Strengthen your use of Mastery Checks through hands-on practice, case studies, and strategies for using data to guide placement and instructional decisions.

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Friday, November 7
Solving the Puzzle: Master Scheduling for Success! Leveraging Reading by Design®

Session ID : 1920883

This session equips campus scheduling teams with strategies, tools, and resources to design comprehensive master schedules that meet the needs of all students—including those with dyslexia—while overcoming common barriers and...

Contacts

Jan Cook
Jan Cook

Assistant Director

713-744-8124

jan.cook@esc4.net

Crysta Sheridan
Crysta Sheridan

Regional Coordinator

713-744-6310

crysta.sheridan@esc4.net

Diane Burke
Diane Burke

Regional Coordinator

713-744-6336

diane.burke@esc4.net

JaneAnn Brown
JaneAnn Brown

Regional Coordinator

713-744-6817

janeann.brown@esc4.net

Katherine Waindel
Katherine Waindel

Education Specialist I

713-744-6340

katherine.waindel@esc4.net

Natalie Pruitt
Natalie Pruitt

Education Specialist I

713-744-4426

natalie.pruitt@esc4.net