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.

Looking for more learning opportunities? Visit our Reading by Design Essential Learning page and our Dyslexia Related Learning page for a wide variety of dyslexia training and support.  And, don’t miss out on our annual Dyslexia Conference, happening fall 2025.

To request customized professional development, email dyslexia@esc4.net.


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Events

Events found: 6
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Thursday, December 4
Region 4 Dyslexia Conference

Session ID : 1867801

Brilliantly Wired. At the 26th Annual Region 4 Dyslexia Conference, we celebrate the brilliance of every learner. Discover how the science and strength of dyslexia inspire evidence-based practices, innovative tools,...

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Wednesday, December 10
RbD Delving Deeper Series: Volume 5 Morphological Form to Fun

Session ID : 1916651

Extend your Reading by Design® skills with a focus on morphology through Greek and Latin roots, affixes, and vocabulary development.

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Monday, January 5
RbD Delving Deeper Series: Instructional Decision Making 2.0 – The Power of the Sticky Note

Session ID : 1927535

This class is part of a series of supplemental training for participants who have completed the Reading by Design initial five-day course. In this updated training, participants will explore how...

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Thursday, January 15
RbD Delving Deeper Series: Foundations of Written Composition

Session ID : 1930340

Strengthen writing instruction with a focus on grammar, sentence construction, and multisensory supports.

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Tuesday, January 20
RbD Delving Deeper Series: Spelling and Phoneme-Grapheme Mapping

Session ID : 1945777

In this session, we will revisit the SOS procedure, spelling rules, use of the Linking Spelling to Reading Dictionary, and go deeper with phoneme-grapheme mapping.

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Thursday, April 9
RbD Delving Deeper Series: Polishing Our Practice

Session ID : 1894744

Refresh your Reading by Design® practice with lesson reviews, delivery tips, and classroom management techniques.

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