Digging Deeper into Dyslexia Cohort A (AM Session) Spring 2025

Course Description

• Are you a teacher who works with elementary striving readers?  Are you interested in learning more about dyslexia, with an emphasis on how to support your striving readers and students with characteristics of dyslexia?  Consider signing up for the “DCSD Digging Deeper into Dyslexia Cohort Spring 2025.”  This Cohort is open to classroom teachers, interventionists, and special education teachers who work with striving readers in grades K-6. Our cohort will be facilitated by Lynni Nordheim, District Dyslexia Specialist.  Sessions will combine a blend of professional learning (using 7 Mighty Moves as our grounding text), and collaboration with job-similar peers.  Together, we will develop our knowledge, skills, and systems around supporting striving readers. 

• Lead Learner (Facilitator): Lynni Nordheim | Traci Thorstenson | Renee Vahhorn

• Credit(s) and Type: 12 Hours Relicensure

Target Audience

• Admin/Pro-Tech, Certified Staff
• Open to Substitute Teachers = Yes 
• Open to Student Teachers = Yes 
• Open to Charter School Staff = Yes  
  • Charter Certified 

Meeting Information

• Dates: Wednesday February 12, Thursday February 27, Wednesday March 12 & Friday April 4, 2025
• Time: 8:30 AM - 11:30 AM 
• Location: DCSD Legacy Campus, Room 241 | 10035 S. Peoria St, Lone Tree, 80134Links to an external site.

Course Outcomes

Here are the outcomes for the course:

• Teachers will learn multiple instructional strategies for supporting all students, specifically striving readers and those with characteristics of dyslexia, across the various domains of literacy.
• Teachers will gain the knowledge and skills necessary to support students with characteristics of dyslexia in achieving improved reading and literacy outcomes.