Projects

The Center participates in the following projects:

  • Partnerships with schools in Bloomington-Normal, Peoria, Chicago, Waukegan and Springfield.
  • Professional development for teachers on topics such as reading and literacy coaching, development of parent workshops and implementation of teacher study groups.
  • Prairie Literacy Conference with Mid-State Reading Council.
  • African American Read-in with Barnes and Noble.
  • America Reads program.

Consulting Services

The Center for Reading and Literacy provides consulting services in the following areas:

  • Needs assessment
  • Instructional approaches
  • Bilingual literacies
  • English Language Learners
  • Strategies to accelerate the literacy learning of struggling students
  • School-wide literacy programs
  • Regular Education Language Arts program evaluation
  • Writing development
  • Connecting reading and writing
  • Content area reading and writing
  • Assessment
  • Grammar
  • Standards in practice
  • Managing organizational change
  • Alignment of policy and practice