Successfully Completed a Training on the Department’s Advisory List of Professional Development Programs

• District/BOCES selects a professional development option from the CDE advisory list of approved professional development that meets the requirement of the evidence-based training in teaching reading.
• District/BOCES contracts with the vendor to provide the training to teachers.
• The District/BOCES attends a CDE webinar to learn the following:
  • Information regarding the district’s responsibilities which include:
    • scheduling and delivering the training.
    • maintaining records of teachers who participated in the training, completed the training and passed the end of course assessment.
    • Providing a CDE-approved certificate of completion.
  • Webinar Recording (15 minutes) Webinar Slides (PDF)
• District/BOCES completes the submission form to request the stamp of approval to be added to the certificate of completion. 
  • Stamp of Approval Request Form
• District/BOCES provides certificates of completion to those who have successfully completed the training and passed the end of course assessment.
• District maintains a record of which teachers have met this requirement.
• District reports this information to the CDE upon request.

Please note: teachers must retain all documentation.

• Teacher completes the training and takes the end of course assessment earning a passing score.
• Teacher receives a certificate of completion that also notes that he/she has successfully passed the end of course assessment.
• Teacher submits his/her certificate of completion through the Colorado Online Licensing (COOL) system.
  • For detailed instructions on submitting documentation to COOL, click here.
• Teacher receives and saves a copy of documentation from the CDE that demonstrates the “READ Act designation” attached to their CDE file.
• Teacher provides the district with documentation of successful completion of course requirements.

*If a teacher has taken a course from the CDE Advisory List of Professional Development independent from a district, they will need a CDE-approved certificate of completion to submit to the Colorado Online Licensing System. Click here to learn more about this process. 

• Consortium on Reaching Excellence in Education (CORE) - Elementary Reading Academy + Language Conventions & Writing Fundamentals
  • Passing score of 90% or above
• Consortium on Reaching Excellence in Education (CORE) - Online Elementary Reading Academy + Language Conventions & Writing Fundamentals
  • Passing score of 90% or above
• Deborah R Glaser, EdD, LLC - The Reading Teacher's Top Ten Tools: Instruction That Makes a Difference
  • Passing score of 85% or above
• Keys to Literacy - Keys to Beginning Reading-(face-to face training)
  • Passing score of 80% or above
• Lexia Learning - LETRS Language Essentials for Teachers of Reading and Spelling 3rd Edition, Units 1-8
  • Passing score of 80% or above on Vol. 1 post-test (Units 1-4) and passing score of 80% or above Vol. 2 post-test (Units 5-8)
• Public Consulting Group, Inc - Building a Strong Foundation: Developing Early Literacy Skills
  • Passing score of 80% or above
• Strive - Evidence-Based Teacher Training Course
  • Passing score of 80% or above

• AIM Institute for Learning and Research - Pathways to Proficient Reading, 2nd Edition 
  • Passing score of 80% or above
• Colorado Literacy & Learning Center (CLLC) - Academic Language Therapy and the Science of Reading
  • Passing score of 85% or above
• Mind InFormation - Lexercise
  • Passing score of 80% or above on Course 1: The structure of Written English and a passing score of 80% or above Course 2: Multisensory, Structured Literacy Intervention
• ​Public Education and Business Coalition (PEBC) - Making Evidence Based Reading a Reality 
  • Passing score of 80% or above
• Public Consulting Group, Inc - Building a Strong Foundation for Lifelong Literacy Success
  • Passing score of 80% or above
• ​The Apple Group - Connections: OG in 3D, 9th Edition
  • Passing score of 95% or above
• TNTP - Science of Reading Elementary, v 1.0
  • Passing score of 80% or above on Course 1 and passing score of 80% or above on Course 2

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