Leading Reading: Fluency and Comprehension

Participants on this exciting programme can expect to...

• be clear about how reading fluency and comprehension are developed.
• have a toolkit of practical strategies to select from and share with teachers in your setting.
• have the resources to deliver six hours of professional development in your setting.
• be confident that you can deliver and adapt these resources for teachers in your setting.
• have a plan for how to undertake professional development of reading in your setting.
• have a plan for how you would like to implement improvements in reading fluency and comprehension in your setting.

During your programme you will access...

• diagnostic tools that will direct you to tailored content that matches your starting point.
• self-study content that will provide you with theoretical underpinnings for developing reading fluency and comprehension.
• support from expert facilitators.
• opportunities to sense-make, practice and prepare for sharing approaches to reading fluency and comprehension in your setting.

You already have a strong foundation of knowledge, and a wish to improve reading in your setting. When you join our programme you will get…

• an opportunity to develop your knowledge of reading fluency and comprehension.
• a toolkit of six practical instructional strategies to use in your setting.
• the resources to deliver six hours of reading professional development.
• professional development and practice to support your delivery of these resources.
• support to prepare professional development in your setting.
• support to implement improvements in reading instruction.
• a chance to connect with knowledgeable peers to network and learn from one another in person and online.

Improving reading is likely to be a high priority in your setting. Many existing solutions schools use rely on costly interventions, run in small groups or one to one. While these are important to meet the needs of some pupils, many pupils could be well-supported by frequent, high-quality reading instruction across the curriculum.

This means lots of opportunities to read and scaffolding that supports pupils to improve their reading. This is amplified when all of your teachers have a good understanding of how to teach and support reading in their subject or phase.

This programme provides your literacy leader with the knowledge and resources to support reading fluency and comprehension in your setting. Your investment will not only benefit the leader who attends the programme: it will also be disseminated to the teachers across your school or trust.

Benefits for your school or trust:

• Support your literacy leader to improve reading instruction.
• Provide high-quality, evidence-informed resources.
• Ensure that all teachers know how to teach and support reading in their subject or phase.

When reading fluency and comprehension is taught effectively, this can…

1. unlock pupils' potential and improve their learning and outcomes across the curriculum.
2. support all pupils in the classroom, so that interventions can be targeted for pupils struggling the most with reading.
3. reading can be a challenge to effective transition between Key Stage 2 and 3. Ensuring reading is supported will assist all pupils to manage the literacy demands of the transition.