Professional Learning Events
Offered by the Disciplinary Literacy Task Force
Developing a Disciplinary Literacy Professional Learning Plan (for Leaders)
Are you a middle- or high-school administrator or central office leader interested in developing an effective disciplinary literacy professional learning plan for the 2027-2028 school year? Or perhaps you are an ISD consultant or leader looking for ways to support leaders? Are you interested in exploring how implementing disciplinary literacy can be a part of your P.A. 146 efforts? If so, please consider joining us for a day of shared learning, planning, and networking!
Date: December 8, 2026 from 9:00am to 3:00pm
Host site: Calhoun ISD, 17111 G-Drive N, Marshall, MI 49068
Satellite sites:
- Allegan AESA (310 Thomas St, Allegan, 49010)
- Bay-Arenac ISD (4228 Two Mile Road, Bay City, 48706)
- Clinton County RESA (1013 S. US 27, Ste A, St. Johns, 48879)
- Cheboygan-Otsego-Presque Isle ESD (6065 Learning Ln, Indian River, 49749)
- Copper Country ISD (809 Hecla Street, Hancock, 49930)
- Dickinson Iron ISD (1074 Pyle Dr, Kingsford, 49802)
- Eaton RESA (1790 Packard Hwy, Charlotte, 48813)
- Eastern UP ISD (315 Armory Place, Sault Ste Marie, 49783)
- Iosco RESA (27 N Rempert Rd, Tawas City, 48763)
- Macomb ISD (44001 Garfield Rd #1100, Clinton Township, 48038)
- Mecosta-Osceola ISD (15760 190th Ave, Big Rapids, 49307)
Monroe County ISD (1101 S Raisinville Rd, Monroe, 48161)
Saginaw ISD (3860 Fashion Square Blvd. Saginaw 48603)
- St. Clair County (499 Range Rd, Marysville, 48040)
- Washtenaw ISD ( 1819 S. Wagner Road, Ann Arbor, 48106)
Cost: Free
SCECH available upon approval
Strengthen Tier 1. Build Literacy Across Disciplines. Lead the Work.
Michigan's K–12 Literacy and Dyslexia Law (Public Act 146) brings new urgency to a question secondary leaders have been wrestling with for years: What does effective Tier 1 literacy instruction look like across a middle or high school?
Strong literacy instruction cannot live only in the ELA classroom. Throughout the school day, students are expected to read, write, think, reason, and communicate in increasingly specialized ways across science, mathematics, social studies, career and technical education, and other disciplines. Within a strong MTSS framework, Tier 1 instruction is the foundation for meeting the literacy needs of students. For secondary schools, disciplinary literacy provides a powerful approach for strengthening that foundation across classrooms and content areas.
LEAD THE WORK IN YOUR SCHOOL
Grounded in Michigan's 6–12 Essential Practices for Disciplinary Literacy Instruction in the Secondary Classroom, this self-paced learning experience helps secondary leaders:
• Understand what strong literacy instruction looks like across disciplines.
• Build a shared vision for high-quality Tier 1 instruction.
• Recognize and support the authentic ways students read, write, think, reason, and communicate across disciplines.
• Lead conversations with teachers about strengthening their disciplinary literacy practices.
• Connect disciplinary literacy to a coherent schoolwide approach to literacy and MTSS.
Complete Five self-paced Virtual Learning Modules
Register at: https://michiganvirtual.org/course/professional/dln-disciplinary-literacy-forsecondary-
Disciplinary Literacy Courses 1 through 7 are now available on EduPaths (https://www.edupaths.org/ then search for “Disciplinary Literacy”) or use the links below. This FREE, online course series is intended for all secondary educators and instructional leaders looking to learn about the Essential Instructional Practices for Disciplinary Literacy in the Secondary Classroom: Grades 6 to 12 in an effort to improve adolescent literacy in every secondary classroom.
Click here for more information and to register!
