Teaching Reading For All

Teaching Reading for All is designed for grade 3-8 teachers, paraprofessionals, instructional coaches, and school-based leaders. Building on the work of 51²è¹Ý faculty, the workshop reviews the current research on teaching reading and explores strategies that offer deep, academically excellent learning experiences while nurturing linguistic identities, diverse learning styles and intellectual excitement.

In the dynamic realm of education...

The art and science of teaching reading have been subject to continual debate and evolution. Educators find themselves at the forefront of this discourse, navigating through a sea of pedagogical theories and methodologies while striving to meet the diverse needs of their students.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this workshop, learners will:

Expand an understanding of the cognitive, sociocultural, linguistic, and motivational influences on literacy and language development

Examine the history of teaching reading and explore current research and trends in literacy education

Analyze data to inform pedagogical decisions

Learn and implement effective instructional strategies and develop lesson plans for reading instruction

Integrate understanding of the reading process with effective strategies, considering contemporary context

Program Modules

The History of Teaching Reading: Past & Present

Literacy and Language Development

The Reader Profile

Teaching Strategies and Scaffolds

Reading Instruction in Action

At a Glance

Program Structure


The program is a hybrid offering, combining both synchronous and asynchronous sessions.

Program Length


This professional development workshop is broken up into five modules, over the course of 15 hours.

Earn PDPs


As a DESE-approved professional development point (PDP) provider,
this program offers 15 PDPs.

Program Cost


$495 per person with a 10-person minimum. For groups of 15+, a discounted rate of $445 per person.

Our Program

Program Developers

Faythe Beauchemin

Faythe Beauchemin

Assistant Professor



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Faythe Beauchemin

Faythe Beauchemin

Assistant Professor

Faythe Beauchemin is an assistant professor at the Lynch School of Education & Human Development, specializing in the areas of language and literacy. Drawing upon the fields of anthropology, linguistics and literacy studies, her academic research is grounded in theories that recognize teaching and learning as a social and cultural process that is historically and politically situated. She is committed to educational equity for students of color and bi/multilingual students in public schooling and is particularly interested in how daily moments of classroom literacy interactions hold the potential to affirm and value students' languages, cultures and knowledges in instruction.

Through her research, she explores how students and teachers use spoken and written language to build relationships and communities in classrooms that provide deep, academically excellent learning experiences while nurturing a sense of linguistic justice, belonging, and intellectual excitement. As a professor of teacher education, she hopes to support pre-service and in-service teachers as they grapple with the complexity and multi-layered nature of classroom interactions that unfold during literacy instruction. In particular, she focuses on developing teachers' capacities to engage in early literacy instruction through case studies and critical and microethnographic discourse analytic methods.
Elizabeth MacDonald

Elizabeth MacDonald

Content Expert, Teacher Education-Related Programming



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Elizabeth MacDonald

Elizabeth MacDonald

Content Expert, Teacher Education-Related Programming

Elizabeth MacDonald is a longtime educator and instructional coach within the Boston Public Schools and has served as an adjunct instructor in Boston College’s Lynch School of Education and Human Development for over twenty years. Her interests include urban education, reading and writing instruction, dual-language schools, and the preparation of pre-service teachers. She has worked with Maria Estela Brisk on the study and implementation of the theory of Systemic Functional Linguistics in the classroom. Additionally, as co-author of the first and second editions of The Mindful Teacher, she is committed to supporting and retaining urban educators.

Questions?

If you are interested in bringing Teaching Reading For All to your school or school district, or if you have questions about the program, email lynchschoolpce@bc.edu.

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