LETRS training is an easy-to-access, self-paced professional development program that provides teachers with the in-depth, science-based learning needed to become an expert literacy instructor. Through LETRS, teachers learn how the brain learns to read, and how to apply techniques and modify lessons from their curriculum and resources. Teachers equipped with LETRS knowledge gain confidence and power to successfully teach foundational literacy skills to their students. Students with science-based literacy instruction are better and happier readers and writers.

Developing life-long readers begins early and therefore the Michigan Department of Education has included improving early literacy in Michigan’s Top 10 Strategic Education Plan, making it a priority. LETRS provides a system of training that delivers educators with the knowledge base to effectively implement any class-wide, supplemental, or intervention reading approach. LETRS ensures competent and confident teachers by strengthening their knowledge of the science of reading and the development of the reading brain. Michigan is proud to make this investment!

LETRS is an excellent investment in further developing teachers’ language and literacy expertise to understand why reading is complex, the source of reading difficulties, and how to successfully teach all students, including those with significant and persistent literacy-related needs. The information in each LETRS unit allows teachers to more easily discern effective versus ineffective literacy practices. It provides a depth of understanding that empowers teachers to feel confident in accelerating literacy outcomes.