WHAT WE DO
Ashlock Consulting supports schools nationwide in implementing research-based reading instruction for grades K-12.
Throughout our courses, products, and client support, we focus on creating a sustainable model of implementation connected to:
We offer custom services for school administrators and teaching staff consisting of:
Professional Development
Ashlock Consulting conducts Professional Development in school agencies through onsite live trainings, online webinar trainings, and online asynchronous courses.
We have been providing Professional Development since 2006, and have worked nationally with large and small School Agencies with a diverse population of learners. Our Professional Development provides support tools to help your educators strengthen areas of instruction connected to Structured Literacy specific to your population of learners.
Ashlock Consulting Professional Development will connect to any curriculum your school agency uses.
Reading Academy
Our Professional Development is founded on Reading Academy, our course designed to provide general education teachers with the skills needed to present Structured Literacy instruction.
Reading Academy is split into Series A, which focuses on Foundational Skills Standards, and Series B, which focuses on Informational Text and Literature Standards.
Reading Academy is offered in onsite, online webinar, and online asynchronous formats.
Reading Academy meets state-specific legislation around dyslexia, Structured Literacy, and Science of Reading education.
Expert Certification
Expert Certification is on add-on to Reading Academy that provides additional information on implementing and presenting content to train staff in your school agency. We recommend Expert Certification for district trainers, coaches, and grade level leads.
Expert Certification is split into Series A and Series B, and is offered in onsite, online webinar, and online asynchronous formats.
Customized Professional Development for Elementary and Secondary
We work with school agencies to design custom professional development sessions for General Education and Special Education staff connected to K-12 English Language Arts standards and Structured Literacy.
Implementation Support, Technical Assistance, and Coaching
Ashlock Consulting offers Implementation Support, Technical Assistance, and Coaching for school agencies through onsite live trainings, online webinar trainings, and online asynchronous courses.
Our Technical Assistance is highly customized to uniquely serve your school agency’s implementation efforts. We have multiple Ashlock Academy courses to support implementation throughout your school agency, and we offer virtual coaching feedback to staff to further improve implementation over time.
Our support includes assistance for teachers and leadership, classroom demonstration lessons, observations and coaching, facilitation of learning walks, Professional Learning Community Meetings (PLC), data analysis, follow-up workshops, and support for site principals.
Implementation Support
We offer four Implementation Support asynchronous online courses, which are designed to help school leadership support instruction. We recommend these courses for those who have gone through our Reading Academy and Expert Certification courses, and to principals who will help implement in school sites.
Template Card Tutorial
Our Template Card Tutorial course is designed to help educators refine their instruction of Structured Literacy and standards-based instruction. This includes using our Templates for Effective Instruction routines and examples related to the Foundational Skills instruction taught in Reading Academy - Series A.
Template Card Tutorial is an online, asynchronous course that is licensed per school, allowing all staff to refine instruction.
Coaching
We offer Virtual Coaching sessions for school agency coaches, classroom teachers, and paraprofessionals.
Our consultants review short video clips of instruction recorded on a Virtual Coaching Platform of your choice and provide written and/or video feedback.
Ashlock Consulting recommends that school agencies subscribe to an approved student-safe platform that allows video libraries to be posted and viewed as models of good instruction.
Custom Technical Assistance
We offer live webinar or onsite custom technical assistance for school agencies. These sessions are uniquely designed to meet the needs of students and staff.
Each session might include (but is not limited to):
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Data review and recommendations
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Demonstration of instruction by consultant
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Observation of classroom instruction
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Review of virtual coaching sessions
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Facilitation of learning walks
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Professional learning community meetings
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Follow-up workshops for grade levels
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Support for site principals
English Language Arts Priority Plans
Ashlock Consulting licenses individualized English Language Arts Priority Plans (ELA Priority Plans) for school agencies. Our ELA Priority Plans layer a number of components on top of your school agency’s curriculum to more effectively teach literacy.
We create ELA Priority Plans for grades K-12.
The ELA Priority Plan Components include: