Welcome to the first course in our series of seven Disciplinary Literacy courses. In this foundational course, we’ll explore some of the basic concepts that drive this work and also discuss connections to other instructional frameworks. These courses will introduce you to some of the foundational ideas and practices of the Essential Practices for Disciplinary Literacy Instruction in the Secondary Classroom. The Essential Practices include focused sets of research-supported instructional practices that have been shown to increase student achievement and/or engagement with academic literacies and are the focus of this professional learning series.

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