Program Overview

Strategies for increasing reading and writing fluency are featured in this course, with an emphasis on implementing varied activities tailored to specific student levels. This course teaches you a grouping strategy based on the researched- support methods for grouping students by levels of spelling and provides station & activity ideas and support on 6 key areas for effective reading and writing. You will build a fluency plan specific to a set of student groups, design a resource to support your students, and analyze research highlighting the effectiveness of one or more methods of improving fluency that were taught within this course. Finally, an implementation plan will be completed for you to put the ideas from this course into practice.

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At a Glance

Extended Education
Approximately 15 hours
Access Time: 365 days
1 PDU
Graduate Level Professional Development Credit
$210
No additional materials required
Key Features

100% Online  |  Earn graduate-level professional development credits for salary advancement
 Fast & Convenient. Start Immediately & Work At Your Own Pace  |  Clear, Template-Based Course Format

Upon completion of the course, participants will be able to:
  • Understand fluency levels based on spelling and methods for grouping students
  • Apply strategies to support fluency to various activities within phonics, word work, sight words, reading, and writing
  • Build a fluency plan that supports a classroom
  • Design a supporting resource that helps improve fluency based on one method within the course, and then plan for implementation of the resource alongside the fluency plan
  • Analyze research that supports the use of strategies and activities to improve fluency, and examine how the research impacts the classroom
Course Topics: 
  • Strategic Grouping
  • Phonics
  • Word work
  • Sight words
  • Reading fluency
  • Writing fluency

Putting it All Together - Completion and Submission of a reading and writing fluency stations plan aligned to specific needs for your planned student groups. An action plan template and a sample will be provided to you to assist you in completing this module.

Applying What You Have Learned - Compile all content ideas from the course and plan a series of action steps to describe implementation. A Final Implementation Planning Template will be provided to help you plan the critical components to consider for implementation, and to aid you in your final response which will also include a reflection and summary of the ideas in the course.

Earn your credit in 3 simple steps

Step 1 Register online.

Step 2 Complete the course.

Step 3 Receive credits and obtain an official transcript.

This course is offered through University of Massachusetts Global’s School of Extended Education in partnership with Model Teaching. 

What are Graduate-level Professional Development Credits?

Graduate-level professional development credits are not part of a degree program but instead are primarily used for professional advancement such as salary increment steps and recertification. Students should seek approval from appropriate district officials before enrolling in these courses.

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