The purpose of the Intervention Network is to provide participants with ongoing professional learning to deepen knowledge surrounding effective evidence based literacy practices centered on the Essential Instructional Practices in Early Literacy and the Michigan ELA Standards.

The K-5 Literacy Coaching Network provides Literacy Leaders/Coaches with ongoing professional learning to support literacy coaching that enhances teacher practice and improves student learning. The goal is to deepen knowledge surrounding evidence-based instructional practices and coaching foundations using collaborative inquiry.

The MISD Disciplinary Literacy Team invites educators to participate in a year-long experience to learn about how Disciplinary Literacy provides a frame for high-quality literacy instruction, and to create a plan for implementing literacy in EVERY course students take.

PA 146, Michigan's Literacy and Dyslexia law, has different implications for elementary and secondary grades. This session will help 6-12 administrators and literacy leaders understand the professional learning requirements from PA 146 for the 2026-2027 school year, consider elements to include in a responsive multi-year plan, and identify resources that will help administrators move beyond compliance, to consider where adolescent literacy lives in continuous improvement.

PA 146, Michigan's Literacy and Dyslexia law, has different implications for elementary and secondary grades. This session will help 6-12 administrators and literacy leaders understand the professional learning requirements from PA 146 for the 2026-2027 school year, consider elements to include in a responsive multi-year plan, and identify resources that will help administrators move beyond compliance, to consider where adolescent literacy lives in continuous improvement.

PA 146, Michigan's Literacy and Dyslexia law, has different implications for elementary and secondary grades. This session will help 6-12 administrators and literacy leaders understand the professional learning requirements from PA 146 for the 2026-2027 school year, consider elements to include in a responsive multi-year plan, and identify resources that will help administrators move beyond compliance, to consider where adolescent literacy lives in continuous improvement.

What happens when students don't just consume content - but actually talk, think, and argue like experts in your discipline? Disciplinary literacy makes that possible in every classroom, every subject, every day. In this session, 6-12 educators will join MISD content consultants to begin to explore how a disciplinary literacy framework can shift the center of gravity in their classrooms - from teacher-delivered content to student-driven conversation and authentic engagement with real ideas.

Join educators across the county as we learn together using the book as a guide. Ready between sessions, and try the many strategies included in the resource. Process your application of these strategies with colleagues using engaging discussion protocols. Participants will leave each session with concrete ideas to try with students right away. Out of County participants must purchase the book on your own.

The real measure of literacy instruction isn't what students can do on Friday's quiz, it's what they can do with a complex text, an unfamiliar word, or a challenging idea long after they leave your classroom. In this session, 6-12 educators will explore how disciplinary literacy can transform the way we teach reading and vocabulary by guiding students from supported practice to confident, independent sense-making. When we apprentice students into the real reading and word study habits of each discipline, we equip them with transferable skills that travel with them into college, careers, and everyday life.