Our Vision: Tri-Assocation is a valued partner for LitLife. It is our vision to continue advancing the knowledge, skills, and implementation of evidence-based best practices in literacy instruction in service of the teachers and students who form part of the Tri-Association of international schools.

Description: The LitLife team is pleased to create and facilitate virtual, interactive, webinar-style professional development experiences focused on increasing knowledge and practical strategies for implementing Structured Literacy based on current research in the Science of Reading and curated to complement the unique needs of the Latin American international school community. By the end of this series, participants will create a personal action plan for implementing components of Structured Literacy aligned with the Sciences of Reading and Writing. Upon completing a short reflection, participants will receive a certificate of completion from LitLife. In response to educator feedback and requests stemming from spring online sessions, LitLife recommends the following topics:

Dates: Nov 20, Feb 17, Mar 17, Apr 28.

Time: 4:30 Mex/5:30 Colombia.

Audience: The first session will be aimed more for grade 3 and up. The subsequent sessions will be K-6.

Five (5) - 75-minute virtual professional learning sessions:

Teaching Word Reading: Phonemic Awareness and Phonics for English Learners
○ Date: Tuesday, November 20, 2025
○ Start Time: 4:30 (Mexico); 75 minutes 
○ Audience: K-5 Teachers / Coordinators
The Question:
■ What is word reading? How do I teach a student how to read?
The Response
■ Define the components of effective word reading instruction (multimodal,
systematic, explicit, synthetic, etc)
■ Learn the basics of universal screenings for phonological awareness, phonemic awareness, and phonics.
■ Share examples of classroom strategies that support word reading
 

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Teaching Reading Comprehension: Grade-level texts for all readers
○ Date: Tuesday February 17, 2026
○ Start Time: 4:30 (Mexico); 75 minutes 
○ Audience: K-5 Teachers / Coordinators
The Question:
■ What does reading comprehension look like? How do I get students to read at
grade level?
The Response:
■ Comprehend the role of reading fluency in overall reading achievement
■ Value the impact of high-quality read alouds with teacher modelling of
metacognition
■ Share strategies for scaffolding reading instruction with grade-level texts

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Teaching Writing Skills: Transcription
○ Date: Tuesday, March 17, 2026
○ Start Time: 4:30 (Mexico); 75 minutes 
○ Audience: K-5 Teachers / Coordinators
The Question:
■ What are transcription skills? Why do they matter for writing success?
The Response:
■ Connect encoding and spelling to phonics and decoding skills
■ Apply authentic grammar instruction for multilingual learners
■ Understand the importance of explicit handwriting instruction

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Teaching Writing Skills: Composition
○ Date: Tuesday, April 28 2026
○ Start Time: 4:30 (Mexico); 75 minutes 
○ Audience: K-5 Teachers / Coordinators
The Question:
■ What are the composition strands of Joan Sedita’s writing rope? Why do they
matter?
The Response:
■ Re-envision the writing process for grade K-5
■ Develop revision and editing skills that reinforce language, grammar and word
knowledge
 

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