Our Programs

Professional Development for
Teachers & Educational Leaders

Our mission is to empower educators with the knowledge and skills needed to elevate student learning to new heights.

For over 20 years, our programs have been a trusted source of specialized professional learning services for educators of all types – including teachers, principals, teacher leaders, related specialists, paraprofessionals, and parents. Our professional learning is designed to help close the opportunity gap in education and is aligned with the National Education Association’s Learning Forward’s Standards for Staff Development.

Through our programs, we advance teacher effectiveness by providing educators with professional learning that is specific and relevant to students’ and teachers’ needs.

Our programs use varied formats and media, focusing on the teaching and learning of specific content. We build strong working relationships among staff to solve student learning issues. Our programs provide support is tailored to meet the needs of our clients, and we work with individual educators, small groups of educators, entire school faculties, and district-wide capacity-building initiatives.

Student Driven Development Reinforced by Industry Professionals

The Center’s professional learning follows a student-driven ongoing process to increase educators’ abilities to contribute to their students’ success.

All of our programs are implemented by a cadre of local, national, and international experts, including literacy specialists, math specialists, early childhood specialists, leadership specialists, learning interventionists, psychologists, and speech and language pathologists.

Our Programs

Early Childhood Coaching
Cornerstones
Science of Reading Learning Academy
Literacy Coach Program
Lit Academy
Professional Development Sessions
Louisiana Reads!
The Reading League Louisiana
Louisiana Statewide Engagement Center