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Start your path to literacy improvement with CESA 6, where expert innovators create custom solutions to empower educators and students. Our programs are designed to tackle your school's specific challenges, turning obstacles into opportunities for growth.

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Literacy Services

Unlock the potential of your educational system with CESA 6 Literacy, where we specialize in providing systemic planning support and customized curriculum implementation. As innovators in the field, our team brings a dynamic approach to solving education-related challenges tailored to fit the specific needs of your students and educators.

Our comprehensive portfolio of solutions can thoroughly assess existing literacy initiatives to ensure alignment with your objectives. We collaboratively develop and implement strategies that are designed to produce meaningful and measurable improvements in literacy education. At CESA 6, our expertise encompasses a wide variety of educational challenges, ensuring that every consultant and solution is a perfect fit. Trust in our team to deliver customized, innovative educational strategies that make a real difference.

Audit, Analyze, and Advance Literacy

At CESA 6, we believe that every literacy challenge has a unique solution. Through our detailed auditing process, we analyze your needs and deploy innovative strategies that are designed to advance literacy education effectively.

Literacy Audit

Plan Strategically, Achieve Exceptionally

Empower your educational journey with CESA 6’s strategic planning services, where innovation meets expertise. We create custom solutions that meticulously address your specific needs, enabling exceptional achievements in literacy and beyond.

Customized Literacy Services

Implement, Innovate, and Inspire Literacy Growth

Implementing effective literacy programs requires innovation and inspiration, and at CESA 6, that’s exactly what we bring to your educational system. Our custom solutions are designed to address the specific challenges your educators and students face, ensuring measurable success.

Customized Literacy Services

Literacy Products

Our High-Leverage Instructional Routines Toolkit aligns with and supports both the Word Recognition and the Language Comprehension components of the Reading Rope for Skilled Reading.

These routines are game-changers when it comes to supporting both whole-class instruction and targeted interventions.

As part of the toolkit, you will receive dozens of high-leverage routines. Each routine follows an explicit, predictable format so that students can experience direct instruction, teacher modeling, engaging in the practice, and receiving feedback.

You will also receive CESA 6’s Assessment Decision-Making Guide to help you prioritize skills for intervention, and align targeted instruction with the high-leverage routines that work best. Lesson planning tools and resources will aid you in the careful and intentional planning needed for targeted instruction.

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Our Blending Lines for 5K resource supports students with the important phoneme-grapheme work necessary to develop skilled readers.

Blending Lines encourages students to look closely at the letters in a word due to each work containing a minimal change.

This resource includes blending lines and small group lessons. It can be used on its own for students in your classroom or as part of a phonics lesson, for both decoding and encoding practice. In addition to the small group lessons, a phonics template is provided for teachers to write their own lessons.

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Unlock the power of diagnostic spelling data to drive decision-making for universal instruction and targeted intervention! Analyzing spelling data involves examining patterns in spelling errors to assess a learner's phonological awareness, decoding abilities, and overall spelling development. This process helps inform effective teaching strategies as teachers plan for targeted literacy instruction. Let’s improve literacy outcomes so our students become strategic readers and writers!

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The Caregiver Guide to Early Literacy is a practical resource designed to help caregivers support young readers through engaging activities and research-backed strategies. 

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Professional Development

Professional Development at CESA 6 is not just about learning; it's about leading change in educational practices through literacy leadership and specialized literacy support. Our programs in science-aligned literacy practices and special education literacy support are crafted by experts with a passion for innovation and problem-solving. These programs are complemented by our robust coaching and mentoring services, designed to build capacity and foster an environment of thoughtful partnership among educators.

With a commitment to offering a breadth of solutions, CESA 6 tailors each professional development opportunity to your educational system's unique challenges and needs. Experience the difference that expert-driven, customized training can make in your system. Transform your educational approach with our targeted professional development programs, and watch as your educators and students achieve beyond expectations.

Leading Literacy Forward

With a focus on transforming literacy education, CESA 6 offers specialized leadership programs that prepare educators to guide their students toward improved literacy outcomes. Our experts design personalized solutions that draw on the latest educational research and practices, preparing leaders to revitalize their literacy programs.

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Implement Proven Reading Science Techniques

Transform your literacy approach with CESA 6’s professional development focused on the Science of Reading. Our programs are tailored to meet the specific challenges of your educational environment, equipping educators with scientifically validated techniques that lead to successful learning outcomes.

Act 20 Solutions

Coaching, Mentoring, and Thought Partnership

Coaching, Mentoring, and Thought Partnership at CESA 6 are more than just support services; they are transformative experiences that propel educators toward excellence. Our professional experts are not only innovators in their fields but also passionate mentors who provide tailored guidance. These programs are designed to challenge and support educators in equal measure, fostering significant professional growth and improved educational outcomes.

With a diverse range of solutions, CESA 6 ensures that every educator’s needs are met with precision and creativity. Our tailored approach allows us to create programs that perfectly align with your personal and professional aspirations. Engage with us to experience the power of true mentorship and thoughtful partnership.

Implement Professional Learning with Expert Coaching

At CESA 6, our expert coaching transcends traditional professional development by focusing on application and impact. From implementing foundational literacy practices to advancing complex intervention strategies, our coaches provide the support necessary for educators to thrive.

In-District Coaching Institute

Novice to Advanced Literacy Mentoring

CESA 6's structured approach to literacy mentoring spans from novice to advanced levels and is designed to strengthen and refine educators' teaching and leadership skills. We foster an environment where every educator thrives through our dedicated programs, including learning walks and high-leverage leadership routines.

Novice Coaching Academy

Plan and Partner for Literacy Success

CESA 6's approach to literacy improvement involves partnering with educators to assess needs, set goals, and strategize for effective teaching and learning. This collaborative process ensures that every strategy is deeply informed by both expert insight and practical classroom needs.

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Success Stories

The [Novice Coach Mentoring Academy] emphasized the power of clear communication. We learned to build trust and establish partnerships with teachers, understanding their unique needs and classrooms. This shift fostered a collaborative spirit,...

Director of Technology & Innovation - 24-25 Novice Coach Mentoring Academy Participant

I found great value in participating alongside my Literacy Coach in the CESA 6 Coaching Collaborative and Novice Coaching Collaborative. The opportunity to learn from the [Literacy] team at CESA 6 on the best practices of coaching and the importance...

2023-24 Coaching Collaborative - Coaching for Impact Principal Attendee

I particularly appreciated the emphasis on building strong coaching relationships and the clear distinction between what coaching is and isn’t. The exploration of various coaching strategies and philosophies, coupled with the practical application...

Chris Medenwaldt,Director of Secondary Education

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Tailored Literacy Solutions for Measurable Success

  • Understand the Challenge

    Begin your literacy journey with CESA 6 through a complimentary virtual session, where our specialists dive into identifying your distinct literacy challenges. This approach not only clarifies your needs but also enhances our ability to guide you toward successful solutions.

  • Choose the Path

    Following a thorough assessment of your needs, CESA 6 presents various customized options like intensive coaching or workshops on literacy practices. You are supported in selecting the ideal solution that aligns with your educational goals and the needs of your students.

  • Implement the Solution

    CESA 6 stands by your side as you implement the chosen literacy solution, initiating detailed training and continuous support structures. Our commitment to regular monitoring and adaptive feedback ensures that your literacy strategy is dynamic and continually aligned with your goals.