AIM Pathways

Pathways to Proficient Reading is an IDA-accredited foundational course in the science of reading, designed for educators committed to learning about the connection between reading research, theoretical models such as the Simple View of Reading and Scarborough’s Reading Rope, and best practices for language and literacy instruction in the classroom.

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Commitment Includes:

• Completion of asynchronous pre-knowledge inventory
• Completion of 14 asynchronous learning sections (with 2 additional optional sections)
• Attendance and Participation required at two daylong in-person training sessions 
• Completion of post-knowledge inventory
• 12-Month access to the AIM Pathways Platform - so materials can be reviewed, applied and accessed in the classroom when needed.
• Training sequence ( Asynchronous- self-paced course in fall, 1 Community of Practice session in fall, 1 face to face session in fall, Asynchronous -self-paced course in spring, 1 Community of Practice session in spring, 1 face to face in spring.  CEUs can be awarded after the completion of this training sequence, with a 60% passing rate.
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•  To ensure training commitment and completion, if participants sign up and do not complete the course, the district may be responsible for the reimbursement of those participants ($825 per participant) or participants may not be able to participate in the future. 

You will be provided approximately an hour to have lunch with your training colleagues on your own.  Information on convenient local eateries will be provided at the training.

IF YOU HAVE A DISABILITY THAT WILL NEED AN ACCOMMODATION (WHEELCHAIR, HEARING IMPAIRMENT, VISUAL IMPAIRMENT, ETC.), PLEASE CONTACT US IMMEDIATELY AFTER REGISTRATION SO THAT WE CAN BEST ACCOMMODATE YOU.