School-Based Professional Development

You are committed to improving students’ learning through ongoing professional development to improve your teaching. We are committed to improving literacy for all with our research-based professional materials. Together, let’s work to maximize your school’s PD opportunities.

Browse below to discover IRA’s affordable resources for school-based PD—or download a flier to e-mail or print for colleagues or administrators in your school or district.You can also contact us to discuss your specific PD needs and how IRA can help meet them.

And don’t miss information on discounted pricing for schools and districts.

IRA books are perfect for school-based study groups. And our PD study guides can help you use IRA texts in professional learning communities and book groups. Download the guide for

• Reciprocal Teaching at Work
• I Can Write Like That!
• In a Reading State of Mind
• Comprehension Shouldn’t Be Silent
• Understanding and Using Reading Assessment, K–12
• What Research Has to Say About Reading Instruction (3rd ed.)

Reading and viewing together make for powerful learning. Check out these books, available with DVDs included...

• Interactive Think-Aloud Lessons
• Reading and Writing Grade by Grade
• Speaking and Listening for Preschool Through Third Grade
• In a Reading State of Mind

...or with optional video/DVD available for separate purchase:

• Creating Strategic Readers
• Reciprocal Teaching at Work
• Small-Group Reading Instruction (beginning and struggling readers, 1st ed.) On Sale!
• Small-Group Reading Instruction (beginning and struggling readers, 2nd ed.)
• Small-Group Reading Instruction, 3–8

Top names in literacy education have selected outstanding articles on important topics to give you an inexpensive source of readings for school-based learning communities or independent study. Titles include

• Essential Readings on Struggling Learners, compiled and introduced by Richard L. Allington
• Essential Readings on Early Literacy, compiled and introduced by Dorothy S. Strickland
• Essential Readings on Comprehension, compiled and introduced by Diane Lapp and Douglas Fisher
• Essential Readings on Vocabulary Instruction, compiled and introduced by Michael F. Graves
• Essential Readings on Fluency, compiled and introduced by Timothy V. Rasinski
• Essential Readings on Motivation, compiled and introduced by Jacquelynn A. Malloy, Barbara A. Marinak, and Linda B. Gambrell
• Essential Readings on Assessment, compiled and introduced by Peter Afflerbach

IRA’s peer-reviewed journals are the leading source of information on evidence-based practice for reading educators. Association members are welcome to copy articles to share with colleagues in inservice settings.

• The Reading Teacher (K–6)
• Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy
• Reading Research Quarterly

• Position statements summarizing the best thinking on critical issues
• Standards documents, white papers, and reports
• Podcasts