Let's dive into some free professional learning for educators! Did you know that there are numerous free professional development videos created for teachers, administrators, and school leaders from Gay Su Pinnell and Irene Fountas housed on fountasandpinnell.com? These webinars feature important tips, answers to frequently asked questions, best practices, in-depth pedagogical discussion, insight from the authors themselves, and more. All relatively an hour in length, they are the perfect bite-size amount of professional learning to access quickly and easily.
Ready to dive in? Here's a few videos you might be interested in watching now.
5 Free Webinars for Professional Learning:
1. Tips for Grading and Reporting Progress to Parents and Caregivers
In this webinar, Fountas and Pinnell discuss helpful tips for reporting progress to caregivers and administrators on student literacy achievement.
2. The Power and Purpose of Text Levels
Text levels are far more than a “letter,” “score,” or “label.” Watch this webinar as Irene Fountas and Gay Su Pinnell, the creators of the F&P Text Level Gradient™, conduct an important conversation on the power and purpose of text levels.
3. Building Community Around Essential Literacy Experiences
Fountas and Pinnell uncover vital aspects of a strong classroom community, one of those aspects being joyful literacy learning. Learn why literacy, the physical environment, and informed, responsive teaching are all important components of a healthy, engaged classroom.
4. 10 Tips for Powerful Teaching in Guided Reading
Learn more about guided reading instruction from the literacy leaders, Fountas and Pinnell. Take the 10 tips acquired from this webinar and apply them directly to your teaching.
5. Let’s Get Practical: Benchmark Assessment System
This hour-long conversation, led by Irene Fountas and Gay Su Pinnell, uncovers practical tips you can use during your formal literacy assessments with the Benchmark Assessment System.
