Transform your teaching with our comprehensive online introduction to Reading Apprenticeship. This self-paced course gives you a solid foundation in the Reading Apprenticeship framework’s four dimensions and how they develop through a metacognitive conversation.
What You’ll Learn
- Support deeper student learning across any subject
- Model expert reading strategies for disciplinary texts
- Build students’ stamina for complex college-level reading
- Boost subject-area learning and literacy simultaneously
- Help students understand their own thinking (metacognition)
- Foster persistence, problem-solving, and collaboration
- Use reading to improve writing
- Move students toward independence
- Develop practical classroom routines with feedback from peers
Who Should Attend
College instructors teaching any subject or level—including transfer-level, developmental, and career-technical courses. You’ll need access to a classroom (in-person or online) to practice new techniques during the 7-week course.
Course Format
32 hours over 7 weeks, online. Activities include professional reading, classroom videos, discussions, hands-on practice, and a final paper. Expect about 5 hours per week after a 2-hour kickoff. Get guidance from an expert facilitator and fellow instructors.
| Week | Title | Duration |
| 1 | Getting Started | 2 hours |
| 2 | What Is Reading Apprenticeship? | 5 hours |
| 3 | Collaborative and Learner Dimensions of Reading Apprenticeship | 5 hours |
| 4 | Practicing Metacognitive Conversation | 5 hours |
| 5 | Metacognitive Conversation: Talking to the Text | 5 hours |
| 6 | Apprenticing Readers in Your Discipline | 5 hours |
| 7 | Synthesizing and Preparing to Implement Reading Apprenticeship | 5 hours |
Cost & Resources
Fee: $750 online
Want a private session for your team? Please contact us for pricing.
Need funding approval? Use our template letter (.docx) for district personnel.
Optional CEUs: Available for an additional fee through CSU Monterey Bay. Registration opens a few weeks after the course starts. View the CSUMB course catalog. Check with your district—CEUs aren’t academic units.
Refunds: Full refund up to 2 weeks before start date, and 50 percent refund within 2 weeks of start date.
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