Reading Academies

Empower your educators and strengthen district-wide outcomes through the ESC Region 16 Reading Academy. Grounded in the Science of Teaching Reading, our comprehensive 12-module training equips classroom teachers with actionable, research-backed strategies in phonological awareness, decoding, fluency, and comprehension. District and campus leaders gain the critical data-driven frameworks necessary to support multi-tiered instruction and cultivate a sustainable, high-impact literacy culture.
Partner with Region 16 to transform classroom instruction and ensure every student becomes a confident, proficient reader.

The content for the reading academies is still under development. The reading academies are using current research on literacy and language development in addition to solid research from the past that is still relevant for teachers and administrators. The content is reflective of the characteristics and needs of today’s learners.

There will be 12 modules covered:

  • Introduction
  • The Science of Teaching Reading
  • Establishing a Literacy Community
  • Using Data to Inform Instruction and Tiered Levels of Support
  • Oral Language and Vocabulary
  • Phonological Awareness
  • Pre-Reading Skills
  • Decoding, Encoding, and Word Study
  • Reading Fluency
  • Reading Comprehension
  • Written Composition
  • Putting It All Together

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All Elementary Principals are required to attend the HB3 Reading Academies during their first year as a Principal. This is an online academy and will take
about 48 hours to complete.

Your facilitator will reach out to you at the beginning of the month you register for with more information on how to begin the course.

If you have teachers needing the DHH course, you can register them at the same link.

These are offered in Window 1 and Window 2 each year.

• $400 per Administrator or DHH Teacher
(is invoiced the month after you begin)

• 11 Months to finish from start date

• Quotes will be automatically sent as
soon as you pre-register for the course

• Courses begin on the second Monday
of your selected month (e.g. July 8)

1. Quotes

• Quotes are automatically generated and emailed to the point of contact listed in the learner’s

pre-registration.

° Pre-registration for learners is available at: r16.us/adminRA

• If you do not receive a quote for registration, please contact Joann Porter at

joann.porter@esc16.net, and she will be happy to provide one for you.

2. Invoicing

• Once the course opens in TEALearn, participants must complete the registration process.

• After a participant is marked as enrolled on our end, the billing process begins.

• Invoices are mailed to districts no later than one month after the enrollment window closes.

° Example: If a cohort opens on September 9 and registration closes on October 22, invoices will be

mailed NO LATER THAN November 22.

• A digital copy of the invoice will also be emailed to the district’s point of contact.

3. Vendor Setup

If your district needs to set ESC Region 16 up as a vendor,

please contact Joann Porter at joann.porter@esc16.net

For any other questions regarding the Texas Blended Reading Academy for Admin,

please contact Ashley Flanagan at ashley.flanagan@esc16.net

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