TRL Wisconsin

Summer 2025 Book Study: Next Steps in Literacy Instruction by Susan Smartt and Deborah Glaser
2025-06-28 09:00, 2025-07-12 09:00, 2025-07-26 09:00, 2025-08-02 09:00 (America/Chicago)
This book by Susan Smartt and Deborah Glaser is a must for all educators who want to move efficiently from assessment results to effective instruction.
June 21: Ch 1 & 2, Introduction and Working with Struggling Readers
June 28: Ch 3 & 4, Phonemic Awareness and Phonics
July 12: Ch 5, Fluency
July 19: Ch 6, Reading Comprehension
July 26: Ch 7, Vocabulary
August 2: Ch 8, Weaving the Elements Together
It’s free! Register once for all sessions and join us when you can.

Book Study Wrap Up
2025-08-21 19:00
Wisconsin leaders—let’s join the national conversation! Be part of a virtual book discussion follow-up to uplift and unpack new learning from the MTSS for Reading Improvement. This is your opportunity to connect with fellow educators across the state, reflect on how MTSS is evolving in Wisconsin, and reinforce our shared commitment to supporting every learner.

LLEED-Literacy Leaders Empowered & Equipped to Deliver
2025-09-03 17:00 - 18:00, 2025-10-01 17:00 - 18:00, 2025-11-05 17:00 - 18:00, 2025-12-03 17:00 - 18:00, 2026-04-01 17:00 - 18:00
Beginning this September, you will join a dynamic network of passionate educators committed to real and lasting change. Guided by mentors Angela Hanlin, Jacalyn Weissenburger, and Jeanne Schopf, Wednesday Wisdom offers a one-hour virtual mentorship session on the first Wednesday of each month through April.
Each session will equip you with practical strategies in leadership, systems, structures, evidence-based practices, and coaching. Most importantly, you’ll be connected to a supportive community of leaders dedicated to strengthening literacy outcomes for all students, K–12.

Adolescent Literacy Panel Discussion
2025-09-16 19:00 - 20:30
Join us for a powerful discussion of what literacy looks like in the secondary classroom, facilitated by Jody Kammer. This session will challenge common misconceptions about struggling readers, examine the science of reading, and highlight what effective intervention looks like for adolescents. The event offers evidence-based insights, practical strategies, and an open discussion to equip educators with tools to transform secondary literacy instruction.

Teachers' Lounge: Let's Chat About MTSS
2025-09-27 09:00
This is your opportunity to ask questions and drive the conversation. Our focus will be on MTSS/MLSS. Today, we are addressing the delivery of instruction. This is your opportunity to ask questions and drive the conversation. Our focus will be on MTSS/MLSS. Today, we are addressing the delivery of instruction.

2025 Turning the Tide in Reading Instruction
2025-10-03 07:30 - 16:00
Join us in-person at the Brookfield Conference Center, or via live stream, for a day of learning with the nation’s top literacy practitioners, researchers, and thought leaders! Holly Lane, Pam Kastner, Sonia Cabell, and Hugh Catts are the keynote speakers, and the Cudahy, WI School District will share their journey into the science of reading. Come and connect with other educators who are upping their game in providing effective literacy instruction.

Lose the Rules: Multi-syllable Words Made Easy
2025-10-14 19:00
Join Linda Farrell and Michael Hunt to learn how to teach students to break up multi-syllable words for easy reading and spelling.

The Teachers' Lounge: Let's Chat about MTSS
2025-10-25 09:00
This is your opportunity to ask questions and drive the conversation. Our focus will be on MTSS/MLSS. Today, we are discussing navigating reading assessments.

Scaffolding Grade Level Reading for All
2025-11-11 19:00

Teacher's Lounge: Let's Chat about MTSS
2025-11-22 09:00
This is your opportunity to ask questions and drive the conversation. Our focus will be on MTSS/MLSS. Today, we are addressing the foundations of MTSS.

LLEED-Literacy Leaders Empowered & Equipped to Deliver
2026-01-07 17:00 - 18:00, 2026-02-04 17:00 - 18:00, 2026-03-04 17:00 - 18:00
Beginning this September, you will join a dynamic network of passionate educators committed to real and lasting change. Guided by mentors Angela Hanlin and Jeanne Schopf, Wednesday Wisdom offers a one-hour virtual mentorship session on the first Wednesday of each month through April.
Each session will equip you with practical strategies in leadership, systems, structures, evidence-based practices, and coaching. Most importantly, you’ll be connected to a supportive community of leaders dedicated to strengthening literacy outcomes for all students, K–12.

Next Steps in PA and Phonics: Inspired by Smartt and Glaser
2026-01-13 19:00

Data Based Decision Making for the Group and Individual Level
2026-02-10 19:00

Teachers' Lounge: Let's Chat About MTSS Using Data To Drive Tier 1 Instruction
2026-02-21 09:00

Word Learning Strategies for Adolescent Readers
2026-03-10 19:00
Dr. Lauren Zepp is a literacy expert specializing in evidence-based word learning and language development for diverse adolescent readers. Dr. Beverly Trezek is a nationally recognized scholar in reading development and instructional practices for students with disabilities. In their upcoming webinar, Word Learning Strategies for Adolescent Readers, they share practical, research-aligned strategies to strengthen vocabulary, decoding, and comprehension in secondary classrooms.

Teacher's Lounge: Let's Chat About MTSS Using Data To Drive Tier 2 and 3 Instruction
2026-04-18 09:00
This year, we’re focusing on MTSS in the Teachers’ Lounge. April’s meeting delves into using data to drive Tier 2 and Tier 2 data-based instruction.
Free Registration Here.

Turning the Tide in Reading Instruction 2026
2026-11-05 07:30 - 15:00
We’re celebrating our fifth annual Turning the Tide conference with presenters Sharon Vaughn, Jasmine Rogers, Stephanie Stollar and Devin Kearns! Won’t you join us? We have both in-person and live stream options, with permanent access to the recording for all registrants. Topics include adolescent literacy, Black Language, effective implementation of MTSS, and decoding multisyllabic words. Follow the link for full conference details and registration.
