Events for December 16, 2025 - July 12, 2025

This session, presented by Dr. Heidi Beverine-Curry, is designed for administrators, classroom teachers, special educators, and interventionists that collect normed oral reading fluency (ORF) data (or who are thinking about it!) and want to better understand its usefulness. Learn why ORF data is so important, what it can tell you, what it cannot, and get some tips about making data collection and analysis more efficient. These Experts Explain Series sessions are presented in partnership with the Indiana Department of Education.

Working memory is not a passive observer in the learning process — it is the gatekeeper, the active participant, that determines the extent and quality of our learning. It is a critical element that impacts why the learning process can be more labor-intensive for some students than others. By understanding the limitations of working memory, we can make sense of students' challenges when transitioning from acquisition to fluency, from fluency to generalization, and from generalization to adaptation. This is a critical consideration for educators and instructional designers for guiding the development of instructional strategies and materials that foster learning.

In this session, presenter, Dr. Jamey Peavler, will model how to use diagnostic reading and spelling assessments to identify next steps in our literacy instruction. The focus will be on applying information gained from these assessments to classwide purposes such as designing a classwide intervention, forming small groups, and adjusting Tier 1 instruction. This session will be most beneficial for K-3 classroom teachers, coaches and school leaders. These Experts Explain Series sessions are presented in partnership with the Indiana Department of Education.

Now that you’re familiar with what diagnostic assessments are and how to use them, presenter, Dr. Jamey Peavler will demonstrate how to use diagnostic data to identify underlying skill deficits when students are referred for intervention. Several real-life examples from striving readers will be shared, and participants will walk away with knowledge of how to plan an intervention for students that are identified at-risk on a universal screener. This session will be beneficial for K-6 teachers, special educators, coaches, and school leaders. These Experts Explain Series are presented in partnership with the Indiana Department of Education.

Our December coffee chat will be a follow up conversation from Dr. Jamey Peavler's Nov. 6 session on cognitve load theory in instructional design. Current members (joined or renewed in the last 12 months) received the recording via email on Nov. 11. If you weren't able to attend live, take a moment to view the recording and join us for our Dec. coffee chat discussion! If you have questions about your membership or did not receive the recording, please email natalie@in.thereadingleague.org and she will look into it.

Are you ready for another year of collaborative conversations with stakeholders across the state? We have another jammed packed year of excellent coffee chats lined up for 2025. You can register for the whole year now! First in our line up will be conversing about a podcast by Dr. Hugh Catts titled "Comprehension is not a skill". This will be a piviotal conversation for all. Access to our Saturday morning Coffee Chats is a perk of membership with TRL-IN. Join or renew your annual membership today! If you are unsure of your membership status with TRL-IN, please email natalie@in.thereadingleague.org and she will look into it for you.

Progress monitoring (PM) with curriculum-based measures is a powerful tool for using data to change reading outcomes. But common misconceptions about progress monitoring can get in the way. This session with Dr. Stephanie Stoller will revisit and clarify the value of progress monitoring by illustrating examples of using PM data to improve instruction at all tiers of the MTSS framework for school improvement. These Experts Explain Series are presented in partnership with the Indiana Department of Education.

Open to members and non-members, please join us for our Annual Meeting. Learn more about our organization and how you can get involved, meet our board of directors, hear from a special guest from 95% Group, connect with like-minded change-makers in our state, and be present for the announcement of our 2025 Science of Reading Champion Award winners!

High quality differentiation doesn’t have to be complicated, but it does require the use of data-based decision making. Effective instructional decisions ensure that supports address students’ needs.  This session, led by Dr. Holly Lane, will introduce methods for measuring ongoing progress in foundational reading skills and the use of assessment data to plan targeted small-group supplemental support.  These Experts Explain Series are presented in partnership with the Indiana Department of Education.

Though not a requirement to watch in order to join us for our March coffee chat, our conversation will center around a learning session (https://bit.ly/42Ef5OI) provided by Dr. Shelly Blackwell about analyzing spelling errors. We are really looking forward to this discussion. Access to our Saturday morning Coffee Chats is a perk of membership with TRL-IN. Join or renew your annual membership today! If you are unsure of your membership status with TRL-IN, please email natalie@in.thereadingleague.org and she will look into it for you.

Join us, along with Dr. Sarah Brown, to explore how grade-level teams can maximize reading data use and better support both teachers and students. Through practical examples, learn how successful schools create efficient processes that allow teams to address student reading needs using screening and progress monitoring data. This session will highlight actionable ways to use data and support teams and students to accelerate student growth. These Experts Explain Series are presented in partnership with the Indiana Department of Education.

A description and resource for the April Coffee Chat is coming soon. Stay tuned! Access to our Saturday morning Coffee Chats is a perk of membership with TRL-IN. Join or renew your annual membership today! If you are unsure of your membership status with TRL-IN, please email natalie@in.thereadingleague.org and she will look into it for you.