OUR APPROACH
In some schools, there are more kids in need of extra reading support walking in the door every morning than there are resources to support them effectively.
The Literacy Lab Fellowship is a
2 for 1 Program!
The Literacy Lab has a 2 way approach to closing the literacy gap and developing a new generation of teachers from the communities served: Literacy Intervention and workforce development.
We provide our Fellows with intensive training, support, and coaching.
Our Fellows implement a research-backed literacy framework that builds foundational skills such as letter recognition, vocabulary, and phonemic awareness. Each Fellow serves a classroom of students one-on-one, in small groups, and as a whole class every day, monitoring progress regularly and adjusting instruction based on data. By intervening as early as age 3, we help children gain essential literacy skills before the pivotal third-grade milestone — when students are asked to use their literacy skills to learn across content areas.
Our program is designed in partnership with schools and aligns with teachers’ instruction, amplifying the impact on each student’s reading growth. Our staff provide program and coaching support for our Fellows to ensure quality and consistency within and across classrooms. This intensive, daily instructional model not only boosts students’ literacy skills—it also provides encouraging mentorship and individual attention that increase children’s confidence and love of learning.
We provide our school community with 3 layers of support.
First Layer of Support
Literacy Lab Fellows
A Fellow is placed in a classroom for the entire year to provide immediate intervention to students. Fellows assess students literacy skills beginning, middle and end of the year for growth.
Second Layer of Support
Literacy Lab Coach
The Literacy Lab Coach ensures that Fellows implement a research-backed literacy framework with fidelity. They connect constantly with teachers as well as observe Fellows in action, provide real-time feedback, and administers classroom content training sessions throughout the year.
Third Layer of Support
Program Staff
The program staff are a relationship partner with the school. They also observe Fellows to ensure research-backed literacy instruction is implemented with fidelity.
Implementation of the SEEDS Model
