Improving K-5 Literacy Instruction

Dr. Shelley Wepner, Manhattanville College School of Education dean; Renee O”™Rourke, managing director, The Rose Institute for Learning and Literacy; and Dr. Mary Coakley-Fields, assistant professor of literacy, Manhattanville College School of Education.

The Rose Institute for Learning and Literacy, the Manhattanville College School of Education and Putnam-Northern Westchester BOCES ran its first professional development program Nov. 5 to foster a deeper understanding of multisensory phonics tools and techniques for K-5 literacy instruction called, Making Sense of Words. 

The program, held at Manhattanville College”™s Reid Castle, was attended by more than 80 teachers from the Westchester community.