Literacy in Action! Teachers and students sharpened their phonics skills during whole group and small group instruction. Classrooms pictured below are from Huguley Elementary, Beulah Elementary and Wacoochee Elementary Schools! ARI / The Alabama Reading Initiative, ALSDE Alabama State Department of Education

Great things are happening at Tallassee Elementary! ARI / The Alabama Reading Initiative, ALSDE Alabama State Department of Education

It was a great day at Auburn Early Education Center! Alabama State Department of Education Alabama Science of Reading

Summer Camp Fun at Dadeville Elementary! ARI / The Alabama Reading Initiative, ALSDE Alabama State Department of Education

Horseshoe Bend Summer Camp is off to a great start! ARI / The Alabama Reading Initiative, ALSDE Alabama State Department of Education

Horseshoe Bend Summer Camp is off to a great start! ARI / The Alabama Reading Initiative, ALSDE Alabama State Department of Education

We always enjoy partnering with ARI / The Alabama Reading Initiative, ALSDE! Thank you for investing in our clinical residents. They are entering classrooms knowledgeable of the AL Literacy Act. #neverstoplearningAlabama

SLSR sessions that were so nice, we had to do twice! The morning and afternoon sessions were a success and are in the books for Region 9! ARI / The Alabama Reading Initiative, ALSDE Alabama State Department of Education Dr. Laura M. Crowe, NBCT AMSTI-AU Auburn City Schools Vickie Chappelle Karen Rutledge-Bell Bshort EARIC Stacie Reddish

📢Newly released! This guide was developed as an instructional tool to support teachers, parents, and students in Grades K-3 with handwriting developmental skills. This guide will work in conjunction with the local district/school curriculum for handwriting.✏️

The ARI summer learning action team is representing and learning from/with other states around planning for effective summer learning. ARI / The Alabama Reading Initiative, ALSDE Alabama State Department of Education

Feeling honored to be a part of the AL team at the 2022 National Summer Learning Conference with 900 others across the U.S. summerlearning ARI / The Alabama Reading Initiative, ALSDE Alabama State Department of Education Karen Rutledge-Bell Stacie Reddish

Great lecture from Thomas L. Friedman this morning who spoke to one of our main themes of #SummerChangesEverything when he said "Big, hard things have to be done together" with complex, adaptive coalitions.

Looking forward for student acceleration summerlearning. "No other skill taught in school & learned by children is more important than reading. It is the GATEWAY to all other knowledge." Karen Rutledge-Bell Stacie Reddish Bessie Morgan ARI / The Alabama Reading Initiative, ALSDE

Don’t miss this opportunity! Stacie Reddish

Great discourse, between Region 9 Instructional leaders, concerning next steps after MOY data meetings, during SLSR. #COLLABORATION ARI / The Alabama Reading Initiative, ALSDE Alabama State Department of Education Bshort Stacie Reddish EARIC Auburn City Schools Opelika City Schools MaconCountySchools Derrick L. Harris Vickie Chappelle Karen Rutledge-Bell

Such a great day with our Strong Leader Strong Reader Session in Region 9! Collaboration at its finest!

It was a great day of learning in Region 9!Principals and Local Reading Specialists engaged in powerful discourse regarding the positive impacts of partnerships on student achievement! Bshort EARIC Andretta Albright Karen Rutledge-Bell MistyBWilson ARI / The Alabama Reading Initiative, ALSDE