ECRI for New Teachers

August 7 - 8, 2025

Elementary Education

Notice

We are excited to meet you tomorrow for the Enhanced Core Reading Instruction (ECRI) training for new teachers. We will begin at 8:30 am and finish at 3:30 pm.

Please park in the upper lot. Enter the building through the door to the right of the main entrance. Proceed down the stairs, through the common area, and turn left. The Director's Room is located on the right

Coffee and water will be available. 

Lunch will be 30 minutes, on your own. We recommend bringing your lunch with you due to the lack of food establishments in our area.  

It will also be helpful for you to have a way to take notes. A computer is not necessary for the training.

Aug 6

Enhanced Core Reading Instruction™ (ECRI) is a multi-tiered program (Tier 1 and Tier 2) featuring a series of teaching routines designed to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of reading instruction in kindergarten, first and second grade.  

This course will present information and research about evidence-based reading instruction, and describe and model how to use instructional routines to enhance the delivery of core reading instruction in a multi-tiered system of Tier 1 and Tier 2 support. Systematic strategies and instructional routines designed to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of reading instruction in kindergarten, first and second grade will be described and practiced. By the end of this course, participants will understand how and why (a) using instructional routines can enhance current core reading instruction, and (b) how aligning Tier 1 and Tier 2 reading instruction can lead to high student reading outcomes. Topics will include incorporating explicit instructional elements, aligning intervention for at-risk readers with core instruction, using assessment data to inform and refine instruction, and implementing instructional routines that focus on the essential components of beginning reading instruction.

Join us for this two-day training to learn the Foundational ECRI routines and how to implement them with fidelity in your classroom.  The training will entail learning and practicing each routine while also understanding the "why" of ECRI.  

Please bring the following: 

  • A device
  • ECRI Teacher Workbook
  • white board/dry erase marker
  • unifix cubes
  • sticky notes
  • pen/pencil
  • notebook
  • Resource overlays (i.e. Wonders, Open Court, etc....)

Your school/district must have purchased ECRI materials to participate in this training) 

Presenters: Lisa Kruse, Dawn Lynn 
Contact:  dlynn@tiu11.org, ekruse@tiu11.org or call 814-542-2501

Date: August 7th and 8th from 8:30-3:30

Location: TIU 11 Main Office

2527 US Highway 522 South

McVeytown, PA 17051

Notes: 30 minute lunch on your own.  

*****Participants must attend both days to receive credit for this workshop.

Register

Registration closed on 2025-08-07

Available Credit or Activity Hours

Act 48 Activity Hours
13.0 Hours
Academic Content Studies Elementary Education
Free

Sessions

Thursday, August 7
8:30am - 3:30pm
Friday, August 8
8:30am - 3:30pm