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ILA Webinars

ILA Webinars offer insight and resources from experts in the field of literacy. You'll leave with solid, research-supported ideas you can apply in your classroom, school, and district.

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NEW! Writing, Translating, and Selecting Books for Young People

JULY 23, 2025 | 6:30 p.m.–8:00 p.m. ET | FREE FOR EVERYONE
Discover innovative ways to expose students to diverse cultures, perspectives, and experiences.


NEW! Using AI to Select, Teach, and Assess Word Knowledge

AUGUST 12, 2025 | 5:00 p.m.–6:30 p.m. ET | PAID ACCESS
Learn how various AI applications can close vocabulary gaps in all students.


Why Teaching Reading With Instructional Level Texts Isn't Such a Good Idea After All

ON DEMAND | EXPIRES AUGUST 27, 2025 | PAID ACCESS
Discover how teaching with complex text can successfully benefit students.


Teaching Talk: Partnering With Families to Boost Language Growth

ON DEMAND | FREE FOR MEMBERS
Learn how intentional talk helps to develop vocabulary, comprehension, and critical thinking skills in early learners.


Developing Decoding Skills in All Learners

ON DEMAND | FREE FOR MEMBERS
Gain strategies for teaching foundational skills with the purpose of decoding.


Statewide Collaboration: Transitioning Teacher Prep to Align With Today’s Standards

ON DEMAND | FREE FOR MEMBERS
Learn how TALE is facilitating collaboration and supporting teacher prep across the state of Texas.


Five Ways to Liberate Your Writer's Workshop

ON DEMAND | FREE FOR MEMBERS
Learn how reimagining the writer’s workshop can celebrate students’ culture, identity, and linguistic practices.


From Research to Practice: Coaching for Literacy Change

ON DEMAND | FREE FOR MEMBERS
Explore how research can spark meaningful changes in literacy instruction and coaching practices.


From Facts to Fascination: Using Nonfiction to Drive Curriculum and Enthusiasm

ON DEMAND | FREE FOR MEMBERS
Learn the importance of integrating engaging nonfiction into classroom curriculum.


Literacy Strategies for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students

ON DEMAND | FREE FOR MEMBERS
Discover effective literacy strategies that help provide equitable learning for deaf and hard of hearing students.


Caregiver Collaborations: Weaving Home and School With Care

ON DEMAND | FREE FOR MEMBERS
Explore a collective care framework to grow community and connections while enhancing literacy development.


Navigating New Realms: Generative AI and Literacy Education

ON DEMAND | FREE FOR MEMBERS
Discover AI’s uses in the future of literacy education.


Read-Alouds for All Learners

ON DEMAND | FREE FOR MEMBERS
Learn a step-by-step instructional plan for implementing read-alouds in the classroom.


The Reading Brain: Building Students' Reading Muscles in the Digital Age

ON DEMAND | FREE FOR MEMBERS
Explore insights from neuroscience about the reading brain.


Dyslexia for a Day: A Simulation of Dyslexia

ON DEMAND | FREE FOR MEMBERS
Learn about challenges and effective accommodations for students with dyslexia.


Executive Functions: Foundations for Self-Regulated Reading

ON DEMAND | FREE FOR MEMBERS
Explore how deficits in executive functions can have a direct impact on word reading and comprehension.


Reading Assessments That Promote Equitable Learning

ON DEMAND | FREE FOR MEMBERS
Explore practical strategies for utilizing formative reading assessments in daily instruction.


Literature and Democracy: Children's Rights to Read

ON DEMAND | FREE FOR MEMBERS
Advocate for reading with global notable books.


Closer Reading for Deeper Learning

ON DEMAND | FREE FOR MEMBERS
Model close reading with powerful visual and print texts.


Honoring Literacy Leaders: Meet the ILA 2024 Award Winners

ON DEMAND | FREE FOR EVERYONE
Gain unique insights on the literacy field from ILA 2024 award winners.


The Role of SEL in Enhancing Literacy Development

ON DEMAND | FREE FOR EVERYONE
Discover the critical relationship between social-emotional learning and literacy development.


Promoting Understanding With International Literature

ON DEMAND | FREE FOR EVERYONE
Discover innovative ways to expose students to diverse cultures, perspectives and experiences.


Caregivers as Coaches: Partnering With Families to Promote Language Growth at Home

ON DEMAND | FREE FOR EVERYONE
Discover how families and caregivers play a vital role in their children's language growth.


Adding Encoding to Phonics Lessons

ON DEMAND | FREE FOR EVERYONE
Explore various strategies to add and differentiate spelling during phonics lessons.


New Voices in Children's and YA Lit: Meet the 2023 ILA Award-Winning Authors

ON DEMAND | FREE FOR EVERYONE
Discover new authors and their 2023 ILA Children’s and Young Adult Book Award–winning publications.


Choosing Your Favorites: New Reader-Selected Books for Your Collections

ON DEMAND | FREE FOR EVERYONE
Meet some of the authors featured on the CBC’s inaugural Favorites Lists.


The Impact and Influence of ILA National Recognition

ON DEMAND | FREE FOR EVERYONE
Learn how earning ILA National Recognition can help your teacher prep program stand out..


Using Dungeons & Dragons to Scaffold Writing Instruction

ON DEMAND | FREE FOR EVERYONE
Storytelling is central to Dungeons & Dragons, and players who build and navigate in-game campaigns are essentially exercising their writing muscle.


Fostering Literate Identities for Struggling Readers

ON DEMAND | FREE FOR EVERYONE
Learn how to boost engagement, bridge foundational skills gaps, and foster confidence in readers who struggle.


Leveling Up Reluctant Readers With Dungeons & Dragons

ON DEMAND | FREE FOR EVERYONE
Learn how school- or library-based communities can enhance Dungeons & Dragons’ ability to boost players’ social-emotional and literacy learning.


Building Emotional Literacy Through Dungeons & Dragons

ON DEMAND | FREE FOR EVERYONE
Learn how school- or library-based communities can enhance Dungeons & Dragons’ ability to boost players’ social-emotional and literacy learning.


Censorship in School Libraries Across the Globe

ON DEMAND | FREE FOR EVERYONE
Join ILA and guests for a roundtable discussion on the critical role school librarians everywhere play in ensuring children’s rights to read.


Tackling Tough Topics Through Middle Grade Literature

ON DEMAND | FREE FOR EVERYONE
How can you address difficult subjects in a sensitive way? Gain a better understanding of how to use fiction to start productive and informative conversations.


Writing Instruction That Grows Writers Through a Focus on Feedback and Process

ON DEMAND | FREE FOR EVERYONE
How can we plan intentionally for students to dive into their unique writing processes? Explore strategies to focus students on the process of writing and their own growth.


Disrupting Instructional Paradigms by Embracing Culturally Responsive Pedagogy

ON DEMAND | FREE FOR EVERYONE
How do teacher expectations affect student outcomes? Explore ways to increase equity in education, address implicit bias, and have open dialogue.


Journey to a Student-Centered Classroom: Equitable Practices That Make a Difference

ON DEMAND | FREE FOR EVERYONE
Learn how to determine students' strengths and needs so that you can make equitable instructional decisions that place students at the center of the learning.


Responding to Writers, Responding to the World

ON DEMAND | FREE FOR EVERYONE
What does responsive and equitable instruction look like? Melanie Meehan and Kelsey Sorum examine the framework for responsive writing instruction.


"What Will We Say to Them Tomorrow?": Tackling Tough Conversations

ON DEMAND | FREE FOR EVERYONE
Learn how to navigate tough conversations and how to sustain meaningful exchanges in the wake of challenging events with Matthew R. Kay.


What Should Equitable and Comprehensive Early Literacy Instruction Look Like?

ON DEMAND | FREE FOR EVERYONE
Listen in as our panel reflects on the following question: What should equitable and comprehensive early literacy instruction look like in 2020 and beyond?


Unpacking the Science of Reading: A Conversation With the Editors of Reading Research Quarterly

ON DEMAND | FREE FOR EVERYONE
What exactly is the science of reading (SOR), and why can't anyone seem to agree on what it encompasses?


Literacy Teaching in Turbulent Times

ON DEMAND | FREE FOR EVERYONE
Ernest Morrell and Nell K. Duke discuss the challenges and opportunities of teaching during unsettling and uncertain times.


Book Access in the Post-COVID Era

ON DEMAND | FREE FOR EVERYONE
Unpack the statistics around book access and explore why it’s an issue of equity—and get inspired to help get books into homes, schools, and communities.


How to Raise and Teach Anti-Racist Kids

ON DEMAND | FREE FOR EVERYONE
Kwame Alexander and a panel of educators, authors, and activists discuss how teachers and families can educate and empower kids to imagine and create a more just world.