Microcourse 3: Assessing and Coaching Reading Fluency: Providing Targeted Feedback and Next Steps

Microcourse 3: Assessing and Coaching Reading Fluency: Providing Targeted Feedback and Next Steps

This microcourse extends fluency instruction into responsive coaching, teaching participants how to observe and analyze student reading through multiple lenses and provide targeted, developmentally appropriate feedback. This microcourse focuses on applying fluency knowledge in real-time to support readers at various stages, ensuring instruction is tailored to each student’s needs and advancing their reading growth effectively.

This is Microcourse 3 of a three part microcredential that provides a research-backed, practical approach to early literacy instruction with focused training in word reading, fluency development, and responsive coaching. Microcourses 1 and 2 may be taken individually; microcourse 3 requires completion of microcourse 2. Badges and certificates of participation will be given for completion of each microcourse. To earn the microcredential, learners must complete all three microcourses. There will be a $125 fee for each microcourse, or $325 for all three microcourses.

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Learning Objectives

• Explain the importance of providing targeted, in-the-moment feedback across all phases of reading development.
• Apply multiple lenses (accuracy, rate, and prosody) when listening to and analyzing student reading.
• Prioritize a single instructional focus that falls within a reader's zone of proximal development.
• Differentiate coaching approaches based on readers' developmental needs, from early decoding to expressive reading of complex texts.
• Connect previous knowledge of fluency components to provide responsive coaching.
• Implement practical classroom application through responsive coaching.

Registration

Prerequisite:  Must have completed Microcourse 2 - Fluency Fundamentals

Format:  Asynchronous Online Microcourse

Price:  $125

For more information, questions or to register:  Email tcacademy@tc.columbia.edu

Please Note: This microcourse will have rolling registration and will be closing in January. Once registration is completed, learners will have until January 2026 to complete their microcourse.