Services

Escuela 35 is currently scheduling Professional Learning and arranging Partnerships for the 2025-2026 school year.

In-Person Professional Learning

Customized professional learning sessions to support:

  • Classroom teachers

  • Instructional Coaches

  • Interventionists

  • Administrators

In-Classroom Demonstrations and Debriefs

Virtual Professional Learning

Customized professional learning sessions to support:

  • Classroom teachers

  • Instructional Coaches

  • Interventionists

  • Administrators

These sessions can be stand-alone professional development on a specific topic, or multi-session courses.

Consulting & Mentorship

Strategic guidance to align your literacy systems with evidence-based practices

  • Mentor teachers and leaders through Science of Reading implementation for multilingual learners

  • Audit programs for Science of Reading alignment (with multilingual learners lens)

  • Co-design curriculum maps that strategically pair language environments (Spanish/English) while aligning to literacy and content standards

  • Data-driven PLC Facilitation. MTSS support

Popular Learning Topics

  • Shifting from Balanced Literacy to Structured Literacy

  • Science of Reading - Insights for Biliteracy & Multilingual Learners

  • Foundational Skills (English & Spanish)

  • Early Reading Development & Intermediate Decoding Shifts

  • Vocabulary & Morphology Instruction

  • Data-Informed Small/Whole Group Instruction

  • Biliteracy Best Practices: aligned to the Science of Reading, Culturally Responsive Teaching, and Language Development

Illinois Literacy Plan

Laura, the founder of Escuela 35 Consulting, is located in the Northwest suburbs of Chicago. She is eager to support Illinois as it makes important shifts in literacy instruction. Partnering with Laura, will ensure alignment to the Illinois Literacy Instructional Framework.