MILE's Lunch & Learn Series
MILE's Lunch & Learn Series is back for the Fall 2026! Click the tabs below to learn more about each of the monthly opportunities to learn with us!
Can't make it live? Our Lunch & Learn Series is on MILE's YouTube. To check it out, click here!
Join us on October 29 at 12 PM as Dr. Simone Gibson presents, “Beyond “Getting It Right”: Helping Teacher Candidates Learn from Challenges in Teaching Reading.” Targeted for those that work with teacher candidates, participants will gain a deeper understanding of how teacher candidates make sense of failure while learning to teach reading. Additionally, they will leave with the ability to identify practical strategies for helping candidates transform challenging instructional experiences into opportunities for growth, reflection, and improved literacy instruction. Click here to register.
Join us on November 17 at 12 PM as Dr. Megan Gierka presents, “Bite-sized Writing Strategies for Every Content Area.” This session is for middle and high school teachers and leaders, across all disciplines. Grounded in current research, we’ll look at how composition strengthens comprehension. We’ll practice integrating content with five-minute writing routines that align with high-quality instructional materials. Click here to register.
Join us on December 9 at 12 PM as Dr. DJ Bolger presents, “Assessment, Intervention, & Equity: Translating the Evidence into Practice.” This session will give an overview of the landscape of assessments in literacy and how they inform classroom instruction and multi-tiered systems of support (MTSS), specifically identification of risk. It will focus on how district and school leaders can ensure alignment of Screener/PM assessment with “state’s base-rate of proficiency", which requires longitudinal analysis within assessment teams. Click here to register.