In just four months of operation, the Georgia Literacy Academy has reached an enrollment of 11,723 Georgia educators, State School Superintendent Richard Woods announced Wednesday.
The Academy’s courses are brought to educators through a partnership with the Atlanta Speech School’s Rollins Center for Language & Literacy and its free online Cox Campus. Cox Campus courses are now accredited by the International Dyslexia Association (IDA), which ensures that the courses are designed to promote the principles and practices of structured literacy, helping ensure all students have the opportunity to become skilled readers.
The Georgia Literacy Academy is a series of online courses in structured literacy and the science of reading available at no cost to all Georgia educators. It’s one of a menu of options available to Georgia school districts as all K-3 teachers in the state receive high-quality, evidence-based training in structured literacy as a result of the Georgia Early Literacy Act (HB 538).
“As we seek to improve literacy outcomes for all Georgia students, it’s important that both teachers and leaders have access to high-quality, evidence-based professional learning,” Superintendent Woods said.“This partnership with the Rollins Center for Language & Literacy allows us to offer proven training in structured literacy and the science of reading, available to any teacher or educational leader in the state at no cost to districts, schools, or individual educators.”
The Georgia Literacy Academy is one of multiple pathways GaDOE is providing to school districts as they meet the requirement that all K-3 teachers receive training on the science of reading, structured literacy, and foundational literacy skills by July 2025.
GaDOE’s partnership with the Rollins Center builds on the successful collaboration with Marietta City Schools, which over the last two years has led to historic gains in literacy achievement across grade levels and student…
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