Professional Learning

On-Demand Knowledge Blocks and Webinars

The Arizona Department of Education’s English Language Arts team has created the Arizona Reading Fundamentals OnDemand Academy. This academy offers schools a variety of free knowledge blocks and recorded webinars on-demand. Schools are encouraged to utilize these resources as a part of a comprehensive professional learning plan that is data-driven, sustained, intensive, collaborative, job-embedded, and instructionally focused. Each participant will need to register for each knowledge block separately. Once registered, a link to our Blackboard LMS will be available in your APLD-registered courses. 

If you are looking for courses that fulfill the K-5 Literacy Endorsement, please visit: https://www.azed.gov/standards-practices/k-5literacyendorsement  

Visit APLD by clicking the button below, type “ELA” in the search box, and choose “Online Course” for Delivery. You can also search by title.  

Register in APLD

Currently available courses are: 

• Elementary Multi-Tiered System of Support 
• Evidence-based Decision Making 
• Science of Teaching and Reading 
• Secondary Multi-Tiered System of Support 
• Beyond Screening: Using Diagnostic Assessment Effectively 
• Science of Reading Introduction 
• Understanding and Recognizing Dyslexia  ** 

These knowledge blocks do not fulfill the K-5 literacy endorsement or Dyslexia Training Designee requirements, except for Understanding and Recognizing Dyslexia. See note below: 

**Important Note: As part of A.R.S. § 15-211, every school must have at least one teacher who has training related to dyslexia. To fulfill this requirement, teachers must complete an approved course that fulfills three criteria. One of the required sections is "Understanding and Recognizing Dyslexia." The ELA team at the Arizona Department of Education has created a free course to provide a more cost-efficient option. It is available as part of the Arizona Reading Fundamentals OnDemand Academy. 

K-12 Literacy Office Hours

Join the ADE ELA Team and literacy leaders from around the state for an opportunity to collaborate, share, and learn about reading and literacy information. This year, you don't have to register in advance. Just click the picture to the left to join the Microsoft Teams meeting every 2nd Thursday of the month at 11 AM MST. Visit the Padlet for more information!

ELA Book Studies

Come join us for our current professional learning book studies!

General Info for our book studies:

• Virtual book chats take place via Zoom.
• All participants must register in the APLD system to receive credit; each session is offered individually.
• All participants who register in APLD, read their chapter(s), and attend the book study will be given 2 hours of PD credit.
• Please share with your colleagues!

Register for book studies

Use the search term "book study" to narrow down your search.

Previous Book Studies:

• All Secondary ELA book study Padlets can be found on the Secondary ELA webpage under the "Secondary ELA Book Study" blue bar
• Literacy Foundations for English Learners Padlet
• Science of Reading Instruction for English Language Learners Padlet
• Building the Highway from Phonological Awareness to Decoding Padlet
• The Writing Revolution: A Guide to Advancing Thinking Through Writing in All Subjects and Grades Padlet
• Speech to Print Book Study

Note: Book studies do not qualify toward hours for the Dyslexia Training Designee or K-5 Literacy Endorsement.

Arizona Literacy Road Show 2026 - thank you!

Thank you to the over 300 literacy educators from across the state who joined the ADE English Language Arts team at the Arizona Literacy Road Show this past June in Flagstaff, Tucson, and Tempe! These educators learned all about evidence-based practices for tier 1 assessment, instruction, and progress monitoring across K-12. If you were unable to join us, please check out the Resource Padlet!

https://padlet.com/mz_ess_az/arizona-literacy-road-show-2026-ageubky1m9v8aapv

Road Show Padlet 2026 

All ELA Professional Learning 

For all current ELA and literacy-related professional learning opportunities, including K-12 Literacy Office Hours, book studies, webinars, and On-Demand Academies, use the search term "K12-AS-ELA."

District PD Requests for School Year 2026-2027:

Thank you to everyone who invited us out to your district this year to provide professional learning! We enjoyed spending time with you and your educators! We are going to be following a new process for support requests. Information to be posted by September 1, 2026.

Our Event Management System (EMS) has been upgraded to a new system called ADE Professional Learning and Development (APLD). The old Event Management System is available as read-only; you will not be able to register for courses. All of your previous certificates are available in the new Event Management System. APLD - Academic Standards

Support - For questions regarding registration, certificates, accessing courses, etc., please refer to our APLD FAQ page

ECE Professional Learning Opportunities - The Arizona Department of Education Early Childhood Education (ECE) division offers a comprehensive list of synchronous (live) and asynchronous (on-demand) professional learning opportunities. 

Professional Learning for Instructional Leaders and Educators of ELs - The Office of English Language Acquisition Services (OELAS) division offers a variety of self-paced courses, conferences, and meetings.

Exceptional Student Services Literacy Professional Learning - The Professional Learning and Sustainability team at the Arizona Department of Education's Exceptional Student Services division offers a variety of literacy professional learning opportunities.