Nebraska
Explore NDE-Approved Literacy Training for Every Role
Nebraska’s 1-3-5 Model is setting a new standard for literacy excellence and deepening the use of evidence-based instructional materials, strengthening MTSS, and expanding access to structured literacy training. With Comprehensive Literacy State Development funding on the horizon, there’s never been a better time to build on this progress and ensure every educators is equipped with the literacy training needed to make a real impact on student outcomes.
AIM Institute Is Here to Support Nebraska’s Vision
As an approved professional development provider for Nebraska’s CLSD grant, AIM Institute can partner with your district or LEA to build leadership capacity that drives sustainable literacy systems, train educators at all levels in evidence-based structured literacy practices, and provide targeted strategies to support English Learners and bi-dialectal students. We also offer guidance and grant-ready language to streamline your CLSD application and help align your literacy initiatives with Nebraska’s broader goals.
What Nebraska Educators Are Saying
“I truly enjoyed taking AIM Pathways to Proficient Reading. I have never [taken] a course with such in-depth information on the science of reading. This course took what I knew and built upon it in a way that was engaging, informative and easy to implement. The digital platform was very user friendly, offering videos, card sorting activities, snapshot scenarios, and many other interactive opportunities for real practice. The content was very applicable to a diverse group of ages and learning styles. Two years later, I am still using AIM’s resources [daily]. I continue to be impressed with the growth [of] my students when I use what I learned through AIM Pathways. Its benefits extend beyond the classroom and into a lifelong journey of reading and learning.”
–Audra H., Teacher, Nebraska
Comprehensive Course Options Include:
- Pathways to Proficient Reading: Secondary (for grades 4-12 Educators) - Adapts Pathways to Proficient Reading, our IDA-accredited comprehensive literacy learning course, to add new articles, classroom resources, adolescent student profiles, and secondary classroom videos, to address the unique literacy needs of adolescent learners.
- Pathways to Proficient Reading (for K-12 Educators) - An IDA-accredited foundational course in the science of reading, designed for educators committed to learning about the connection between reading research, theoretical models and best practices for language and literacy instruction in the classroom.
- Pathways to Literacy Leadership (for School Administrators) - A comprehensive training to help school leaders advance literacy evidence-based instruction into all classrooms. This course is appropriate for Superintendents, Assistant Superintendents, Principals, Directors of Special Education and Student Services, and Directors of Curriculum and Instruction.
- Specialized Reading Knowledge: English Learners (for all Educators with prior structured literacy training) - Each of the three modules in the Specialized Reading Knowledge: English Learners includes asynchronous online course instruction with exclusive content recorded by Dr. Elsa Cárdenas-Hagan, and a wealth of assessment resources, implementation tools, and printables to support immediate use in the classroom. Each module can also be paired with a 1-hour synchronous community of practice session with an expert AIM facilitator.
- Pathways to Proficient Writing (for K-5 Educators) - This course explores theoretical models like the Not-So-Simple View of Writing and The Writing Cycle, helping educators understand the cognitive processes behind proficient writing.
- Pathways to Structured Literacy (for Educators who previously completed Pathways to Proficient Reading) - This IDA-accredited course focuses on diagnostic and prescriptive literacy instruction. Participants will learn components of a complete Structured Literacy lesson and enhance their practice in an MTSS/RTII framework.
Explore NDE-Approved Training Options
Additional Learning Options:
Looking for targeted professional learning to support flexible needs?
AIM also offers focused, self-paced, learning through individual modules and bundles.
AIM Pathways Courses are:
- Created by educators for educators in collaboration with top literacy instruction researchers
- Build background knowledge with learning that is program and curriculum agnostic
- Online asynchronous learning with real-time Virtual Community of Practice coaching sessions focused on classroom application.
- Can be completed in approximately 6 months and are eligible for graduate credits.