Best Practices in Reading Comprehension

This course will reopen in 2026. AFT members who are interested in taking this course can request access now. Once new session dates are confirmed, we will email you with enrollment details.

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This 10-hour module’s overall purpose is to address the overarching question of how to effectively teach comprehension and focus on elements of best-practice instruction. It is based on a synthesis of research taken from AFT’s Reading Comprehension Instruction course and incorporates strategies for increasing students’ knowledge of narrative and expository text as well as vocabulary development.

The content is appropriate for all K-12 teachers who need help to increase their students’ comprehension of text, whether that text is a literature selection or a subject-area textbook.

Participants will have many opportunities for interaction and personal engagement, including short videos, research, journaling and knowledge checks. A certificate of 10 contact hours will be provided upon full completion of the module.

• Only use a desktop or laptop - Please only use a desktop or laptop computer to complete this course. You will not get full credit if you use a tablet or a mobile device.
• Please use Google Chrome and not Internet Explorer or Microsoft Edge - currently this site does not support Internet Explorer and is most compatible with Google Chrome.  

Participate in the module kickoff via Zoom. 

Complete the module within the given period (this will be discussed during the course kickoff Zoom meeting), including module evaluation, before the next set of modules begins to remain in the course. 

Free for AFT Members

Share My Lesson webinars are available for four-hour of PD credit. A certificate of completion will be available for download at the end of your session that you can submit for your school's or district's approval.

In addition, Share My Lesson has arrangements in place as follows:

• New York State Education Department-approved provider for Continuing Teacher and Leader Education (CTLE) requirements
• Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) approved professional development provider for Illinois Federation of Teachers members
• Texas Education Agency (TEA) approved professional development provider for Texas AFT members
• AFT Pennsylvania members can submit their PD certificate to Philadelphia’s Health & Welfare Department for Act48 credit approval
• Indiana educators can receive PD credit by submitting webinar details to their principal for approval and uploading their certificate to the LVIS system