This all-day in-person training is designed for new principals and new district leaders to provide an overview of the Alabama Literacy Act, including important aspects of leading literacy achievement in schools and districts. Principals/District Leaders in Year 1 or Year 2 of the role may attend. Please reach out to your ARI Literacy Leadership Specialist with any questions about specific times and locations. 

Experience Dyslexia is designed to increase awareness of the difficulties and frustrations that people with dyslexia, as well those with the characteristics of dyslexia, encounter daily. We hope this experience will provide insight into working more effectively with these students and lead to greater empathy and understanding. PLEASE NOTE: This offering is based on regional availability. Please contact your RIC Director for further information.

Alabama’s SoR Spotlight Schools were selected based on their strong commitment to Alabama’s K - 3 learners. SoR Spotlight Schools not only meet the requirements of the Alabama Literacy Act by ensuring K-3 faculty participated in SoR training, such as Language Essentials for Teachers of Reading and Spelling (LETRS), but showed student progress in reading achievement as evidenced by the grade three reading outcome data between 2019 and 2024. These schools continue to enact best practices in leadership alongside effective foundational literacy instruction.

For the 2025-2026 school year, the Powerful Learning Network (PLN) will continue to build on the learning from past years while also addressing the most pressing needs of our schools, districts, and individual members. Based on member input, we will combine new learning from our focus text as well as explore additional research from key areas.

The Classroom Organization and Management Program (COMP) is a research-based, research-proven professional development program that can help educators learn to create and manage an effective learning environment in the classroom. Workshops focus on establishing conditions for learning. Participating teachers in the workshops find their classrooms foster student academic achievement and have reduced discipline problems. Topics and outcomes include: * learning about research on successful classroom management, * analyzing actual classrooms in light of best practices, * reflecting on classrooms, and * planning specific strategies for enhancing classroom learning environments.

Join us for a session designed for school district leaders to strengthen library media programs and support student success. We will cover essential topics, including compliance monitoring to meet state standards, the updated Library Handbook as a guide for district supports, and the Library Enhancement Fund policy to expand resources. Let’s work together to enhance library programs and empower students across Alabama!

Participants in the study will journey through John C. Maxwell's book, High Road Leadership, while building supportive relationships with other administrators and leaders in the region through accountability partnerships. The University of Alabama/University of West Alabama In-Service Center will be the initial host site, but this study could be offered in another region or a school district using the same format. This professional study will be open to all regions of Alabama.

The purpose of this professional study is to engage instructional leaders into critically examining indicators of culture/climate at their respective districts/schools and to apply principles of Jimmy Casa’s (2022) Recalibrate the Culture: Our Work, Our Why, and Our Values. Instructional leaders will develop ways to enhance school/district cultures/climates based upon data and tenets of culture/climate. Data will then be used to create an Action Plan for the school/district of the instructional leaders. Data to create Action Plans will include but is not limited to: (a) teacher chronic absenteeism, (b) behavioral data of subgroups and demographic data, (c) student chronic absenteeism, and (d) student/parent climate surveys.

This professional learning course equips educators, administrators, and school data teams with the skills to leverage PowerSchool Analytics and Insights for identifying, tracking, and addressing chronic absenteeism and truancy. Participants will gain hands-on experience in navigating PowerSchool’s data tools, analyzing key attendance metrics, and implementing evidence-based interventions to support student attendance.

AVAILABLE TO REGION 2 (ATHENS) ONLY. Course Description: In this 3 hour session, educators will be introduced to the body of knowledge known as the Science of Reading through examining the Simple View of Reading, The Reading Rope, The 4 Part Processor, and brain activity.