Literacy Micro-Credentials

Created in partnership with the Florida Department of Education and the Division of Early Learning, the Lastinger Learning’s Literacy Micro-Credentials are available at no cost to Florida instructional personnel in an effort to create accessible and on-demand reading professional development. The Micro-Credentials give instructional personnel an opportunity to work at their own pace while implementing new instructional strategies in real-time and receiving individualized feedback and one-on-one support from an assessor.

Birth through Pre-kindergarten

Emergent Literacy Micro-Credential

Audience: Birth through pre-kindergarten instructional personnel (public or private)

Benefits:

Builds emergent literacy knowledge and skills with high-quality content
Supports language and literacy requirements for the CDA professional portfolio
Satisfies the 40-hour reading requirement for renewal for certified Florida educators, if completed after 10/21/24

Expected Completion Time: 15 weeks

A young woman teacher helping two toddlers with alphabet books.
Prekindergarten through Fifth Grade

Elementary Literacy Micro-Credential

Audience: Pre-kindergarten/kindergarten through fifth-grade instructional personnel (public schools, including charters)

Benefits:

Allows instructional personnel to teach intensive reading intervention
Satisfies Competency 1 of the Reading Endorsement
Satisfies the 40-hour reading requirement for renewal, if completed after 10/21/24

Expected Completion Time: 11 weeks

A teacher holding up a photo of carrots to their students while reading a story.
Sixth through Twelfth Grade

Secondary Literacy Micro-Credential

Audience: Sixth through twelfth-grade instructional personnel

Benefits:

Allows instructional personnel to teach intensive reading intervention
Satisfies Competency 1 of the Reading Endorsement
Satisfies the 40-hour reading requirement for renewal, if completed after 10/21/24

Expected Completion Time: 11 weeks

A young boy reading a short novel at a table.

Reach and Impact:

The Lastinger Center has served:

41K+

EDUCATORS

70+

SCHOOL DISTRICTS

1M+

STUDENTS

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