PSLCourse Syllabus Final
Reading Practicum (Broward
College)
, AIM Pathways to Structured Literacy
Course and Practicum Syllabus
AIM PATHWAYS
AIM Pathways is an interactive, digital, professional development platform designed to
strengthen educators’ knowledge and skills in the science of literacy instruction. Course
content is aligned to the International Dyslexia Association’s Knowledge and Practice Standards
for Teachers of Reading. Online coursework is accessible at your convenience—24 hours a day,
7 days a week, anywhere there is an internet connection. In order to translate theoretical
models into classroom practice, AIM Pathways courses are designed to follow a Learn, Practice,
and Apply cycle:
● Learn – Participants acquire knowledge by interacting with video lectures,
articles, animated videos, and more.
● Practice – Participants practice newly acquired knowledge through card-sorting
exercises, quizzes, and surveys.
● Apply – Participants apply their understanding of the content to real-life simulations
and case studies. These in-depth, multi-step scenarios give educational leaders a
chance to hone their diagnostic and prescriptive decision-making skills for
instructional programming.
The AIM Pathways course platform also includes a variety of downloadable and printable
resources for educators to use in classroom planning and instruction, including student
checklists and rubrics, systematic scope-and-sequences, instructional scripts, student
manipulatives, sample lesson plans, differentiation and intervention tools, and more. These
valuable resources are readily accessible to participants and easily searchable on all digital
devices.
PATHWAYS STRUCTURED LITERACY COURSE
Pathways to Structured Literacy is designed for educators who have successfully completed the
Pathways to Proficient Reading course. Building on the knowledge developed in that
prerequisite course, this coursework continues to strengthen educators’ ability to translate
theoretical models of reading into evidence-based instructional practices that support students’
word recognition skill development. The content of the course is Orton-Gillingham based and
aligned to the International Dyslexia Association’s (IDA) Knowledge and Practice Standards for
Teachers of Reading (KPS). Completion of the online Pathways to Structured Literacy course is
estimated to take approximately 30 hours, depending on the participant’s background
knowledge in Structured Literacy.
Reading Practicum (Broward
College)
, AIM Pathways to Structured Literacy
Course and Practicum Syllabus
AIM PATHWAYS
AIM Pathways is an interactive, digital, professional development platform designed to
strengthen educators’ knowledge and skills in the science of literacy instruction. Course
content is aligned to the International Dyslexia Association’s Knowledge and Practice Standards
for Teachers of Reading. Online coursework is accessible at your convenience—24 hours a day,
7 days a week, anywhere there is an internet connection. In order to translate theoretical
models into classroom practice, AIM Pathways courses are designed to follow a Learn, Practice,
and Apply cycle:
● Learn – Participants acquire knowledge by interacting with video lectures,
articles, animated videos, and more.
● Practice – Participants practice newly acquired knowledge through card-sorting
exercises, quizzes, and surveys.
● Apply – Participants apply their understanding of the content to real-life simulations
and case studies. These in-depth, multi-step scenarios give educational leaders a
chance to hone their diagnostic and prescriptive decision-making skills for
instructional programming.
The AIM Pathways course platform also includes a variety of downloadable and printable
resources for educators to use in classroom planning and instruction, including student
checklists and rubrics, systematic scope-and-sequences, instructional scripts, student
manipulatives, sample lesson plans, differentiation and intervention tools, and more. These
valuable resources are readily accessible to participants and easily searchable on all digital
devices.
PATHWAYS STRUCTURED LITERACY COURSE
Pathways to Structured Literacy is designed for educators who have successfully completed the
Pathways to Proficient Reading course. Building on the knowledge developed in that
prerequisite course, this coursework continues to strengthen educators’ ability to translate
theoretical models of reading into evidence-based instructional practices that support students’
word recognition skill development. The content of the course is Orton-Gillingham based and
aligned to the International Dyslexia Association’s (IDA) Knowledge and Practice Standards for
Teachers of Reading (KPS). Completion of the online Pathways to Structured Literacy course is
estimated to take approximately 30 hours, depending on the participant’s background
knowledge in Structured Literacy.
