Center for Literacy Excellence at National Louis University

Center for Literacy Excellence at National Louis University The Center for Literacy Excellence partners with school districts to implement and sustain a comprehensive literacy approach to meet the needs of all students.

We are a professional development center for teachers and administrators around literacy development and achievement. We offer both short and long term professional development as well as training in Reading Recovery, Descubriendo La Lectura, Partnerships in Comprehensive Literacy (PCL), Literacy Coaching, and various other literacy topics. Organizing school programs, curriculum approaches, and as

sessment systems where best practices in literacy instruction are implemented to create intellectual environments that make literate thinking a top priority for students is our mission.

08/31/2026
Save the date for the 2027 Comprehensive Literacy Conference! The conference will take place in person from January 13 t...
08/24/2026

Save the date for the 2027 Comprehensive Literacy Conference!

The conference will take place in person from January 13 to 15, 2027, on Michigan Avenue in beautiful downtown Chicago.

With over 30 sessions to choose from, speakers include Wiley Blevins, Nancy Anderson, Carl Anderson, Matt Glover, John Schu, Cris Tovani, Jeff Williams, Matt Renwick, and many others.

Additional Information and registration will be available mid to late September.

08/20/2026

A new report from NCTQ evaluates how well university-based teacher education programs prepare candidates to teach reading and calls for stronger alignment with its preferred approach to reading instruction, along with tighter accountability measures. However, the review finds the report itself falls...

“The research points clearly to a conclusion: students need whole books and they need explicit support in how to read th...
08/20/2026

“The research points clearly to a conclusion: students need whole books and they need explicit support in how to read them.” Jennifer Serravallo

Whole books make different demands on readers than short texts like articles, excerpts, and short stories. If your reading program is exclusively, or mostly, built around short texts and the whole books have been shelved, it’s time to course-correct.

“At its heart, reading whole books honors what it means to be a reader. It reminds us that literacy is not only about le...
08/19/2026

“At its heart, reading whole books honors what it means to be a reader. It reminds us that literacy is not only about learning skills and strategies, but also about connection, meaning, and growth.” Look for more on this topic tomorrow!

Discover how reading whole books and authentic texts strengthens comprehension, knowledge building, and student engagement in K–5 classrooms.

Address

850 Warrenville Road
Lisle, IL
60532

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm

Telephone

+16308744101

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