This 10 CLU self-paced professional development course will introduce teachers to various evidence-based strategies and techniques for improving comprehension through classroom conversation. These engaging and practical instructional strategies will support teaching the Louisiana Student Standards.

During this course, participants will:

*Develop an understanding of the power of purposeful talk
*Discover strategies to foster classrooms that promote students to read, think, and talk about their thinking
*Create a plan of action that will support students to become self-sustaining, purposefully literate students that question, build on the thinking of others, pursue more information, and listen to other points of view