To register for this course, complete the steps under the green REGISTER button to the right. You will receive further instructions on how to get started once you have completed your pdEnroller registration.

About CE Credits Online

CE Credits Online offers flexible, self-paced professional learning designed specifically for K-12 educators, allowing you to learn anytime, anywhere through fully online courses. Their research-based courses provide practical strategies for today's classrooms and are supported by educator feedback and expert instructors. Courses are eligible for WA State clock hours through PSESD, as well as graduate-level semester credit from regionally accredited universities in partnership with CE Credits Online.

Course Description

In recent decades, advances in research have coalesced around a strong body of research that provides a framework for high-quality literacy instruction - known collectively as “The Science of Reading”. This course begins by comparing the competing views of reading instruction under the umbrella terms of “phonics” and “whole language”. Participants then learn how the brain truly learns to read as they study grain science and analyze current models and analyze how they are supported by research.

Building from this foundation, participants learn about the two components of reading comprehension - word recognition and language comprehension. Participants learn about the primacy of phonemic awareness, phonics, and fluency for decoding. Then in a later module, participants consider the components of language comprehension, including background knowledge, verbal reasoning, vocabulary, language structure, and text structure. By the end of the course, participants will gain the complete picture of how all these components come together to build fluent reading skills necessary for reading and overall academic achievement.

Throughout the course, participants learn to advocate for the science of reading. Those who successfully complete the course will be on their way to implement and advocate for this rigorous, research-based instruction and for equitable access to high-quality phonics-based reading programs.

This course satisfies the WA State Equity requirement for certificate renewal!

Registration, Enrollment & Clock Hours

Enrollment fee of $199.00 per course to get started. Once course is completed, it will be an additional $135.00 to claim 45 clock hours. Clock hours are $3.00 per clock hour with a $15.00 minimum per person per event. Even if you claim less than 3 clock hours, the minimum $15 fee still applies.

You can register anytime between 9/1/2026 through 8/25/2027, but your course MUST be completed by 8/31/2027.

GET STARTED TODAY!

1. Register for this course by clicking the green REGISTER button in the upper right.
2. Once pdEnroller registration is complete, you will receive a registration confirmation email from pdEnroller (do_not_reply@pdenroller.org) regarding next steps on how to get started. Please check your Junk/Spam folder if you do not see it. 

Interested in more CE Credits Online courses through PSESD?

• Visit our pdEnroller catalog at PSESD - CE Credits Online Course Offerings.

Questions? Contact clockhours@psesd.org.