Language and Literacy Initiative

The statewide Language and Literacy Initiative focuses on systematic alignment and evidence-based strategies to guide sustainable language and literacy improvements, including strengthening educator preparation and professional development, introducing new certification pathways and licensing requirements, and bolstering family engagement through practices grounded in the science of reading.

The collaborative group of partners includes the Wyoming Department of Education (WDE), the Wyoming Legislature’s Joint Education Committee, the Wyoming Professional Teaching Standards Board (PTSB), the UW College of Education, the UW Literacy Research Center and Clinic (LRCC), UW Division of Communication Disorders-Speech Language Pathology, UW Early Childhood Education, the Wyoming Community College Commission, WYO Right to Read, the John P. Ellbogen Foundation, and Cox Campus.