Literacy Design Collaborative (LDC)

Literacy Design Collaborative (LDC) is a two-year professional development program designed to support teachers in implementing Common Core State Standards to teach literacy skills throughout content areas. The intervention focuses on developing teacher competencies through job-embedded professional development and professional learning communities (PLCs). Teachers work collaboratively with LDC coaches to design standards-driven, literacy-rich writing assignments (modules and mini-tasks) within their existing curricula across all content areas. The program serves K-12 teachers and includes online courses via CoreTools platform, virtual coaching through Zoom meetings and written feedback, in-person coaching visits, and weekly PLC meetings (ideally 60+ minutes). Teachers create or adapt modules using LDC templates and implement them in their classrooms. The intervention requires teacher participation in PLCs, completion of online course materials, module creation/adaptation, classroom implementation, and engagement with coaches for feedback and support.