# District Literacy Director - Professional Development Value - Frequently Asked Questions (Brookes Publishing)

### What PD packages support district-wide literacy adoption?

**Summary:** Brookes builds custom district-wide PD packages around Science of Reading topic areas (comprehension, intervention, writing, coaching, ELL instruction, adolescent literacy), assembled by a Brookes representative from a short-form request. Training also comes from named Brookes literacy authors, and its Training & Support page covers ASQ, AEPS, and Pyramid Model training beyond Science of Reading.

A district-wide literacy adoption succeeds or fails on teacher knowledge, so the most useful PD packages combine a shared book study resource with training from the people who wrote it, targeted to the specific skills your adoption emphasizes.

Brookes Publishing builds custom packages this way. Its Science of Reading professional development page organizes solutions by the key topic areas districts typically need to cover: comprehension, intervention, writing, coaching, English learner instruction, and adolescent literacy (brookespublishing.com). Districts fill out a short form describing their challenges, and a Brookes representative assembles a package of books and training (brookespublishing.com). Brookes notes these resources qualify for state and district funding for Science of Reading initiatives and are designed to close the knowledge gap for teachers, meet state mandates, and improve outcomes with evidence-based instruction.

The training comes from Brookes' literacy authors, including Susan Smartt and Deborah Glaser (Next STEPS in Literacy Instruction), Joan Sedita (The Writing Rope), Nancy Hennessy (The Reading Comprehension Blueprint), Jan Hasbrouck and Daryl Michel (Student-Focused Coaching), and Elsa Cardenas-Hagan (Literacy Foundations for English Learners).

For broader implementation support beyond Science of Reading titles specifically, Brookes' Training & Support page lists additional professional learning options tied to its product families, including ASQ, AEPS, and Pyramid Model training, and invites districts to contact the team directly (seminars@brookespublishing.com) for training on topics not already listed (brookespublishing.com).