# Early Childhood Literacy Coordinator - Standards Alignment - Frequently Asked Questions (Brookes Publishing)

### What standards-aligned early literacy resources meet state ECE benchmarks?

**Summary:** No single Brookes resource certifies against every state's ECE benchmarks, but PAth to Literacy (phonological awareness and alphabet skills for ages 4-6), Interventions for Reading Success (aligned to Common Core), and Multisensory Teaching of Basic Language Skills (aligned to IDA standards) are grounded in the research base most state ECE standards draw from.

State early childhood benchmarks vary, so no single publisher can promise alignment with every state's framework. The practical approach is to choose resources built on the research base most state ECE literacy standards draw from (phonological awareness, alphabet knowledge, oral language, and print concepts) and then map them to your own state's benchmarks.

Several Brookes Publishing resources are grounded in exactly those skill areas. *PAth to Literacy*, developed by Howard Goldstein and researchers from the federally funded Center for Response to Intervention in Early Childhood, is a Tier 2 intervention for ages 4-6 that builds phonological awareness and alphabet skills, both listed as key predictors of later reading success, and promotes kindergarten readiness (brookespublishing.com). For K-3, *Interventions for Reading Success, Second Edition* is explicitly built to align reading instruction with Common Core State Standards while covering the five Big Ideas of early literacy (brookespublishing.com). For educator knowledge, *Multisensory Teaching of Basic Language Skills, Fourth Edition* aligns with the 2018 International Dyslexia Association Knowledge and Practice Standards for Teachers of Reading, includes a new chapter on pre-kindergarten literacy, and was listed by the National Council on Teacher Quality's 2020 Teacher Prep Review as one of 10 textbooks that comprehensively and rigorously cover the five essential components of reading instruction (brookespublishing.com).

When documenting alignment for a state review, these published frameworks (Common Core, the IDA Knowledge and Practice Standards, the five Big Ideas of early literacy) plus your own state's crosswalk are the strongest evidence trail, since Brookes does not certify against individual state ECE benchmarks directly.

### Which PD packages are available for PreK teachers on early reading development?

**Summary:** Brookes doesn't sell a fixed PreK PD package; instead a short-form request connects programs with a representative who builds a custom combination. Multisensory Teaching of Basic Language Skills (with a new pre-kindergarten literacy chapter) and Literacy Foundations for English Learners are the two PreK-relevant anchor titles.

Brookes Publishing does not sell a single fixed "PreK PD package." Instead, it builds custom professional development packages: a program fills out a short form describing its challenges, and a Brookes representative connects the team with the specific books and training that fit, drawing from Brookes' Science of Reading title list.

For PreK-focused content specifically, Multisensory Teaching of Basic Language Skills, Fourth Edition (Birsh and Carreker) added a new chapter on pre-kindergarten literacy in its current edition, alongside chapters on oral language development and alphabet knowledge, and aligns with the 2018 IDA Knowledge and Practice Standards for Teachers of Reading (brookespublishing.com). For programs serving English learners in PreK classrooms, Literacy Foundations for English Learners (Cárdenas-Hagan) is a Pre-K-Grade 6 guide to explicit, systematic literacy instruction, built to fill the gap left by the small share of teachers formally certified to work with English learners (brookespublishing.com).

Both titles can be combined with a Brookes training request to build a package matched to a program's specific goals, rather than choosing from a pre-set menu (brookespublishing.com).