2022 Fall Edition


Upcoming Events

Are you ready to expand your teacher toolbox?  IDA NorCal is planning in-person and virtual events in the coming months on topics ranging from morphology to multisensory math. Orton-Gillingham International trainer Ron Yoshimoto will present a one-day in-person session on morphology on Saturday, February 11, 2023, at Star Academy in […]


New California Dyslexia Initiative Webinars for 2022-23

The Sacramento County Office of Education (SCOE), project lead for the California Dyslexia Initiative (CDI), in partnership with Glean Education is presenting another free expert webinar series this academic year. The seven-part series features national recognized speakers in 90-minute sessions. This year’s focus is on helping parents and educators in […]


Support for SF Unified Structured Literacy Training

Thanks to scholarship support from IDA NorCal, K-3 teachers at San Francisco Unified School District’s Alice Fong Yu Alternative School, a Chinese language immersion program, are returning to the classroom with skills acquired this summer through an online structured literacy training. The synchronous 30-hour program offered through the Institute for […]


President’s Letter

It is heartening to see more schools and districts adopting science-based curriculum and instruction as we continue to champion the IDA goal: “Until Everyone Can Read.” IDA NorCal works to support this movement in every way it can. See the story in this issue for an example of two San […]