Expanding Literacy Statewide
Discover the Literacy Research Center & Clinic’s (LRCC) extensive outreach efforts across Wyoming. Highlighting professional development, literacy needs assessments, consulting, tutoring, and WyoLearn courses, this resource showcases LRCC's partnerships with schools, districts, and organizations. Learn about upcoming projects, our partnerships, and literacy awards, all aimed at advancing literacy education statewide.
Our Extensive Outreach
Current Professional Development
- Wind River Elementary School - Vocabulary Instruction
- Holy Name Catholic School - Sheridan - Writing Instruction
- Snowy Range Academy - Laramie
- Central High School - Cheyenne
Previous Professional Development
- FCSD #38 - Arapahoe Elementary School - Writing Instruction
- SCSD #1 - Pinedale Middle and High School
- Vocabulary Instruction - BHCSD #1 - Burlington/Cowley - 6-12
Vocabulary Instruction - TCSD #1 - District-wide Leadership
Improvement - PCSD #1 - District-wide Professional
Development (Platte County)
CURRENT COLLABORATIVE PARTNERS
- American Indian Education for All
- Modules for K-3 teachers
- Unite for Literacy
- Carbon County
- Secondary Community of Practice
PREVIOUS COLLABORATIVE PARTNERS
- Wyoming Department of Education
- LINC
- Coaches and School Leader Book Study
- Facilitating Monthly Webinars
- LINC
- McRel International
- Region 11 Comprehensive Center
LITERACY NEEDS ASSESSMENTS
- FCSD #6 - Pavillion
- PCSD #1 - Powell
- FCSD #1 - Lander
- JCSD #1 - Buffalo
- LCSD #1 - Cheyenne
- PCSD #1 - Wheatland
- CCSD #1 - Douglas
WYOLEARN COURSES
- Literacy Leadership I Module
- Literacy Leadership II Module
- Dyslexia Module
LITERACY AWARDS
- Carol Mead Leaders in Literacy Award
Recipients (2023)- Melanie Hornbeck - Cheyenne
- Jennifer Hayward - Pinedale
SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
- LRCC Scholarship Cohort for the Literacy Graduate Certificate
- Nathan's Gift Dyslexia Graduate Certificate Scholarship Cohort
LITERACY CONFERENCE
- 16th Fall Annual Literacy Conference -
High Quality Vocabulary Instruction P-12- Dr. Dianna Townsend
- Dr. Doris Baker
- Gary Soto
TUTORING CLINIC
- Sara Pommarane, NBCT, Distinguished
Teacher in Residence - Spring 2026
- 31 students from Albany County
- 13 tutors
- Piloting Online Tutoring in the Fall of 2026
CONSULTING
- LCSD #1 - Cheyenne Central High School
- FCSD #1 - Lander Valley High School
FUTURE PROJECT IDEAS
- Professional Development Modules
- Wyoming Writing Project
- Online Tutoring
FINISHED PROJECTS
- Literacy endorsement scholarship cohorts
- Dyslexia scholarship cohort
Interesting in Working with k-12 Schools?
- Please email us, LRCC@uwyo.edu
- The LRCC Selection and Reporting Committee will review the proposal to determine match to the LRCC’s mission and vision, as well as the availability of personnel and material resources. Please note that all projects must be supported by a University of Wyoming faculty member.
- Proposals will be reviewed two times each year:
- Fall deadline is the end of the first week of October.
- Spring/Summer deadline is the end of the third week of February.
- Proposal initiators will be informed of a final decision within 6 weeks of submission.
The University of Wyoming has earned its Research Level 1 (R1) status from the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education, placing Wyoming's only four-year university with the top research universities in the United States.