The Who's Doing the Work? Online Class (With Jan Burkins)
​April 12-May 16 2021.

Who's Doing the Work in Read Aloud, Shared Reading, Guided Reading, Independent Reading, and Word Work?
Now, more than ever, our pedagogy really matters. At a time when so much is changing, I'm excited to offer you support in the form of this updated version of the Who's Doing the Work? online class. This course will help you maximize instructional decisions, when instructional time is at a premium.​

Wondering what's different about this version of the WDTW online class? Here are a few of the changes and additions to the  learning experience:
  • The class is on a new, easy-to-navigate platform.
  • Each module includes new and updated videos.
  • The class design includes a lot more direct conversation and contact with the facilitator (Jan).
  • The new content includes specific guidance and examples for teaching each instructional context virtually (Read Aloud, Shared Reading, Guided Reading, and Independent Reading).
  • There is a completely new Word Work section to help you design research informed phonics and vocabulary instruction.
  • More explicit connections to research and science are included throughout the course. 
  • The course primes the ideas in Shifting the Balance (Burkins & Yates, 2021).
  • The course begins and ends with an optional Zoom conversation with Jan.

​The cost for the 6-week class is $239. If you participated in the original WDTW class, you can take this class for half price. There is an additional $25 fee for processing a purchase order.  You will also need a copy of Who's Doing the Work? How to Say Less So Readers Can Do More.
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Each week's content is presented in a virtual magazine, or flipbook. This format makes it easily accessible and visually interesting. Here is the bookshelf of all the content. The welcome magazine is unlocked for you to preview.
This six-week, asynchronous virtual learning experience offers you the flexibility you need to make it work with your schedule, while it also offers ongoing conversations with the instructor. Here is a breakdown of the course by weeks. You can also ​​download a PDF of this course syllabus:
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You should take this class if:
  • You appreciate a flexible, asynchronous learning platform with an instructor at your disposal as needed.
  • You have not read Who's Doing the Work? and want to dig into it with support.
  • You have read Who's Doing the Work? and want to take your learning deeper.
  • You are a literacy leader and you want ideas for supporting teachers in Next Generation Balanced Literacy.
  • You find you are doing too much of the work for students.
  • You want to say less so students can do more.
  • You want to learn about new text options for each instructional context.
  • You are interested in thinking about your pedagogy and maximizing instructional decision making in Read Aloud, Shared Reading, Guided Reading, Independent Reading, and Word Work.
  • You are trying to figure out how to teach Read Aloud, Shared Reading, Guided Reading, Independent Reading, or Word Work in virtual platforms.
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What people are saying about the new course

"I greatly appreciate having the opportunity to take the course,  "Who's Doing the Work", offered in an online format. There was so much valuable information to digest and then apply, and I found online learning to be an advantage as I worked through the modules in my own timing and pacing. The recordings were visually and auditorily clear and easy to access, and Jan was quick to provide feedback when I did have questions. I also enjoyed the authentic observations of Jan working with students. She is warm, personable, and clearly a Master at her craft! I feel that I can take away some pointers from her teaching style, and her lovely way when working with children. This has been one of the most beneficial, enjoyable, professional development courses I have taken, and I would highly recommend WDTW to teachers of all levels of experience."
     --Bonnie Swesey-Calanchini, Canadian International School of Hong Kong, Lower School Inclusion Team

"I have had the privilege of participating in both the original online class and the new Who’s Doing the Work? Online Class. I was happy to find that the content in the revised course, with Dr. Jan Burkins, was not a full repeat of what I had in the previous coursework. The content in the course is updated and supports the current shift in reading instruction that is being discussed in the reading community. With this new course, my previous learning was enhanced with new examples that helped me, with a second round of instruction, to learn even more.  I would highly recommend this course, even if you didn't take the original! It has truly propelled my reading instruction forward!"
​      --Shelby Emerson, Interventionist, Porterville, CA