SIM Classes and Events

For Educators

Learn new skills and earn credentials with these self-paced SIM professional development Online Courses on Canvas (follow-up coaching included):

• Concept Comparison Routine
• Concept Mastery Routine
• Cross-Curricular Argumentation Routine
• Framing Routine
• Fundamentals of Paraphrasing and Summarizing Strategy
• The Inference Strategy
• The Paragraph Writing Strategy
• Possible Selves Strategy (1st or 2nd edition)
• Sentence Writing Strategies (Fundamentals and Proficiency)
• Understanding Academic Language
• Unit Organizer Routine
• NEW APR 2026 - The Word Mapping Strategy

Course First! - Learn 4 SIM Content Enhancement Routines with this new online class designed to strategically integrate CERs across an entire course to support the full learning journey.

Supporting Adolescent Literacy for Successful School Change - A Six-Part Course Designed to Support School Teams in Implementing a Systematic Approach to Adolescent Literacy to Dramatically Impact Teacher and Student Performance

Want to Become a SIM Specialist?

• SIM Specialists earn credentials enabling them to provide Professional Development to others in the particular SIM Strategy or Routine they're certified in: https://sim.ku.edu/sim-micro-credentials

Want to Become a SIM Professional Developer?  We have two paths for that:

• SIM Professional Developers earn credentials enabling them to provide Professional Development to others in any of the SIM: Content Enhancement Routines, Learning Strategies, or Reading Programs they're certified in.
• Content Literacy Leadership Institute (CLLI)
  A one-year path for those with some SIM experience.
  • Next session: June - October, 2026 CLLI
  • Intent to apply form due: March 15  |  Application due: April 15
• SIM PDer² Pathway: A Two-Part Institute to Build Your Capacity Exponentially
  A two-year path for Prospective SIM Professional Developers new to SIM.
  • Next session: Open registration 
    Please email simpd@ku.edu to register a group or to be added to the interest list. We will hold the next cohort experience when we have a minimum of 6 individuals ready to begin!

For SIM Professional Developers, Specialists, and their invited Guests

• 2026 Fall SIM Virtual Update Conference - October 2026