All too often, professional development is a 2-4 hour long presentation that is left in the conference room and rarely brought back to daily instructional practice. Participants will learn about the process that Alternative Education at the Riverside County Office of Education uses to empower teachers in owning their professional development to improve literacy across the curriculum. Participants will review examples, planning, and reflection tools used by the RCOE Literacy Cohorts in researching, co-planning, reflecting, and observing with each other.