Presented by Tim Rasinski, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Literacy Education at Kent State University, and Author; and Chase Young, Ph.D., Author, Professor in the School of Teaching and Learning at Sam Houston State University, and Editor of Literacy Research and Instruction
Moderated by Kim Carlton, Senior Academic Officer, Teacher Created Materials
Presented by Kristina Smekens, President, Lead Consultant, Smekens Education
Presented by John Carroll, GM, K12 Curriculum Services; and Natalie Wexler, Consultant and Author
Presented by Chrisie Moritz, Literacy Consultant, Heinemann Publishing
Presented by Natalie Wexler, Education Writer and Author
Presented by Donald Bear, Professor Emeritus and Literacy Center Director, Iowa State University and University of Nevada, Reno
Presented by Kristina Smekens, President, Lead Consultant, Smekens Education
Moderated by Monica Myers, Playbook Pro Remote Coach, Smekens Education
If schools are truly preparing all students for college and career readiness, then strong reading and literacy skills are a must. Star Connor, Region Superintendent of Transformation Schools in Hillsborough County Public Schools (FL), believes that all children can become proficient, but it takes continual planning and goal setting for each individual.
Readers may decode a word, but do they know what it means? Is the language in the texts they read compatible with what decodability dictates? And ultimately, does all that decoding make for reading comprehension?
Presented by Dr. Gene Kerns, Vice President and Chief Academic Officer, Renaissance