Meet the Panelists for Literacy Leader Week:
Dyslexia, Equity, Inclusion, and the Science of Reading!

Tuesday – Thursday | October 8th – 10th | 12pm – 1pm Eastern Time

Presenters: Kerri Larkin, Ashlee Ciccone, Dr. Gigi Luk, Allison Caldwell, Dr. José Viana, Rachel Hawthorne

Andrea Bitner, Dr. Jennifer Pendergrass-Bennefield, Dr. Lynmara Colón, Jesse Sanchez, Lily Eisele, Dr. Nancy Nelson, Davis FitzGerald

This exciting panel series is designed to leave school leaders feeling confident and empowered in their understanding of inclusion and instructional equity, the nuances therebetween, and the practical implications thereof for their day-to-day work supporting teachers and students in schools.

This means they’re also able to communicate these important understandings – especially in their connection to the science of reading and
implementation — to their staff in ways that empower action and foster a positive, inclusive, and equitable culture of literacy.

	Unlocking Literacy for All: School Administrators and the Neuroscience of Learning Difference Tuesday, October 8, 2024 Kerri Larkin, Senior Education Advisor, Lexia Ashlee Ciccone, Principal, Pinehurst Elementary School (NC) Dr. Gigi Luk, Professor, Centre for Research on Brain, Language, and Music, McGill University Allison Caldwell, Instructor Team Lead, Institute for Multi-Sensory Education WATCH THE RECORDING & LISTEN TO THE PODCAST
	Beyond the Labels: Unpacking the Diversity of Emergent Bilinguals for School Leaders Wednesday, October 9 at 12 p.m. ET Dr. José Viana, Senior Education Advisor, Lexia Rachel Hawthorne, English Learner Senior Specialist, Really Great Reading Andrea Bitner, ELL Educator, Author, Speaker Dr. Jennifer Pendergrass-Bennefield, ESOL/Title III Coordinator, Floyd County Schools (GA) Dr. Lynmara Colón, Director, Student Opportunity and Multilingual Services, Prince William County Schools (VA) WATCH THE RECORDING & LISTEN TO THE PODCAST
	Neurodiversity in the School Building: Intersecting Special Education with the Science of Reading Thursday, October 10, 2024 Kerri Larkin, Senior Education Advisor, Lexia Jesse Sanchez, Managing Director of Programs, The Neurodiversity Alliance Lily Eisele, Student, Personnel Director, Student Senate Leadership, University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire Dr. Nancy Nelson, Assistant Professor of Special Education, Boston University, and Deputy Director, National Center on Improving Literacy Davis FitzGerald, Master’s Student in Special Education, George Washington University WATCH THE RECORDING & LISTEN TO THE PODCAST

LITERACY LEADER WEEK IS HOSTED BY

Cassandra Wheeler, Director of LETRS State Success, Lexia