Presented by Shawn Datchuk, Ph.D., M.Ed., Director, Iowa Reading Research Center, University of Iowa; and Cheryl Lundy Swift, Ed.D., Director, Professional Learning, Learning Without Tears
Presented by Carol Jago, Associate Director, California Reading and Literature Project, UCLA, and Past President, National Council of Teachers of English; Lorna Simmons, Former Special Education Teacher, and Author, Saxon Reading Foundations; Dr. JT Torres, Director, Houston H. Harte Center for Teaching and Learning; and Samantha Garon, VP of Product Management, Heinemann
Presented by Lori Anderson, Director of Elementary Curriculum, School City of Hobart (IN); Sara Gutierrez, Director of Early Learning, School City of Hobart (IN); and Allison Leedie, Former Educator and Literacy Coach, Current Sr. Manager, School Partnerships, Khan Academy Kids
Presented by Sonja Bloetner, Director, Office of Multilingual Achievement, Baltimore County Public Schools (MD), and Co-Founder, CREATE Solutions, LLC; Marybelle Marrero-Colón, Associate Director of Professional Development Relations, Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL); Dr. Kia Johnson, Senior Director, PreK-12 Professional Development and Evaluations, Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL); and Vanessa Wara Perrotta, Director of Curriculum and Professional Learning, Vista Higher Learning
Presented by Aruna Gilbert, Executive Vice President and Chief Program and Policy Officer, Early Learning Coalition of Palm Beach County; Dr. Hee Jin Bang, Vice President, Efficacy Research & Evaluation, Age of Learning; and Dr. Dan Domenech, Former Executive Director, AASA, The School Superintendents Association
The Science of Reading has become widely accepted in education, so what does it look like in practice? In the edLeader Panel “The Science of Reading in Real Life: Real Strategies for Real Classrooms,” Sarah Von Heal, Literacy Marketing Manager at Savvas Learning Company, discussed the practical applications of the Science of Reading with experts Dr. Sharon Vaughn, Professor and Executive Director of the Meadows Center for Preventing Educational Risk at the University of Texas at Austin, Dr. Pamela Mason, Director of the Jeanne Chall Reading Lab at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, and Dr. Young-Suk Kim, Professor at the School of Education at University of California, Irvine.
Far too many students struggle with reading, with scores dropping in both fourth and eighth grades, and one-third of eighth graders not reading at basic levels. Schools must implement early literacy development quickly if they’re to get ahead of the ongoing literacy crisis.
Presented by Dyane Smokorowski, Coordinator of Digital Literacy, Wichita Public Schools (KS)
Presented by Donell Pons, Tutor, Advocate, Dyslexia Specialist, Workplace Literacy, Reading Horizons; and Robert Rogers, M.D., President, The Reading League Texas