Presented by Dr. Tricia A. Zucker, Professor of Pediatrics and Co-Director of the Children’s Learning Institute at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, and Author of Strive-for-Five Conversations: A Framework That Gets Kids Talking to Accelerate Their Language Comprehension and Literacy; Dr. Sonia Q. Cabell, Associate Professor of Reading Education in the School of Teacher Education and the Florida Center for Reading Research at Florida State University, and Author of Strive-for-Five Conversations: A Framework That Gets Kids Talking to Accelerate Their Language Comprehension and Literacy; and Dr. Amanda Alexander, Chief Academic Officer, Scholastic
Presented by Dr. Lucy Calkins, Robinson Professor of Literacy at Teachers College, Columbia University, Founding Director of The Reading and Writing Project at Mossflower, and Senior Author of Units of Study in Writing and Reading; Jessica Mazzone, Staff Developer at The Reading and Writing Project at Mossflower, and Co-Author of Units of Study in Writing and Reading; and Katy Wischow, Staff Developer at The Reading and Writing Project at Mossflower, and Co-Author of Units of Study in Writing and Reading
Presented by Cicely Lewis, School Librarian and Author, Read Woke; Gwynn White, Library Media Specialist, The New York City Department of Education; Margie Soto, MLL Teacher and Team Leader, Gwinnett County School District (GA); and Calum McFarlane, Primary School Teacher, City of Edinburgh Council
Presented by Lindsay Kemeny, Elementary School Teacher; and Dr. Amanda Alexander, Chief Academic Officer, Scholastic
Presented by Lorraine Radice, Ph.D., PreK–12 Director of Literacy, Long Beach Public Schools (NY)
Literacy is essential for all jobs—whether you need to know how to read and write a service proposal, report card comments, or a case study. But students don’t often make that connection—they see their classwork as something assigned to them and that they need to get through rather than as something that can help them with their future goals. When kids understand the why behind their education, it takes on new meaning for them.
Presented by Cicely Lewis, School Librarian, Gwinnett County Public Schools (GA); Morgan Taylor, Instructional Coach, Lawndale High School, Centinela Valley Union High School District (CA); and Ronell Whitaker, ELA and LRC Curriculum Director, Community High School District 218 (IL)
Improvements in students’ reading achievement require continued learning not just by the students, but also by their educators. As discussed during the edLeader Panel “Putting Your Literacy Data to Work, from Classroom to Central Office,” all the adults involved in the literacy development process, from administrators to coaches, teachers, and paraprofessionals, need to continue learning from the research, each other, and their students.
