Presented by Danielle Gaither, Former Educator, Current Sales Representative – Western North Carolina, Great Minds; Jeniqua Moran, Former Educator, Current Success Lead – New England, Great Minds; and Mandy Polen, Former Educator, Current Success Lead – New York City, Great Minds
As NAEP scores continue to show that the majority of U.S. students are not reading at grade level, literacy remains, perhaps, the most urgent challenge facing districts today. “That’s not a literacy problem. That’s a graduation problem, an economic problem, a national security problem…those are the costs,” stated Karl Rectanus, CEO of Really Great Reading and one of the presenters on the edLeader Panel, “The Cost of Getting Literacy Wrong: Long-Term Decisions, Lasting Consequences.”
Presented by Dr. Charles Hulme, Emeritus Professor of Psychology in Education, University of Oxford, and Founder and CEO, OxEd & Assessment; Emily Rennpage, Literacy COSA (Coach on Special Assignment), Grosse Pointe Public Schools (MI); and Karl Rectanus, CEO, Really Great Reading
Moderated by Dr. Donna Wright, Retired School Superintendent/Education Consultant
Presented by Molly Ness, Ph.D., Author and Teacher Educator, Dirigo Literacy; and Angela Cammarata, M.Ed., National Literacy Consultant, Zaner-Bloser
Oral language has been overlooked in education, seen as something students would learn naturally. However, recent research shows that teaching oral language in schools lays the foundation for academic success.
Presented by Anne Penn Cox, Director of Student Services and Early Learning Coordinator, Livingston Public Schools (MT); Dr. Charles Hulme, Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Education, University of Oxford; and Dawny Hill, Speech-Language Pathologist & Implementation Success Partner, OxEd & Assessment
Presented by Tim Rasinski, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Literacy Education at Kent State University and Author
Moderated by Heather Brooke, Vice President of Professional Learning, Teacher Created Materials
Presented by Dr. Carolyn Brown, Adjunct Professor of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Iowa, and Co-Founder, Foundations in Learning; and Angelia Hoyer, Partner Success and Professional Development Lead, WordFlight
Moderated by Allison Zimmermann, CEO, Foundations in Learning
Presented by Emily Grunt, Director of Field Support, Collaborative Classroom; and Alicia Simba, Transitional Kindergarten Teacher, Prescott Elementary School, Oakland Unified School District (CA)
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