Presented by Dr. Mitchell Brookins, Former Teacher, Current Educational Consultant, Brookins Consulting; Lisa Pagano, Director of Advanced Studies, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (NC); and Teri Laliberte, Former Teacher, Current Assistant Director of Professional Learning, Great Books Foundation
Presented by Dr. Carolyn Brown, Adjunct Professor of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Iowa, and Co-Founder, Foundations in Learning; and Dr. Carolyn Strom, Former Teacher, Current Clinical Assistant Professor of Early Childhood Literacy, NYU Steinhardt School of Culture, Education & Human Development
Moderated by Allison Zimmermann, Former Teacher, Current CEO, Foundations in Learning
There is a reading crisis in America, with students across all grade levels struggling with and missing basic skills needed for education and life. Literacy is the foundation of all learning, and without it, students cannot succeed.
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 Joan Sedita, Author, Founder, and CEO, Keys to Literacy
Presented by Dr. Rod Hart, Former Teacher, Current SIPPS Program Manager, Collaborative Classroom; Shellise Goulbourne, M.Ed., Former Teacher, Current Literacy Consultant; and Dr. Samantha Heller, Former Teacher, Current Professional Learning Consultant, Collaborative Classroom
Presented by Scott Moore, Chief Executive Officer, Kidango; Nora Goodale, Former Teacher, Current Regional Director, Kidango; and Emily Grunt, Former Educator, Current Director of Early Learning, Collaborative Classroom
Presented by Kathryn Grace, M.Ed., CAGS, Literacy Advocate and Creator of Phoneme-Grapheme Mapping™; and Dr. Alecia Blackwood, Assistant Professor of Education, Department of Education and Counseling, Longwood University
Moderated by Joan Macenat Charles, Regional Partner (DC, DE, MA, MD, VA), Really Great Reading
Presented by Erin Bailey, Ed.D., Former Educator, Current Vice President of Literacy Programs and Research, Reading Is Fundamental; and Sarah Glassman, Ph.D., Manager of K-8 Curriculum, Smithsonian Science Education Center
Presented by Dr. Sharon Vaughn, Professor and Executive Director, Meadows Center for Preventing Educational Risk, University of Texas at Austin; Dr. Pamela Mason, Director, Jeanne Chall Reading Lab, Harvard Graduate School of Education; and Dr. Young-Suk Kim, Professor, School of Education, University of California, Irvine