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What Do I Do Now? Using Data to Intensify Reading Interventions
Thursday, October 3, 2024 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EDT
Presented by Dr. Matthew Burns, Fien Professor of Special Education, University of Florida, College of Education
Moderated by Pam Austin, Director of Instructional Technology, Voyager Sopris Learning
Sponsored by Voyager Sopris Learning
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Students with dyslexia often require intensive reading interventions to experience success. Trying to find the right intervention can be a difficult and frustrating process. Join this applicable edWebinar that goes beyond identification and gives attendees an in-depth look at using data for the most successful reading interventions.
Our presenter, Dr. Matthew Burns, who is widely known and respected for his experience in working with striving readers, will present a framework educators can use to examine data and student performance. The framework and the strategies Dr. Burns will share empower educators to be able to select interventions with a higher likelihood of success and to modify current intervention efforts to enhance student outcomes. Attendees will learn:
- The importance of improved reading instruction rather than solely focusing on identification
- The significance of individualized instruction for dyslexic students
- Strategies to use in small group instruction
- An understanding of a practical framework to select reading interventions for students with dyslexia
- Skills to match reading interventions to student needs
- Knowledge of specific reading interventions to address student needs
This edWebinar will be of interest to PreK-12 teachers, school leaders, district leaders, literacy coaches, and intervention specialists. There will be time for questions at the end of the presentation.
This edWebinar is part of Voyager Sopris Learning’s Dyslexia Awareness Week: Science-Backed Strategies for Educators.
About the Presenter
Dr. Matthew K. Burns is the Fien Professor of Special Education at the University of Florida and an Assistant Director of the University of Florida Literacy Institute. Dr. Burns has published over 200 articles and book chapters in national publications and has co-authored or co-edited 15 books. He is a Past Editor of School Psychology Review and Assessment for Effective Intervention. Dr. Burns is one of the leading researchers regarding the use of assessment data to determine individual or small-group interventions, and has published extensively on response to intervention, academic interventions, and facilitating problem-solving teams. He received the 2020 Senior Scientist Award from Division 16 (School Psychology) of the American Psychological Association.
About the Moderator
Pam Austin, Director of Instructional Technology for Voyager Sopris Learning, has over 35 years of experience as an educator. She has worked as a Professional Learning Facilitator Manager with over 17 years of experience in training and supporting districts in various literacy and numeracy interventions for Voyager Sopris Learning in addition to delivering LETRS professional development sessions. She has also shared her love of proven VSL solutions as a Product Marketing Manager when she began her role as an EDVIEW360 podcast host in 2019 and continues to this day. Her goal is to aid teachers in changing the lives of students so that they not only become proficient and successful learners, but also, individuals confident in pursuing personal and professional life goals. She previously held the role of Literacy Specialist at the Center for Development and Learning (CDL) now the Center for Literacy and Learning. As an educator in the New Orleans Public Schools for 14 years, she served as an elementary teacher, a reading interventionist, a school-based reading coach, and a central office field literacy facilitator. These varying roles allowed her to gain a myriad of experiences that has enhanced her ability to work in collaboration with other educators, schools, and districts for impactful professional learning. Pam’s first steps into a lifelong career as an educator began as a fourth-grade teacher in a small school in the Archdiocese of New Orleans. And the journey continues…
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