Join Classroom and Higher Ed Faculty in Collaborative Conversations and Professional Learning
Join us as we engage in professional dialogue and learning about the science of reading - the controversy, the pedagogy, the scientific models that should guide our instruction. Let's learn from science and from one another. After all, teaching reading is rocket science!
Session Agendas
Online Sessions:
- 9:00 am: Log in and test internet connect, speakers, and microphone
- 9:15 am: Session Begins
- 12:30 pm: Wrap, Up, Questions, evaluations
- 12:45 pm: Session Ends
Face to Face Sessions:
- 8:30 am Sign in
- 9:00 Session Start
- 11:30 - 12:30 Lunch (please pack or plan to pick up food nearby)
- 3:30 Session Ends
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Need more information? Contact Kristen Italiano, Project PASS Coordinator, Youngstown State University Michelle Elia, Ohio Literacy Lead | Looking to make systemic changes in literacy in your district? In Mahoning, Trumbull, Columbiana, and Ashtabula Counties, contact State Support Team Region 5's Regional Early Literacy Specialist, Denise Malkovits. denise.malkovits@sstr5.org In Ohio, contact your SST Regional Early Literacy Specialist for Assistance! | Ohio's Plan to Raise Literacy Achievement This series is in alignment with Ohio's Plan to Raise Literacy Achievement and the Ohio State Systemic Improvement Plan, and was developed as a component of the Higher Education Literacy Steering Committee. |
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Michelle Elia, Ohio Literacy Lead
Looking to make systemic changes in literacy in your district?
In Ohio, contact your SST Regional Early Literacy Specialist for Assistance!
Ohio's Plan to Raise Literacy Achievement
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Presenter: Michelle Elia, Ohio Literacy Lead
Michelle Elia works on behalf of the Ohio Department of Education as one of 2 Ohio Literacy Leads, a role that allows her to work with district administrators, teachers, universities, and students across the state. Michelle also serves as a board member of the International Dyslexia Association Northern Ohio and works as an adjunct professor and literacy advisor for both Youngstown State and Walsh Universities. Nationally, she provides professional learning in literacy as a LETRS trainer. Michelle has 2 professional goals - to raise expectations for all learners, and to ensure that reading is taught based on science, and not belief systems.