Neville, Kathy

Benjamin, Amy

Amy Can Help With:
GRADES K-12
●Understanding and assessing reading comprehension
●Utilizing academic vocabulary to increase reading comprehension
●Implementing the writing process in content areas
●Teaching grammar
●Utilizing Socratic Seminar to encourage student discourse

Buechner, Karen

Karen Can Help With:
GRADES K-12
●Mind mapping in the content areas
●Using a writer's notebook to unlock student potential
●Culturally Responsive Teaching
●Equity Literacy for all learners

Cordova, Sarah

Sarah Can Help With:
GRADES K-8
●Utilizing literacy assessments to inform instruction
●Writing Curriculum and units of study for using Google Docs
●Providing administrator/parent workshops in the area of literacy
●Implementing poetry Workshop

Heller, Bill

Bill Can Help With:
GRADES K-12
●Teaching Academic Vocabulary
●Teaching Advanced Literacy skills
●Using Guided Reading strategies
●Promoting text comprehension
●Creating Performance bases assessment tasks

●Utilizing academic vocabulary to increase reading comprehension
●Implementing the writing process in content areas
●Teaching grammar

Jaccarino, Victor

Victor Can Help With:
GRADES K-12
●Creating standards based curriculum, units, lessons
●Implementing best practices for reading and writing promoting close reading, raising text complexity, developing argument
●Teaching literacy in the content areas
●Applying critical thinking strategies
●Utilizing teaching protocols and student collaboration

Kolbeck, Lauren

Lauren Can Help With:
GRADES K-12
●Balanced Literacy
●Reading and/or writing workshops
●Role of readers' and/ or writer's notebook

Masin, Carol

Carol Can Help With:
GRADES K-5
●Implementing phonics with fidelity
●Understanding and mastering of Alphabetic Principle
●Developing automaticity in decoding
●Supporting teachers to build foundational phonemic awareness and phonics skills, particularly those who are implementing Fundations and Just Words Curriculums

Pecorale, Erica

Erica Can Help With:
GRADES K-8
●Creating literacy rich environments
●Coaching and Modeling best practices
●Implementing a Balanced Literacy approach
●Developing literacy strategies

Seeley, Kristina

Kristina Can Help With:
GRADES K-8
●Administering the Fountas and Pinnell Benchmark Assessment System to inform instruction
●Implementing the New York State Standards within the Reading and Writing Workshop K-8
●Using small group Instruction to improve reading achievement
●Empowering literacy coaches to support effective professional development

Witman, Michelle

Michelle Can Help With:
GRADES K-8
●Implementing TC Reading and Writing Workshop units of study
●Using assessment to guide instructional decisions (Data Driven Decision Making)
●Providing reflective adult learning opportunities to increase sense of ownership and bring about effective shifts in literacy instruction
●Applying Universal Design Principles of Learning in the classroom setting
Special Education GRADES 9-12
●Transition from high school to college
●Shift from IDEA to the Americans with Disabilities Act
●Students with invisible disabilities
●Preparing our high school students for the college classroom
●UDL - Universal Design for Learning Principles