What adolescent readers really need, with Jeanne Schopf
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Meet Our Guest(s):
Jeanne Schopf
Jeanne Schopf, M.Ed., NBCT, C-SLDI, is a literacy expert, motivational speaker, and educational leader with more than 35 years of experience. She is the editor and contributing author of Reading Isn’t Optional: Fulfilling the Promise of Literacy for Secondary Students and has served as an elementary and middle school teacher, literacy coach, reading specialist, and certified dyslexia interventionist (K–12). A certified John Maxwell speaker, trainer, and coach, Jeanne provides research-based professional development grounded in the Science of Reading and Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS) framework. As the founder of Pathways Towards Literacy, she partners with schools and leaders to implement evidence-based practices, build educator capacity, and create sustainable systems that ensure every student achieves literacy success.
Meet our host, Susan Lambert, Ed.D.
Susan Lambert is chief academic officer of literacy at Amplify and host of Science of Reading: The Podcast. Throughout her career, she has focused on creating high-quality learning environments using evidence-based practices. Lambert is a mom of four, a grandma of four, a world traveler, and a collector of stories.
As the host of Science of Reading: The Podcast, Lambert explores the increasing body of scientific research around how reading is best taught. A former classroom teacher, administrator, and curriculum developer, she’s dedicated to turning theory into best practices that educators can put right to use in the classroom, and to showcasing national models of reading instruction excellence.
Quotes
“Everything rises and falls on leadership.”
“I had to learn that people don't care how much you know until they know how much you care.”
“If we really, truly want to change kids' lives and graduate readers, it's going to take all hands on deck. Everybody has to have a voice.”
“Success is a team sport.”
“Learning never stops. You just keep learning every day.”
“At schools that are really shifting on a dime, leaders are owning the data and they're owning the conversations. And they're owning the problem so they can be part of the solution.”