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Click the dates below for more details on our workshops on science, early reading, and reading comprehension.
Session descriptions and logistics
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March 16
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March 17
Featured Speaker
Cecelia Cortes Cecelia helps lead Amplify’s supplemental programs, partnering with schools, districts and Amplify’s product developers to create and implement programs that save teachers time and extend their reach in the classroom. She spends much of her time in schools and classrooms, both helping to build programs with Amplify and volunteer teaching.
Featured Speaker
Megan Goss Megan Goss is the Middle School Literacy Lead for The Learning Design Group. She is a former elementary teacher and earned a PhD in Education in Language, Literacy and Culture from the University of California, Berkeley. Megan was a lead author for the Seeds of Science/Roots of Reading® unitsGravity and Magnetism, Variation and Adaptation, Digestion and Body Systems, Weather and Water, Models of Matter, Chemical Changes, and Aquatic Ecosystems. She has also authored several student books.
Featured Speaker
Eric Greenwald Eric Greenwald is the Director of Assessment & Analytics for The Learning Design Group. He also serves as Co-Principal Investigator, in collaboration with the National Writing Project and SRI, on a Department of Education grant to support teacher practice in evidence-based science writing. Before coming to the Lawrence Hall of Science in 2014, he was a Research Analyst at SRI where he helped lead a number of studies in STEM teaching and learning, assessment, and digital learning. He also taught math and science in public high schools for 6 years. He holds a PhD in Curriculum and Teacher Education from Stanford University, a Masters in Science Education and teaching certificate from Teachers College Columbia University, and a BA in Chemistry from Indiana University.
Featured Speaker
Susan Lambert Susan Lambert is vice president of Amplify CKLA, and is a former principal, curriculum director, and teacher.
Featured Speaker
Teddy Redding Teddy Redding is the Associate Director of ELA Content at Amplify. Teddy has taught ELA in Houston, Brooklyn, Harlem, and Oakland. She is passionate about partnering with educators, designers, artists, and writers to develop rigorous and engaging learning experiences for 21st-century scholars.
Featured Speaker
Tim Shanahan Dr. Timothy Shanahan is Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the University of Illinois at Chicago where he was Founding Director of the UIC Center for Literacy. Previously, he was director of reading for the Chicago Public Schools. He is author/editor of more than 200 publications on literacy education. His research emphasizes the connections between reading and writing, literacy in the disciplines, and improvement of reading achievement.
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