The Continuing Educator
A math teacher and a professional learning pro bring a blast of fresh air to educators everywhere, every week!
Here's what makes this teaching podcast different: We have big ideas about education AND we know how to put them to work in your classroom AND we'll tell you funny stories about doing it. Every episode is packed with tips from your peers working in schools right now and strategies from the pros on the professional learning team at NWEA. Plus, our co-hosts Jacob Bruno (EVP of Learning & Improvement Services at NWEA) and Kailey Rhodes (middle school math teacher in Portland) guarantee that you will laugh at least 12.8 times per episode.
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The Continuing Educator
What’s next for the science of reading? John Luke Bell, Tiffany Peltier, and Lisa LeBoeuf on how we keep the momentum going
The science of reading is both a body of research and movement in literacy education. How do we keep those two things connected when they’re not always aligned? What are most common myths about literacy instruction, how do we fight them? A roundtable of educators and specialists from NWEA join Jacob & Kailey to talk about how the science of reading works best in classrooms and where both the movement and the research are going.
John Luke Bell is Senior Content Designer in Literacy with NWEA. Prior to joining us in 2022, he was a Curriculum Coordinator and English Teacher. He is passionate about solving the problems facing young readers and the people who teach them.
Dr. Tiffany Peltier is Lead Learning and Delivery Specialist for literacy at NWEA. She brings over 12 years of experience in the education field, acting as an instructional coach to elementary teachers, and teaching undergraduate pre-service teachers within special education, learning, sciences, and literacy coursework.
Dr. Lisa LeBouef is Content Designer in Literacy at NWEA. She has more than a 15 years education as a classroom teacher and literacy coach, as well as a few years at the state agency level as the Supervisor of Literacy Professional Development for the Louisiana Department of Education.