Module 1

 Saturday, November 12th

Module 2

Saturday, December 10th

TIME: 9:00 a.m. to noon                        

COST: $35 per session                       

CREDIT: Available from Ashland University

WHO SHOULD ATTEND:  Teachers, Curriculum Directors, Literacy Coaches and Principals who want to learn how to improve reading, writing and spelling, as well as raise literacy achievement for all learners in grades K-12. 

WHAT IS LETRS:  Nationally recognized literacy educator and author, Dr. Louisa Moats, has partnered with the State of Ohio to support Early Literacy training and share her LETRS modules.  Dr. Moats specializes in the implementation of school-wide interventions to improve literacy.  She is the authority on how children learn to read and why some fail to learn.  Her landmark professional development program called LETRS (Language Essentials for Teachers of Reading and Spelling) is based on research and not on any specific curriculum.  It supports teachers as they diagnose the root causes of literacy struggles. 

Module 1 introduces participants to the five essential components of literacy instruction and student processing systems for reading.  Common reading difficulties will also be explored. 

Module 2 presents the importance of phonemic awareness and how to address it in the classroom. Other topics include assessments of phonological skills and response to intervention, diagnosis and treatment. PRESENTERS:  Mid-Ohio ESC Literacy Coordinators Carrie Wood and Tricia Kehl

PRESENTERS:  Mid-Ohio ESC Literacy Coordinators Carrie Wood and Tricia Kehl

Carrie Wood holds a master’s degree from The Ohio State University and a bachelor’s degree from Mount Vernon Nazarene University.  She teaches graduate classes at Ashland University and presented at the National Reading Recovery Conference.  An elementary teacher and coach of grades K-8, Carrie has conducted over 100 training sessions for area schools in research-based balanced literacy.  She serves as a Mid-Ohio ESC Instructional and Literacy Coach/Gifted Coordinator.

Tricia Kehl holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from The Ohio State University.  She taught elementary school in grades K-3 and served as an Adjunct Lecturer at OSU Mansfield in undergraduate coursework with math and literacy.  Currently, she serves as a Mid-Ohio ESC Literacy Coach.  Tricia has provided training and professional development for area schools in the area of math literacy.