Fostering Teacher Efficacy for Evidence-Based Practice with Striving Readers

Thursday February 20, 2025
4:15 - 5:15 PM
Room 12AB

Join us to learn about the critical role that teacher efficacy plays in improving outcomes for striving readers. As literacy professors at an open access college in Metro Atlanta, we strive to prepare future teachers with the knowledge, skills, and confidence they need to help children who experience difficulty with reading and writing. The future teachers in our program are novices, yet potential change agents. Through assessment, data-based lesson planning and embedded clinical work in our courses, they develop efficacy regarding their ability to implement evidence-based practices. The teacher candidates begin their careers with a firm belief in their ability to guide students to success. Let’s collaboratively discuss how efficacious teachers who use evidence-based reading practices can have a significant impact on student growth in reading and writing.

Presenters
Jennifer Green

Dr. Jennifer Green has been an Assistant Professor of Elementary Education and Literacy at Georgia Gwinnett College since 2021. Over the past two decades, she has taught literacy, elementary methods, and English as a Second Language coursework at several institutions of higher education, including Texas A & M- San Antonio, Weber State University, and Eastern Kentucky University. At GGC, Dr. Green teaches the following courses: Reading Assessment and Intervention, Approaches and Best Practices in the Teaching of Writing, Special Needs Elementary, and Elementary Instructional Methods. Prior to becoming a professor, Dr. Green worked in K-5 public schools for 24 years. She began her career as a bilingual 4th-5th grade teacher in Del Valle, Texas in 1994. She also worked at a university laboratory school and served as a literacy coach at the school and district level. She was a Science of Teaching Reading biliteracy coach and content expert for the Texas Education Agency and has also served as a phonics expert for the review of instructional materials. In addition to teaching classes in the elementary education program at GGC, Dr. Green also supervises tutoring programs for striving readers in 1st and 2nd graders. Dr. Green is an active scholar with interests in qualitative inquiry, teacher efficacy, literacy, and the educational experiences of immigrant children and their familes. To learn more about Dr. Green's publications, see her profile on Research Gate (https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jennifer-Green-15) or Google Scholar (https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=GR-tCC8AAAAJ&view_op=list_works&sortby=pubdate).

type:
In-person Workshop
theme:
Instruction
audience:
Classroom Leaders
tags:
Reading and Writing/Literacy, Evidence-based Practices