Fun-loving, laughter-filled realist on a mission! Educator. Leader. Creator. Dreamer. Literacy-loving educational consultant.
Atlanta, GA
Joined March 2017
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I’ve been preaching this for years! If attention is the starting point for learning, why are we designing our seating arrangements in ways that compromise a student’s ability to pay attention!?
At a stadium, the seats are in rows facing the field so people can pay attention to the game. At a concert, they’re in rows facing the stage so people can pay attention to the show. At a movie theater, they’re in rows facing the screen so people can pay attention to the movie. At a church, they’re in rows facing the pulpit so people can pay attention to the service.
Teachers,
Why are you putting kids in pods with seats that don’t face you? Don't you want them paying attention to you?
Love this variation of Micro PD!
Our teachers enjoyed an optional, bite-sized boost of PL on orthographic mapping with our literacy coach @HollyDoro17! They came for a bite and left with a BOOST! 💚🌟👏 #TheTrojanWay #ExplicitInstruction #Tier1 #OurFoundationOurFuture @Hall_Schools
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Brilliant beginning to ResearchEd Toronto.
"Language development is like jet fuel, it propels you forward"
@KJWinEducation
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Episode 3 of Sold a Story Season 2 is out today apmreports.org/episode/2026/…
Always fun to see the work I’ve supported highlighted! Top Ten Tools was critical to building teacher knowledge in Marietta City Schools! Knowledge + Action leads to a change in student outcomes! ❤️
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Our teachers and paraprofessionals enjoyed learning alongside Deal and Lanier team members during our professional learning day! 👏👏👏 @SorforMore #ThankATeacher #BeALearner 🧭 💚#PowerofLanguage #ExplicitInstruction #Tier1TuneUp @Hall_Schools
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Learning Through Talk: If talking helps learning, that means everyone needs to talk. teacherhead.com/2026/10/11/l…
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Agreed principles; common routines: These are the ladders to better teaching. teacherhead.com/2026/06/20/a… via @teacherhead
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"People in all areas of education, from critics to participants, are victims of not understanding what could be achieved with well-designed instruction."
- Engelmann and Carnine, 2011
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When our child started struggling to read, I was angry at teachers. I thought they knew.
They didn't, and it wasn't their fault.
In this podcast, @SorforMore talks about it like it's common knowledge: teachers walk out of college without what they need to teach reading. They're set up to fail from day one, then left to figure it out on their own
Hearing that changed something in me.
Parents for Reading Justice fights for children first. Always. But the more I get to know teachers, the clearer it gets: we're fighting for them too.
Colleges of education failed them before they ever stepped into a classroom.
Welcome aboard, Justin. Hang on tight. 🚀
We're bringing the Science of Reading to the whole bunch: kids, parents, AND teachers.
🎧 lwtears.com/literacymatters/…
#ScienceOfReading #ReadingJustice #Literacy #Teachers #ParentsForReadingJustice
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Loved listening to @SorforMore on coaching and systems change. Worth the listen. #dyslexiaingeorgia
🎧 Check out my latest podcast: lwtears.com/literacymatters/…
Let me know what resonated with you! 💬
#scienceofreading #schoolleaders #literacy #principals #implementation
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🎥 These short, sharp video explainers unpack the Learning and Memory Framework and, most importantly, what it means for what we do in the classroom.
🎯 Attention: what students attend to shapes what they learn
🏫 Environment: classroom culture creates the conditions for learning
🧠 Working Memory: the bottleneck all new learning must pass through
🤔 Remembering: retrieval strengthens learning in long-term memory
Watch the full playlist on YouTube:
youtube.com/playlist?list=PL…
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If we'd like students to *choose* the effortful way when it comes to learning, and reject AI shortcuts, then the most important information they need is 'how we learn'.
Two pages of resources:
itsalearningcurve.education/…
itsalearningcurve.education/…
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I have just completed a series of four professional development videos on the subject of teaching effective whole-class reading lessons.
These videos contain high-quality footage of me teaching each part of the reading lesson structures from Primary Reading Simplified.
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Back in May, I wrote a blogpost titled "Cognitive load theory meets trauma-informed practice". This seemed to resonate with a lot of teachers and I've now presented the idea at a couple of conferences/PL events. This has given me cause for extra reflection on the fact that there's students with overlapping but not necessarily identified needs in all classrooms. We do them no favours by assuming their needs stop at feeling calm and safe. They also need to be *learning*. I've termed these students SWANs - Students With Additional Needs and have updated the post accordingly.
pamelasnow.blogspot.com/2026…
