Every Teacher is a Teacher of Reading

This interactive presentation will focus on defining what the phrase "every teacher is a teacher of reading" really means, no matter what grades/ages you are privileged to teach. Strategies will be explained and applied to assist you in making every student a successful learner, no matter what the content area.

Dr. Cindy Whaley is a Professor of Education at Martin Luther College. Her elementary experiences were in multigrade settings teaching students in various combinations from grades one through six. She currently teaches courses in curriculum and instruction, literacy methods, psychology, and a graduate assessment course in the MLC master's program. She also oversees MLC's public school clinical and student teaching placements, the post-baccalaureate licensure program, is the edTPA coordinator, and serves as MLC's licensure officer. Dr. Whaley is president of the Southwest Minnesota Reading Council and serves as MLC's chief institutional representative for the MN Association of Colleges for Teacher Education and MLC's Unit Leader for the MN Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board.