Dr. Sally
Crowser
Learning Specialist
Dr. Sally Crowser has worked in public education for 25+ years as a 7-12 English teacher and social science teacher, online teacher, university instructor, elementary reading teacher, PreK-12 administrator, guidance counselor, testing coordinator, and presently as a learning specialist at Technology and Innovation in Education (TIE) working to improve learning. Sally is a certified data specialist, reading specialist, and Acadience/Aimsweb Plus mentor. She is trained in Orton Gillingham and LETRS. She also researches and presents Mind, Brain, and Education research as well as the Science of Reading/Foundational Reading.
Telephone Direct Line: (605) 716-4893
Current Projects
K-12 Writing Strategies Training
CORE Foundational Reading Trainings
SD DOE SPDG Coaching Coordinator
Literacy Support and Coaching
School Success Facilitation
Career and Technical Education Consortium Director
SD DOE New Teacher Mentoring Program Development Team
Birth -5 Literacy/Family Engagement Support
Expertise
CORE Foundational Reading Certified Trainer
Mind, Brain, and Education Strategies
Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS)
Orton-Gillingham Community Educator
How to Coach Anything (Jill Jackson) Trainer
Comprehensive Needs Assessment/Root Cause Analysis
Literacy Coaching
K-12 ELA Standards
Acadience Next Mentor
SDSTARS Certified Trainer
AIMSweb Administration Trainer
High Quality Assessments
Data Retreat Facilitator
Presentations
2023 SPDG National Virtual Conference February 2023
Creating Leaders & Improving School Culture
Stanley Co. Elementary School: Spring 2023
Creating Leaders & Improving School Culture
Dupree High School: Spring 2022
TIE 2022 April 4-5, 2022
Holy Smokes! The Reading World is on Fire and my Feet are HOT!
Foundational Reading Big 5 Train-the-Trainer
SD DOE: Summer 2022, Fall 2021
Reading Beyond: Foundational Skills for 4-8 Grades
SD DOE: Summers 2022,; 2021; 2020; 2019
Yankton, SD: June 2022
Marion, SD MS/HS: May 2021
Reading Foundational Skills
SD DOE: Summers 2022, 2021; 2020; 2019; 2018; 2017; 2016
Yankton, SD: June 2022
Timber Lake, SD Elem: May 2022
Big Stone City, SD Elementary: August 2021-May 2022
Yankton, SD Elementary: June 2021
Marion, SD Elementary: May 2021
SFEC Birth-5 Strategies for Early Literacy Learning
Chamberlain: Jan. 25, 2020
Belle Fourche: Feb. 1, 2020
Spearfish: Feb. 21, 2020
Virtual: Summer/Fall/Winter 2021, 2020
SD DOE Mentoring Program Development Team
Mentor Seminar: Summers 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018
Mentor/New Teacher Kickoff: Summers 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018
Comprehensive Needs Assessment/Root Cause Analysis/Monitor
Oglala-Lakota Schools 2021-22, 2020-21, 2019-20
Dupree High School 2021-22, 2020-21, 2019-20
DOE CTE Three Rivers Consortium 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019
Reading Across the Content Areas
Pine Ridge District: August 19, 2020
Mind, Brain, & Education: Developing Young Brains to Learn
Virtual SD Early Childhood Education Conference In-depth: April 8, 2021
Virtual SD Early Childhood Education Conference: April 23, 2020
Discussion: The Reading Brain in a Virtual Classroom
Virtual TIE Conference: April 20, 2020
Data Dig: It's All About Student Learning (Agenda)
South Central School District: 9/3/2021; 9/1/ 2020; 8/30/2019
SPDG Grant Data Processes
SD DOE Pierre, SD: August 6, 2019
Digging Deeper in the Reading Foundational Skills
SD DOE Pierre, SD: July 16, 2019
K-12 Writing Strategies Training
Pine Ridge School District: Sept. 8-9, 2020
Oglala-Lakota Co. School District: July 8-9, 2019
Mind, Brain, and Education: Power Strategies for Teachers and Students
Pine Ridge School District: Aug. 17, 2020
ASBSD Joint Convention: Aug. 6, 2020
Colman-Egan School District: May 22, 2019
Mind, Brain, and Education: Power Strategies for Teachers and Students
Technology and Innovation in Education Conference, Rapid City, SD: April 2019
TIE 2019 April 7-9, 2019
Mind, Brain, and Education Research: Power Strategies for Teachers and Students
Systems Change October 18, 2018
Book Talk: Why Students Don't Like School
TIE 2018 April 17, 2018
Writing in all Elementary Content Areas
Using Student Data from Online Reading Programs: Design Small Group & Explicit Instruction