Dr. Timothy Rasinski is a Professor of Education in the Department of Teaching, Leadership, and Curriculum Studies. He teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in literacy education. His major interests include working with children who find reading difficult, phonics and reading fluency instruction, and teacher development in literacy education. He has published over 100 articles and 10 books on various aspects of reading education. Dr. Rasinski is past editor of The Reading Teacher and is currently an editor for the Journal of Literacy Research . He has served as president of the College Reading Association and he currently serves on the Board of Directors of the International Reading Association. He earned bachelor degrees in economics and education at the University of Akron and the University of Nebraska at Omaha. His master's degree in special education also comes from the University of Nebraska at Omaha. Dr. Rasinski was awarded the Ph.D. from The Ohio State University.
Nancy Padak was a Distinguished Professor of Education at Kent State University where she directed the Reading and Writing Center and taught graduate courses in literacy education. She received the honor of Kent State University Distinguished Professor. She was a part of the team that wrote the initial grant to fund the state literacy resource center at Kent State University-Ohio Literacy Resource Center (OLRC) and has been a middle school and high school classroom teacher and K-12 administrator in a large urban school district. She frequently works with teachers and has written or edited a dozen books and more than 100 scholarly articles. Nancy is a past College Reading Association President and a former Editor of The Reading Teacher and the Journal of Literacy Research .
Evidence-Based Instruction in Reading: A Professional Development Guide to Culturally Responsive InstructionIncorporate a multi-tiered approach to literacy instruction using a culturally responsive approach! Literac... MoreEvidence-Based Instruction in Reading: A Professional Development Guide to Culturally Responsive Instruction
Learn to enhance your assessment and teaching of phonemic awareness ! Finally teachers have access to a... MoreEvidence-Based Instruction in Reading: A Professional Development Guide to Phonemic Awareness
Learn to collaborate to assess and enhance your current comprehension practices! Literacy experts, Timot... MoreEvidence-Based Instruction in Reading: A Professional Development Guide to Phonics
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Learn to enhance your assessment and teaching of comprehension ! Finally teachers have access to a ... MoreEvidence-Based Instruction in Reading: A Professional Development Guide to Comprehension
This indispensable book shows how to incorporate independent reading into daily literacy instruction in the primary grad... MoreIndependent Reading
Literacy Strong All Year Long: Powerful Lessons for Grades K-2 equips educators of young children with engaging lessons ... MoreLiteracy Strong All Year Long: Powerful Lessons for Grades K-2
Literacy Strong All Year Long: Powerful Lessons for Grades 3–5 equips intermediate educators with engaging lessons that ... MoreLiteracy Strong All Year Long: Powerful Lessons for Grades 3-5
Fluency expert Tim Rasinski teams up with Melissa Cheesman Smith, a veteran teacher, to help teachers effectively ... MoreThe Megabook of Fluency
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