Growing Together: Conversation with Pam Allyn

Our guest this week is Pam Allyn. Pam and Erica have a conversation about literacy and how to encourage a love of literacy with our students. Pam is an author of 26 books for educators. A few of her books include, “Every Child a Super Reader'', & “Your Child’s Writing Life: How to Inspire Confidence, Creativity and Skill at Every Age”. Pam is also the founder of LitWorld and Senior Vice President of Innovation at Schoolastic Education. You can also watch a vidcast of this show here: https://youtu.be/RwkbRpqxGF0

QUESTIONS:

Q: You’ve done a lot of work incorporating social emotional learning into literacy. Can you tell us about that work and what led you to it?

Q: How do we build an inclusive environment that feels safe and empowering to all of our students?

Q: You mentioned student agency; how would you advise we build student agency?

Q: How do we help parents and teachers instill a love of literacy with our students?

Q: What is one piece of advice you would like to share with our Douglas County Community?

Hosted by Erica Mason

Director / Curriculum Instruction & Professional Growth

Douglas County School District

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