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Are you interested in becoming a reading or literacy specialist? Or elevating your teaching skills in your own K-12 classroom? Register now for the info session for the MA in Reading Education on March 16 - tinyurl.com/rcoeinfosession

We're hiring teachers! Are you an enthusiastic and transformative teacher? Come join the App State family at the Academy at Elkin, a UNC System lab school, opening in August. Learn more and apply here - appstate.peopleadmin.com/postings/32502 @appstateelkin AppState RCOE

Dr. Ashley Pennell, presented with Watauga County Schools teachers Meghan Scott and Crystal Norris at the NCRA Conference on March 21, 2022, in Winston Salem, North Carolina. Their presentation was titled "Beyond Flashcards: Sight Word Learning that Sticks!".

A busy day in the AppState RCOE. Our Literacy Scholars & Literacy Leaders were on campus for a literacy workshop led by our incredible reading faculty. Thankful for our partnerships w Wilkes County Schools & App State Academy at Middle Fork. #BeyondLETRS UNC System #LIL @AshleyPennell11 @DeveryWard

On this last day of the semester, I’m grateful to work with these talented and thoughtful future teachers! To celebrate their last class together, students wrote hopes and wishes for one another for the summer and the professional learning ahead.

The RCOE is hosting a Teacher Resource Fair Friday, Aug. 19 from 4:00 - 5:00 pm as part of the welcome weekend! Pop on by to learn more about what is available for students, plus giveaways and free popcorn! Learn more: engage.appstate.edu/event/8158833

It’s so exciting to see @appstateelkin coming together! What an exciting year this will be!

The Reading Education program AppState RCOE is hiring two tenure-track Assistant Professors of Reading Education! Come to the beautiful mountains of Boone, NC and work with us!

We are enjoying all of the children’s books AppState RCOE future teachers are sharing during our interactive read-aloud time in RE 3030!

We had a great time supporting these wonderful Watauga County Schools K-2 teacher assistants during their literacy professional development day! AppState RCOE Kindel Turner-Nash

Starting off our time at 2023 NCRA learning how to transfer learning from LETRS to classroom practice

We had a great first day at NCRA with the AppState RCOE Literacy Scholars Kindel Turner-Nash

We’re representing AppState RCOE and headed to the NCRA opening session with dasanahanu Kindel Turner-Nash Beth Frye Morgan Blanton

I love the partnerships between Watauga County Schools & AppState RCOE. This morning, Appalachian State students delivered Letterland intervention lessons with Cove Creek School students, they followed up with a class session to reflect on and learn from their experiences. #WeAreWatauga

Preservice teachers in my LIT 3340 Science of Literacy class practiced reading aloud high-quality children’s literature. Their lessons focused on building background knowledge, exploring novel vocabulary, and supporting language comprehension. AppState RCOE

Esp important! Too many think phonics needs to include all possible graph-phon connections and all possible rules! Thanks Philipp Suchodolski

In addition to learning about the Science of Reading, these elementary education and special education are learning about the flexibility that is needed day in and day out in the life of a teacher. Here they are during the fire drill at Hardin Park AppState RCOE

We wore our costumes and festive outfits to field experience at Hardin Park today! It was a spooky day of literacy learning! 🎃 AppState RCOE

It’s been a rough start to the school year in NYC so I’m reposting this. It’s in the application where the learning sticks. I’m seeing lots of 40-min lessons where sts read and write less than 5 words. That doesn’t work. Implementing a flawed program w/ fidelity ensures failure.