2011 National Reading Recovery &

K-6 Classroom Literacy Conference

February 5-8  ●  Columbus, Ohio

Preconference Presenter Biographies
 

Mary Fried
Mary Fried is an author and a trainer of teacher leaders in the Reading Recovery Center at The Ohio State University. She was trained by Marie Clay and Barbara Watson during the original 1984-1985 pilot study of Reading Recovery in the USA and has been actively engaged teaching, presenting, conducting research, and writing about Reading Recovery for over twenty-five years. Mary is also a trainer for Literacy Collaborative and the Principal’s Academy for Leadership. She served as the editor and an author of children’s stories for the “Keep Book Program” at Ohio State. In recent years Mary and her colleagues at Ohio State have focused efforts and research on ‘Vintage’ sites in Ohio, teaching Literacy Lessons to Intervention Specialists and working with students and teachers in ESL programs.
 

Betsy Kaye
Dr. Kaye has been an educator for more than 20 years, working as a special education teacher, classroom teacher, and Reading Recovery teacher before completing her Ph.D. and becoming a trainer for Texas Woman's University. She currently serves on the RRCNA Board of Directors and the Executive Committee of the North American Trainer Group. Her publications include articles about second graders' reading behaviors, early intervention, and word analysis in Reading Recovery lessons.

Lea McGee
Lea McGee’s leadership is broad-based and relates both to the Reading Recovery program, and more generally to early literacy. Dr. McGee brings scholarly strength in both of these directions. Her background and extensive experience in language education, curriculum and instruction, literacy in preschool settings and Head Start programs brings the intersection of interests and abilities needed in the person in this role. She has a strong record of research productivity, national leadership, and practical work in schools with both children and teachers. She has published 5 books (one in four editions), 17 book chapters, and more than three dozen journal articles.

Cynthia Rodríguez

Dr. Cynthia Rodríguez is a lecturer in Department of Reading at Texas Woman’s University. She has been a trainer for Reading Recovery and Descubriendo la Lectura since 2005. Her previous roles include RR/DLL teacher leader and a bilingual/ESL classroom teacher. Her research interests include early intervention for bilingual students and English language learners literacy development. She has recently completed editing the RRCNA published book, Achieving Literacy Success with English language learners: Insights, Assessment, and Instruction.