Teaching Reading and Learning The Reading League Podcast- Episode 1 Interview w Dr Louisa Moats

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01 Nov 2020

The podcast focused on elevating important contributions to the educational community with the goal of inspiring teachers informing practice and celebrating those people in the community who have influenced teaching and literacy to the betterment of children The podcast features people whose life stories are simply compelling and rich in ways that are instructive to us all The podcast will focus on literacy as we know it reading and writing but will also connect to other literacies that impact children s learning for example emotional physical and social literacies as they apply to teachers and children Episode Summary Dr Louisa Moats is a renowned teacher psychologist researcher and author In this episode she talks about her beginnings in the field why there are still barriers to translating evidence to teaching practice the essential next steps we need to take to ensure all teachers can teach all kids to read and her greatest hopes for the teachers and children of this country Description Dr Louisa Moats is truly one of the trailblazers in the field of education science but did you know her humble beginnings included a degree in music Louisa came into the profession in a fascinating way at a time when the term dyslexia was considered quackery Although she earned a graduate degree as one of the first learning disabilities teachers in the United States she states that she really didn t know how to teach This early realization has led her to focus her work on better preparing teachers to meet the demands of the classroom and to advocate for research-based instruction for all children In this frank and honest discussion you ll hear Dr Moats s reflections on her background and those people who most influenced her work You ll hear her thoughts about the state of where we are in literacy achievement in this country the barriers to advancing the evidence base into practice and directions we can take to get it right Guest Bio Dr Moats has been a teacher psychologist researcher graduate school faculty member and author of many influential scientific journal articles books and policy papers on the topics of reading spelling language and teacher preparation After her first job as a neuropsychology technician she became a teacher of students with learning and reading difficulties earning her Master's degree at Peabody College of Vanderbilt Later after realizing how little she understood about teaching she earned a doctorate in Reading and Human Development from the Harvard Graduate School of Education Dr Moats spent the next fifteen years in private practice as a licensed psychologist in Vermont specializing in evaluation and consultation with individuals of all ages and walks of life who experienced reading writing and language difficulties At that time she trained psychology interns in the Dartmouth Medical School Department of Psychiatry Dr Moats spent one year as the resident expert for the California Reading Initiative four years as site director of the NICHD Early Interventions Project in Washington DC and ten years as research advisor and consultant with Sopris Learning Dr Moats was a contributing writer to the Common Core State Standards In addition to the LETRS professional development series Dr Moats books include Speech to Print Language Essentials for Teachers Spelling Development Disability and Instruction Straight Talk About Reading with Susan Hall and Basic Facts about Dyslexia To learn more about this podcast go to a https 3A 2F 2Fwww thereadingleague org 2Fteaching-reading-and-learning-the-podcast 2F a