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Narrowing the Language Gap: - Center on Teaching and Learning ...

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ABOUT THE AUTHORSDr. Kate Kinsella is a teacher educator in <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>Department of Sec<strong>on</strong>dary Educati<strong>on</strong> at San FranciscoState University. She addresses academic language <strong>and</strong>literacy development in linguistically <strong>and</strong> culturallydiverse classrooms. She also teaches adolescentEnglish-language learners through <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> University’s Stepto College Program. She publishes <strong>and</strong> provides trainingnati<strong>on</strong>ally, sharing resp<strong>on</strong>sible instructi<strong>on</strong>al practicesthat provide sec<strong>on</strong>d language learners <strong>and</strong> lessproficientreaders in Grades 4–12 with <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> language <strong>and</strong>literacy skills vital to educati<strong>on</strong>al mobility.WILHELMPHOTO TKDr. Kinsella is co-author of Scholastic’s interventi<strong>on</strong>program, READ 180. She is <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> program c<strong>on</strong>sultant for Reading in <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> C<strong>on</strong>tent Areas:Strategies for Reading Success, published by Globe Fear<strong>on</strong>/Pears<strong>on</strong> <strong>Learning</strong>, <strong>and</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> leadc<strong>on</strong>sultant for <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> 2002 Prentice Hall sec<strong>on</strong>dary language arts series Timeless Voices:Timeless Themes.She is <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> 2002 recipient of <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> prestigious Marcus Foster MemorialReading Award, offered to an educator who has made a significant statewide impact <strong>on</strong>literacy in California.Dr. Kevin Feldman is <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> Director of Reading <strong>and</strong>Early Interventi<strong>on</strong> with <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> S<strong>on</strong>oma County Office ofEducati<strong>on</strong> (SCOE). He develops, organizes, <strong>and</strong>m<strong>on</strong>itors programs related to K–12 literacy <strong>and</strong>preventi<strong>on</strong> of reading difficulties. He also serves as aLeadership Team C<strong>on</strong>sultant to <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> California Reading<strong>and</strong> Literature Project <strong>and</strong> assists in <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> development<strong>and</strong> implementati<strong>on</strong> of PreK–12 programs throughoutCalifornia <strong>and</strong> across <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> nati<strong>on</strong>.Dr.Feldman’s primary focus is <strong>on</strong> literacy. His majorc<strong>on</strong>tributi<strong>on</strong>s are in <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> areas of assisting strugglingreaders, preventing reading failure, linking assessmentto instructi<strong>on</strong>, developing school-wide reading supportmodels, differentiating instructi<strong>on</strong> to meet <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> full range of learners, <strong>and</strong>accommodating <strong>and</strong> accelerating EL/Special Educati<strong>on</strong> <strong>and</strong> o<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>r high risk students.Dr.Feldman serves as a c<strong>on</strong>sultant to <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> California Reading & Literature Project,PreK–12; CalSTAT Statewide Special Educati<strong>on</strong> Reform Project; <strong>and</strong> a number ofpublishers <strong>and</strong> literacy organizati<strong>on</strong>s.Dr.Feldman recently co-authored <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> California Special Educati<strong>on</strong> Reading Task ForceReport.He has taught for 19 years at <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> university level in Special Educati<strong>on</strong><strong>and</strong> Masters’ level programs for University of California, Riverside <strong>and</strong> S<strong>on</strong>oma StateUniversity. To learn more about Dr. Feldman’s work, please visit <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> SCOE Web site(www.scoe.org) <strong>and</strong> click <strong>on</strong> The Reading Corner.13

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