Speaker Bio
Kylene Beers, author of When Kids Can’t Read/What Teachers Can Do (Heinemann, 2002), is interested in helping struggling readers. The Senior Reading Advisor to Secondary Schools for the Reading and Writing Project at Teachers College, Kylene has published numerous articles in state and national journals, served as editor of the national literacy journal, Voices from the Middle, and was the 2008-2009 President of the National Council of Teachers of English. She is an invited speaker at state, national, and international conventions and works with teachers in elementary, middle, and high schools across the US. You can follow Kylene on Twitter or Facebook or her blog at KyleneBeers.com. She is completing a new book, co-authored with Bob Probst, titled Notice and Note: Essential Strategies for Deepening Understanding of Literary Texts which will be published by Heinemann in 2012.
Grades: 6 - 12
Professional Development
