Demos / Coachings
“When Lori offered a series of workshops and demo lessons on balanced literacy and reciprocal teaching in my district one year, the response from teachers was overwhelming! Lori’s sessions were so popular and well-received that the district brought her in for two more years!”
— Audrey Fong Educational Consultant, Former Director of Elementary Curriculum
Lori provides demonstration lessons in the classroom live or virtually.
•Lessons include collaborative planning and lesson sharing in grade-level teams.
•The coaching model for reciprocal teaching includes foundations that help educators take lessons from good to great.
Coaching Foundations
Think Alouds
Scaffolding
Cooperative Learning
Metacognition
“Lori is an extremely dynamic presenter. She reinvigorated our teaching of reading comprehension from the early years to high school.”
— Carol Hryniuk-Adamov, Certified Reading Clinician, Canada
Partial Client List
International Literacy Association Conference
ASCD Empower Conference
Choctaw Nation Durant, Oklahoma (300 teachers in sessions)
Greater Reading Council of Winnipeg, Manitoba (420 teachers in all-day session)
Delta School District British Columbia (350 teachers all-day session)
California Reading Association ( lunch keynote 300)
International Literacy Association Session
Read to Me International ( Hawaii, keynote for parents/educators)
Region 7 Kilgore, Texas ( all day 300)
Paradise Schools, Paradise, California
St. Felicitas Catholic School San Leandro California
Vista Heights Middle School Moreno Valley, California
Stephan Manor School Vallejo, California
OB Gates Elementary Chesterfield, Virginia
Winnemucca Schools Winnemucca, Nevada
Arkansas State Reading Association
Louisana State Reading Association
Colorado State Reading Association
Maryland State Reading Association
Oregon State Reading Association
Michigan State Reading Association
Virginia State Reading Association
Utah State Reading Association
California State Reading Association
Kentucky State Reading Association
"Lori is gifted when it comes to working with teachers and students alike, her charisma, high energy and unique way of communicating, inspires all she comes in contact with. We made great gains at our schools, thanks to Lori’s books. We used "Reciprocal Teaching at Work" as the text for professional learning communities in five schools. All five of the schools were on the state list for not making AYP. After two years all five schools successfully made AYP and attributed a large part of that success to the implementation of the strategies. I have one inner city school that increased scores almost 20 points. Middle school content teachers changed instruction to include comprehension instruction with dramatic results. Lori is making a difference!"
— Cathy Bailey, Literacy Consultant Downingtown PA
“Our regional teachers in Ohio learned from Lori, implemented in classrooms, and documented the impact!”
— Ginna Griffith Fall, M.Ed. Ohio State Support Team Region 1
“Lori’s enthusiasm, people skills, knowledge of reading best practices, and constant work in classrooms make her an EXCELLENT instructional leader!”
— Mary Jo Barker, Reading Specialist, Missouri
Professional Development
All topics available as live, virtual trainings, or blended approach
keynote or featured speaker session
workshops- one hour to half day
day-long workshop or series of in-depth trainings
demonstration lessons/coaching with grade level teams
administrator trainings
parent workshops