Maureen Steltman recently retired from her role as Head of School for a private school dedicated to supporting students with learning disabilities. In this episode she speaks about what she has learned on her journey from being a parent at the school, discovering she herself was dyslexic and the various other roles she played at the school. 

Nathaniel Hansford joins Dr. Kathryn Garforth to discuss her life's journey to help you understand why she does what she does.

Mathew Green in an Australian teacher who host the Art of Teaching Podcast. In this episode he joins Dr. Kathryn Garforth to discuss his journey to teaching and how his views on reading instruction have changed over time.

Tina Eichstadt, a Speech and Language Pathologist joins Dr. Kathryn Garforth to discuss the important role Specialists can play in assessment in schools. 

Dr. Tim Odegard joins Dr. Kathryn Garforth to speak about his thoughts about reading. There conversation takes them through many important elements of how we learn to read and how to make sure we set students up for success the first time they are taught.

In this episode Lou Ellen Marlatt speaks with Dr Kathryn Garforth about the various ways we can use assessments in the classroom.

In this episode Dr. Kathryn Garforth speaks with teacher Lou Ellen Marlatt and SLP Tina Eichstadt about the different roles assessment can play at school. They  discuss things like class wide screen and when it is appropriate for more intensive one-on-one assessment.

In this *Special Episode* Nathaniel Hansford, Dr. Kathryn Garforth, Dr. Rachel Schechter and Dr. Brandi Noll get together for a round table discussion on the Science of Reading and curriculum. The discuss an article the co-wrote called A Road Map to Evidence Based Instruction in Reading and Writing Education: A Secondary Meta-analysis on the Science of Reading & Writing Instruction and what it means for classroom teaching.

Lyn Stone joins Dr. Kathryn Garforth for a fourth time to discuss her thoughts about writing. It is probably no surprise that she feels the need for systematic, explicit instruction from the start. Beginning with the sub word level, letter formation and a proper writing position and posture. 

Life Long Literacy's Lyn Stone joins Dr. Kathryn Garforth to speak about her thoughts spelling and the importance of explicit spelling instruction. They dispell the myth that the English spelling system is illogical and discuss some of the way we understand the why behind the orthography.