Right To Read Initiative

In this episode Dr. Kathryn Garforth and Rick Moore discuss his journey. Rick is a retired bus driver. He and his wife Michelle have been married for 37 years. She still works part time as an assistant librarian for SD #61. They have just become great-grandparents and are about to become grandparents for the 4th time. Rick was born and raised in North Vancouver. His parents both grew up in West Va...

Join Dr. Kathryn Garforth and Fran Blackwood as they discuss decades of work & still no change.

In this episode Dr. Kathryn Garforth and Fran Blackwood discuss her journey as a Parent Advocate.

Join Dr. Kathryn Garforth and Linda Rhyne as they discuss her role as a Literacy Consultant. Linda Rhyne is the owner of Linda Rhyne Consulting, a company focused on helping teachers and leaders connect research to practice in a safe & supportive environment. Linda is an award-winning National Board Certified, LETRS and Orton-Gillingham trained educator with 16 years of experience in education...

Join Dr. Kathryn Garforth and Linda Rhyne as they discuss her journey. Linda Rhyne is the owner of Linda Rhyne Consulting, a company focused on helping teachers and leaders connect research to practice in a safe & supportive environment. Linda is an award-winning National Board Certified, LETRS and Orton-Gillingham trained educator with 16 years of experience in education including Charlotte-M...

Join Dr. Kathryn Garforth and Dr. Kelly Grillo the President of International Dyslexia Association Indiana (IDA, Indiana) as they discuss her thoughts about assistive technology. Dr. Kelly J. Grillo, earned her PhD at the University of Central Florida. Her research focus is the achievement of students within Inclusive STEM Environments, literacy instruction and explicit-systematic domain specific...

Join Catherine Young Morris and Dr. Kathryn Garforth for their discussion about the importance of decodable texts.   Catherine Young Morris began authoring decodable text during her daughter’s early elementary years in response to the overwhelming abundance of predictable texts for beginning readers, and underwhelming selection in decodable texts. Needless to say, her daughter could guess wit...

Join Dr. Kathryn Garforth as she speaks to Decodable book author Catherine Young Morris about her journey.   Catherine Young Morris began authoring decodable text during her daughter’s early elementary years in response to the overwhelming abundance of predictable texts for beginning readers, and underwhelming selection in decodable texts. Needless to say, her daughter could guess with the be...

Join Dr. Kathryn Garforth and Rachael Donnelly a School Psychologist and founder and co-host of the School Pysched Podcast as they speak about The Reading League.

Join Dr. Kathryn Garforth and Rachael Donnelly a School Psychologist and founder and co-host of the School Psyched Podcast as they speak about her role as a School Psychologist.

Join Dr. Kathryn Garforth and Rachael Donnelly a school psychologist and founder and co-host of the School Psyched Podcast as they speak about her journey.

Veteran educator Ms. Lynn Givens joins Dr. Kathryn Garforth to discuss things we've known for 20+ years.

Veteran educator Ms. Lynn Givens joins Dr. Kathryn Garforth to discuss her thoughts about reading.

Join Dr. Kathryn Garforth as she speaks with veteran educator Lynn Givens about her journey. Lynn Givens has spent her career supporting struggling readers, as a teacher educator and creating the Connect to Comprehension reading program.

In this episode Dr. Kathryn Garforth sits down with Dr. Shelley Blackwell to discuss Implemenation Science. 

In this episode Dr. Kathryn Garforth speaks with Dr. Shelley Blackwell about her role as a MTSS Support Specialist.

In this episode Dr. Kathryn Garforth speaks with Dr. Shelley Blackwell about her journey.

Dr. Kelly Grillo joins Dr. Kathryn Garforth to discuss her role as the Director of Special Education. She is able to use her own life exerience to help the students she advocates for. Her passion is tangible and her desire for every child to have access to a free an appropriate public education.

Dr. Kelly Grillo  joins Dr. Kathryn Garforth  to discuss her journey as a dyslexic throughout her schooling. She discussess how her experiences have impacted her career choices.

Nathaneil Hansford joins Dr. Kathryn Garforth to discuss the importance of using meta-analysis to help inform instruction. They then discuss the research behind the essential elements of reading instruction included as part of the Science of Reading.

Dr. Tim Odegard joins Dr. Kathryn Garforth to discuss how and why it can be difficult to make changes to the education ecosystem. This is an important conversation because even though there are reports and mandates in place for change already available, it takes time to make these changes.

Maureen Steltman spent years as the Head of School for a school focusing on students with learning disabilities. During her time in this role she has worked with many teachers from various backgrounds. In this episode we speak about her thoughts about teaching, teacher training and professional development opportunities.

Mathew Green is an Australian teacher who host the Art of Teaching Podcast. In this episode he and Dr. Kathryn Garforth take a deep dive into his thoughts about reading instruction.

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.