Right To Read Initiative

Kathryn Hayes-Waldhuber is a teacher from Ontario. She speaks to Dr. Kathryn Garforth about how the various roles she has had as a teacher have lead her to the Science of Reading.

Sara Peden joins us to discuss recommendations made in the Ontario Human Rights Commission's #RightToRead Inquiry regarding the assessment and identification of students at risk for reading failure and those with dyslexia.

Josh King joins us to discuss how he embeds literacy intruction across the curriculum in his intermediate classroom.

Dr. Nathaniel Swain joins us to discuss what literacy instruction looks like inside of his classroom. It was fascinating to learn more about a SLP's approach to phonics instruction in the first year of formal reading instruction.

Dr. Linda Siegel provides us with an insights into effective reading interventions. Discussing what she has learned from her decades of research in the field of reading and learning disabilities.

Ontario teacher Josh King, joins Dr. Kathryn Garforth to speak about his teaching journey and how he realized that even as a science and math teacher he would have to include reading instruction as part of his lessons.

Dr. Linda Siegel, a Professor Emeritus from the University of British Columbia joins Dr. Kathryn Garforth to discuss her thoughts about the assessment and identification of students at risk for reading failure and those with specific learning disorder such as dyslexia.

Dr. Linda Siegel joins Dr. Kathryn Garforth to discuss her journey as a researcher in the field of reading instruction and learning disablitlies. Did you know that she started as a student studying primates?

Corina Fitznar is a Secondary Coordinator of Instruction and in this episode she speaks to Dr. Kathryn Garforth about this role and her favourite resources for improve the reading outcomes of student in middle and high school

Literacy Coordinator Lisa Hermant joins Dr. Kathryn Garforth to discuss her role and some of her favoritre resources for reading instruction and intervention.

Corina Fitznar joins Dr. Kathryn Garforth to discuss her journey to the Science of Reading.

Lisa Hermant, a Literacy Coordinator on Vancouver Island, joins Dr. Kathryn Gaforth to discuss her journey to the Science of Reading and how it has impacted her role as a literacy coordinator.

Dr. Erin Schryer joins Dr. Kathryn Garforth to discuss how we could improve early childhood education practices for every child if we follow the reading research.

Dr. Erin Schryer, CEO of Origins Natural Learning Childcare joins Dr. Kathryn Garforth to discuss how she use science informed instructional practices for early literacy skills in her Early Childhood Learning Centres.

Dr. Carolyn Strom joins Dr. Kathryn Garforth for a candid conversation about how the Recommendations from OHRC's Right To Read Public Inquiry follow what science tells us about how the brain learns to read.

Dr. Erin Schryer, the owner of Origins Natural Learning Childcare joins Dr. Kathryn Garforth to discuss her journey to the Science of Reading.

Shawna Wood, a grade 1 and 2 teacher takes us inside her classroom to show us the ways she uses the Science of Reading to inform her teaching.

Dr. Matthew Kierstead joins Dr. Kathryn Garforth to discuss how as a principal, he supports his staff with Structured Literacy and his advice for other principals looking to do the same.

Shawna Wood joins Dr. Kathryn Garforth to discuss her journey to the Science of Reading.

Nathaniel Hansford of Pedagogy Non Grata joins Dr. Kathryn Garforth to discuss the role morphological awareness can play in literacy instruction.

Dr. Matthew Kierstead, a elementary school principal in Alberta, discusses his journey to the Science of Reading.

Alicia Smith, the president of the IDA-Ontario joins Dr. Kathryn Garforth to discuss what she feels are the best next steps for those wanting to follow the recommendations for the OHRC's #RightToRead Public Inquiry.

Nathaniel Hansford from Pedagogy Non Grata takes Dr. Kathryn Garforth through meta-analyses about Phonemic Awareness instruction.

The IDA-Ontario President, Alicia Smith joins Dr. Kathryn Garforth to discuss the changes she has seen so far in response to the OHRC's Right To Read Public Inquiry.

Judy Boksner shows Dr. Kathryn Garforth some of her favourite tools for supporting students' reading development in the classroom and as interventions.