Show Notes
Welcome to Season 4 of The Book Love Foundation Podcast! And thank you for joining us in this celebration of teaching and the joy of learning.
In this episode, Julia Torres interviews Chad Everett on his work leading literacy efforts in a large middle school.
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Season 4 Episode 1 Show NotesBringing a variety of professional experiences into the realm of education, Chad Everett is a self-proclaimed literacy and technology geek. His knowledge of effective technology practices to enhance student learning coupled with his passion for literacy makes him a significant resource in the school districts with which he works.
A strong believer in the power of collaboration and the power of technology to expand learning communities, Chad cofounded
#MSedchat, Mississippi’s education Twitter chat.
Chad holds a degree from the University of Memphis and is currently completing a Masters degree in Educational Administration and Supervision from the University of Southern Mississippi. He is a former instructional technology specialist and now works in the area of student discipline, examining the power of restorative discipline practices to transform the student discipline process.
A frequent professional development leader and conference presenter, Chad spreads a love and enthusiasm for learning and the role technology plays in literacy instruction. Additionally, he works with community adult literacy organizations, believing the change needed to transform education extends beyond the school’s walls.
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What is The Book Love Foundation Podcast?
Celebrate teachers and a joy of reading with The Book Love Foundation Podcast. Hosts Penny Kittle and Julia Torres and their guests help teachers develop a love of reading in their students. It is a show filled with information, inspiration, and book love.
The show focuses on the value of reading in a student s life when that child has access to books and skilled teachers who are committed to rich and rewarding reading lives for their students.
The show helps teachers learn to foster a love of reading by using book choice and independent reading to help a student s reading increase in volume, engagement, and complexity.
Teachers will learn from Penny Kittle, Julia Torres, past Book Love Foundation Award recipients, and Book Love Foundation friends like Donalyn Miller, Teri Lesesne, Kylene Beers, Tom Newkirk, and Kelly Gallagher and others as they share thinking and strategies around book love that they use in their own teaching.
Conversations cover classroom topics like book choice, independent reading, access to books, conferring, teacher collaboration, classroom libraries, reading workshop, that help teachers put reading at the center of their teaching.
The Book Love Foundation has one goal: to put books into the classrooms of teachers of teenagers. The Teacher Learning Sessions is honored to work on with Penny Kittle and Julia Torres to help the foundation meet that goal.