Creating and Launching a Course for Young Readers with Leslie Smith
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Channel: Katharyne Shelton - Tangent Templates - AI & KDP · 2018 · Education
Leslie Smith has drawn on her years of experience as a special education teacher and reading specialist to create and launch a groundbreaking online Reading Readiness course for young readers and their parents. The course, 'How To Raise a Reader - Reading Readiness Edition' teaches parents to seize the precious opportunity they have to give their children the best possible start at kindergarten. It includes detailed video classes, demonstrations, games and activities. In this interview, Katharyne and Leslie chat about the process of putting together and launching a course, Leslie's experience of transitioning from offline to online teaching... and we get personal as Leslie shares some of her best tips for raising great readers! Leslie is a member of Cultivate, Katharyne's latest class that covers course-creation, marketing and the right way to establish yourself as an online authority. She is also a special education teacher, reading specialist, and tutor. For the past 25 years she has dedicated herself to teaching reading to children of all ages and abilities, and is committed to supporting parents in raising skilled readers who love books. She has been published in the International Reading Association’s professional journal, The Reading Teacher, and was chosen Educator of the Year by the Down Syndrome Association of Orange County. Leslie is a certified Reading Recovery teacher, and in addition to her special education and regular education teaching credentials, has earned the State of California’s supplemental authorizations in the areas of English, Autism and ESL. Links: 'A Family of Readers' - https://afamilyofreaders.com/ 'Cultivate' - https://cultivate.katharyne.com
