Your Reading Consultants are available for support, however, Heartland has many other helpful and knowledgeable folks in reading. Sometimes it is difficult to know who to contact! Maybe this will help. To contact personnel listed below by phone, please dial (515) 270-0405 or (800) 255-0405 and the extension listed, to email, simply click on the name. Brenda Royer, Secretary of Curriculum and Instruction (ext. 14671) can help if you aren’t sure whom to contact.
Specialized Reading Support
Core Reading, Administrative issues and general Curriculum and Instruction assistance, contact:
Assistant Director of Curriculum and Instruction (ext. 14372)
Instructional Decision Making (IDM) and other professional development support, contact:
Wendy Robinson, Assistant Director of Learning Development (ext. 14548)
Individual students with intensive instructional needs, Direct Instruction programs or materials and SIM Learning Strategies, contact:
Tim Blakeslee, Professional Learning and Leadership Consultant (PLLC) and Reading Assistance for Students and Educators (RASE) Team member (ext.4341) or Kristin Orton, PLLC
Gifted and Talented, contact:
Mary Schmidt, Gifted Education Consultant (ext. 14375)
English as a Second Language, contact:
Stephaney Jones-Vo, ESL/Diversity Consultant (ext. 14680)
Pat Latham, ESL/Diversity Consultant (ext. 14680)
Or check out this link: Heartland ESL
Reading Recovery
Reading Recovery is a highly effective short-term intervention of one-to-one tutoring for low-achieving first graders. The goal of Reading Recovery is to dramatically reduce the number of first-grade students who have extreme difficulty learning to read and write and to reduce the cost of these learners to educational systems.
Geri Jacobs, Reading Recovery Teacher Leader (515-669-0929)
Susan Hayes, Reading Recovery Teacher Leader (515-669-6761)
Reading Recovery Council of North America
(http://www.readingrecovery.com/index.asp)
Download Heartland AEA's Reading Recovery Site Report
Library Services
Heartland's library has an amazing staff of helpful professionals, whether you need reference information, professional materials, children and young adult books or online tools, they are here to help you!
Susan Schrader, Coordinator of Reference and Professional Library (ext. 14332)
Michelle Richardson, Instructional Materials Consultant (ext. 14522)
Judy Walahoski, Professional Library Clerk (ext. 14323)
Lisa Lumbard, Children's & Young Adult Library Clerk (ext. 14518)
Last updated August 2008
