Let's Talk, Teacher to Teacher With Dr. Gina Pepin
Welcome to the Let’s Talk, Teacher to Teacher podcast. My name is Dr. Gina Pepin - and I am so happy to meet you. I am a mom, teacher, professor, supervisor for teacher candidates, a reading specialist and a whole lot more! I am the 2023-2024 Region 1 Michigan Teacher of the Year and State Finalist - and also served in this role as part of the very first group of Regional Teachers/State Finalists of the Year in 2018-2019. But what I want you to know the most about me is… I have a great passion for early literacy and teacher preparation and the thing I am most proud of is of course our children… but my once in a lifetime chance to become a co-author, along with the extremely talented children’s author - Eric Litwin ! Together… we wrote: The Power of Joyful Reading: Help Your Young Readers Soar to Success. You can learn more about me - my experiences, how to hire me to speak at your workshops, schools, teacher programs etc… at www.ginapepin.com
I offer you practical make and takes - easy tips along with real life shared stories - so that you can easily create joyful shared reading experiences and other amazing strategies and approaches in your classroom, daycare centers, and homes right away.
I am here to help you make powerful changes - Let’s do this together.
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Let's Talk, Teacher to Teacher With Dr. Gina Pepin
Secondary Application - The Joyful Reading Approach
Even though students may begin with strong early literacy skills - these skills do not automatically develop into complex skills that enable students to read proficiently specialized and sophisticated reading of literacy, science, history, and mathematics because students at the secondary level are still learning to read! Learn practical - fun, engaging, and joyful strategies and activities to incorporate at the secondary level! Check out more at www.ginapepin.com
(perle et al 2005; shanahan 2008 p. 43).
Free PDF 10 Easy Ways to Use the Joyful Reading Approach at the Secondary Level:
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