Jennifer Gigout

Dynamic Reading Specialist and Instructional Coach at Lakewood Elementary, adept at developing personalized literacy programs and enhancing curriculum integration. Proven ability to engage students and foster collaboration among educators. Skilled in data analysis and communication, driving student success through innovative instructional techniques and effective assessment strategies. .

• Elementary Generalist EC-4
• Reading Specialist EC-12
• ESL EC-6

• A+ Teacher, 2011
• Summa Cum Laude graduate, 2010, 2005, 2002
• Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society Member
• National Honor Society Member

• Social Studies 3-6 Engaging Strategies for Younger Social Studies Learners, 02/13/26
• Data-Driven Action Planning: DIA Reflection & Planning 3-4, 02/13/26
• Just Right Readers Digging Deeper into Small Groups, 02/13/26
• NVCI Initial Training, 02/05/26
• Annual SB3 Compliance Training, 08/18/25
• RLA 3-6 Utilizing UFLI Foundations in Intervention, 08/06/25
• RLA 3-4 Come see Tosh McGaughy - Tomball ISD STAAR Data Dig, 08/06/25
• RLA K-2 New Assessment Bundle, 08/06/25
• RLA 3-6 Building Strong Responses: Supporting All Needs in ECR (Tosh), 08/06/25
• Reading Specialists ONLY: K-2 EN and SP Classpack Library implementation, 07/28/25
• K-2 RLA: Utilizing New Assessment Bundle to Drive Instruction, 06/03/25
• K-2 RLA: New Assessment Bundle, 06/03/25
• HOUSTON COOP GT Foundational or UPDATE: Identification, 06/01/25
• Digital Learning PK-12-Genially: Your Secret Weapon for Student Engagement, 02/14/25
• RLA 3-6: ECR with Tosh McGaughy Resources, 02/14/25
• RLA K-2: Data Protocols to Utilize Star Ren, UFLI, and More!, 02/14/25
• RLA 3-4: Spring DIA ECR Next Steps, 02/14/25
• Canva's Classroom Magic: Unleashing Creativity with AI, 08/07/24
• Typing.com, 08/07/24
• Increasing Engagement in the Literacy Classroom, 08/07/24
• GT K-12: Creativity and Instructional Strategies for Gifted Students, 07/01/24
• Leadership Partners at Rice University - Dr. Anthony Muhammad: The Way Forward: Creating a Positive School Culture and Refined PLCs in the Post-Pandem, 06/13/24
• RLA Curriculum Revisions Committee, 05/30/24
• N2 Learning Teacher Leadership Institute Cohort 1, 05/29/24
• N2 Learning Teacher Leadership Institute Cohort 1, 03/20/24
• N2 Learning Teacher Leadership Institute Cohort 1, 02/16/24
• RBL Cohort 3 Raising Blended Learners- Assessment and Data Driven Instruction, 01/04/24
• N2 Learning Teacher Leadership Institute Cohort 1, 11/07/23
• Special Services: NVCI Initial, 10/24/23
• RLA 2-6 Utilizing Common Formative Assessments to Drive Mastery for ALL, 08/09/23
• Digital Learning PK-12 Teachers/Campus Specialists/Administrators: The New Look to Eduphoria Aware, 08/09/23
• Digital Learning RBL Cohort 3 Teachers: Raising Blended Learnings Cohort #3 - The Student Experience, 08/09/23
• N2 Learning Teacher Leadership Institute Cohort 1, 08/03/23
• Activate Blended Learning, 06/14/23
• ELA K-2: Introduction to UFLI, 06/07/23
• GT K-12: Creative Instructional Strategies, 06/01/23
• Responding to Reading, 02/17/23
• Reading Mini Lesson Grades K-2, 02/17/23
• R.A.C.E (Short Constructed), 02/17/23
• Room Transformations 101, 02/17/23
• Going Deeper with Instructional Coaching for Directors and EB/Math/Reading Campus and Content Specialists, 09/27/22
• Instructional Playbook Training for Principals and EB/Math/Reading Specialists, 09/26/22
• Creating Assessments in Eduphoria (K-5 Teachers), 08/10/22
• Conferring with Writers (K-2), 08/10/22
• Running Records (K-6), 08/10/22
• Conferring with Readers (3-6), 08/10/22
• Reading Specialist Launch for 22-23 School Year, 07/28/22
• Building Fluency in the Intermediate Classroom, 06/14/22
• Explicit Instruction through Shared Reading, 06/06/22
• TISD English Phonics Progression Committee, 05/20/22
• Better Conversations - The Impact Cycle, 03/04/22
• Running Records Done, Now What?, 02/18/22
• Lexia Look Fors, 02/18/22
• How to Make the Magic Happen in Small Groups!, 02/18/22
• Running Records Done, Now What? - AM #2, 02/18/22
• The Impact Cycle Workshop, 01/31/22
• Solution Tree Campus Professional Learning LES, 08/13/21
• High Quality Literacy Instruction in Tomball ISD in K-2 ELAR classrooms, 08/11/21
• Providing a strong instructional program for students with Dyslexia~ What do my students need and how do I support them?, 08/11/21
• High Quality Literacy Instruction in Tomball ISD in 3-6 ELAR classrooms, 08/11/21
• Compliance Courses for All Teachers Part 2 2021-2022, 08/02/21
• Teach Less, Learn More, 08/02/21
• Compliance Courses for All Teachers 2021 - 2022, 07/27/21
• Reading Specialist Boot Camp ~ The 'Make and Take' for Coaching and Campus PD, 06/17/21
• Next Generation Reading: Do Less & Get More, 06/10/21
• Texas Reading Academies 2020-2021 Cohort, 06/10/21
• Do You Hear What I Hear? Building Phonemic Awareness in Early Childhood, 06/09/21
• Using Picture Books to Teach Social and Emotional Skills, 06/09/21
• Seidlitz - Sheltered Instruction in Texas and Coaching Strategies, 11/13/20
• Extending Virtual Learning- Creating online Formative Assessments- Webinar, 08/24/20
• What Is Dyslexia?, 08/24/20
• Extending Virtual Learning- Designing Learning Units Webinar, 08/17/20
• F2F Teachers- Foundations of Blended Learning - Elementary campuses, 08/17/20
• TVS Teachers- Foundations of Virtual Learning, 08/13/20
• Getting Started with Schoology self-paced course, 08/11/20
• GT Update Online: Practical Applications of the Basics (EXCHANGE), 06/16/20
• The Blended Digital Classroom: Employing Group and Individual Station Rotation Strategies Gr. PK-6, 06/08/20
• The Blended Digital Classroom: Employing the Flipped Learning and Whole Group Rotation Models, 06/01/20
• Grades 3-6 Climbing the Text Complexity Ladder, 02/14/20
• Destiny Collections, 02/14/20
• Grades 3-6 Academic Discourse and Accountable Talk, 02/14/20
• MYON training, 11/21/19
• The Future of Assessment in Texas: Multiple Days, Sections, and Formats, 08/14/19
• The Reading/Writing Connection, 08/14/19
• Getting Acquainted with Handwriting Without Tears (cursive grades 2-5), 08/14/19
• Getting Acquainted with HMH ELA Resources grades K-5, 08/14/19
• Great Expectations Institute, Methodology III, 07/22/19
• Grit in the Classroom: Building Perseverance for Excellence in Today's Students., 07/17/19
• Letters Don't Dance! Understanding the True Characteristics of Dyslexia, 02/15/19
• I Love This Stuff! Words Their Way for Intermediate and Advanced Users, 02/15/19
• They Scored this a What? Developing Writers Through Effective Practice, PART 2, 02/15/19
• They Scored This a What? Calibrating Writing Samples and Building a Plan of Action, PART 1, 02/15/19
• 4th Grade District Writing Collaborative, 12/13/18
• Dyslexia - Word Study 1 & 2, 09/20/18
• Technology and the 21st Century Learner in the Social Studies Classroom, 08/15/18
• Investigate the revised 3-4 SS Curriculum, 08/15/18
• Behavior Targets for Learning, 08/15/18
• Seidlitz - Sheltered Instruction in Texas, 08/14/18
• Formative Feedback Tools, 06/21/18
• Tools of the Trade: Tech for the GT Classroom, 06/12/18
• The PROMISE: The Key to Expository Writing (Grade 2, 3 & 4), 02/16/18
• Making Meaning through the 'Patterns of Power' in Grammar and Conventions, 02/16/18
• 21st Century Learning Academy: Extending Learning Beyond the Classroom, 02/16/18
• Calibrating the 4th Grade Writing Essay, 02/09/18
• IEP Guarantee, 02/08/18
• Part 3: 21st Century Learning Academy (2017-18) Increasing Rigor, 01/08/18
• The Bridge from Writers Workshop to STAAREmbedding Revising and Editing Skills, 10/17/17
• PLC and CFA's, 10/10/17
• 30 Hour Foundation Training, 09/25/17
• 3rd-4th Grade Writing Collection, 08/16/17
• 2nd-4th Grade Curriculum Revisions, 08/16/17
• K-4 New Social Studies Curriculum, 08/16/17
• Great Expectations Institute, Advanced (Y2), Exchange Day, 07/24/17
• Identification and Assessment of Gifted/Talented Students, 07/19/17
• 21st Century Learning Academy Grades 3-6, 06/21/17
• K-2 Authentic Processing in Elementary Social Studies...using TCM Resources!, 02/17/17
• Craft Lessons: Using Mentor Texts in the Writer's Workshop, 02/17/17
• Invitation to Notice: Teaching Grammar in the Workshop Model, 02/17/17
• Investigating and Designing Investigations K - 2, 02/17/17
• Writers Workshop in the Elementary Classroom, 09/20/16
• Strategy Lessonsthe OTHER Small Group Instruction K-4, 08/17/16
• Word Study within the TISD Literacy Framework K-3, 08/17/16
• Studies Weekly, Grades K-4, 08/17/16
• Making 5-E Model Easy - Part 1, 08/17/16
• Social and Emotional Needs of Gifted/Talented Students Online, 07/28/16
• Great Expectations Institute, Methodology, 07/25/16
• Differentiation: Simplified, Realistic and Effective, 07/22/16
• When Gifted Kids Don't Have All the Answers, 07/06/16
• G/T Curriculum and Instruction: Creative and Critical Thinking, 06/30/16
• Exploring and Planning for the New Elementary Language Arts Curriculum in Grade 2, Exchange Day, 06/22/16
• Nature and Needs of Gifted/Talented Students Online, 06/15/16
• Word Study Institute, Grades K-2, Exchange Day, 06/14/16
• 2016 NEW Math & LA Curriculum Implementation, 05/02/16
• 2016 LA & Math Curriculum Rep Training, 04/05/16
• Guided Reading using the Continuum of Literacy Learning Grades K-2, 02/12/16
• It's All About Expository Text! Planning, Writing, and Presenting in Google Slides, 02/12/16
• Jennifer Serravallo's Reading Strategies, 02/12/16
• ELA Effective Literature Circles, 02/12/16
• 1st Nine Weeks of 2nd Grade Math, 08/18/15
• New 2nd Grade Social Studies MaterialsTeacher Created Materials, 08/18/15
• Small Group and Individualized Instruction that Works! Grades K-2, 08/18/15
• Fountas & Pinnell Benchmark Assessment System, Grades K-2, 08/18/15
• Literacy Institute, 07/27/15
• Edlio Website Training, 06/25/15
• Teacher Access Center (Gradebook) Training, 06/17/15
• Right Writing: Units of Study as our Map for Connecting the Breadth of Writing, 06/15/15
• Creating Your Edlio Teacher Website, 04/28/15
• Teaching word work within the Reading/Writing Workshop Grades K-2 (1.5), 02/16/15
• Make Guided Math your Superpower! Grades K-3 (1.5), 02/16/15
• TELPAS Calibration Grades 2-6 (3), 02/16/15
• Readers and Writers Workshop, 02/11/15
• PK-2 Math - Curriculum and Field Guide Review, 08/19/14
• Grades 1 & 2 ELA Curriculum Overview - District Training, 08/19/14
• Pearson Publisher Training, 08/04/14
• Guided Reading K-4, 08/07/13
• Building An Effective Primary Workshop, 08/01/13
• First Grade - Origo Big Books, 01/21/13
• Integrated Pest Management, 12/14/12
• HAZCOM Training, 10/15/12
• Grade 1 - Reviewing the New ELA Curriculum and Assessments for Literacy, 08/21/12
• Forethought Training, 08/06/12
• Google Apps for Tomball Schools, 01/02/12
• ESL training for REACH K-5th Grade, 11/07/11
• Developing Computational Fluency for Grade 1, 10/10/11
• 1st Grade - Writing Short Stories at the Primary Level, 10/10/11
• New Textbook Overview Spelling-Grade 1, 08/16/11
• AIMSweb, RTI, Aware, 08/15/11
• Preventing Injuries, 08/12/11
• Google Docs, 08/02/11
• SMARTer Learning Program Session III: 2010 Recipients, 07/26/11
• K - 5 Reading Institute, 06/21/11
• Using The Lucy Calkins Writing Approach, 08/12/10
• Working With Students Struggling With Math Facts, 07/28/10
• SMARTer Learning Summer Program 2010, 07/23/10
• Elementary Reading Textbook Training, 06/11/10
• Beginner Airliner Training, 09/30/09

• Certified in Elementary (EC-4), ESL, and Reading Specialist.
• Hold GT hours and certification (30 original hours + 6 hours required each year).
• Trained in Reading By Design.
• Trained in Jim Knight Coaching Cycle.
• Trained in the Solution Tree PLC Process.
• Experienced in training teachers by presenting at professional developments focussed on reading, writing, and curriculum.
• Experienced in working with students with dyslexia through word work focusing on the six syllable types.
• Experienced in collaborating with others to provide for the needs of all students through the PLC process.
• Experienced in mentoring teachers.
• Specializes in research based instruction with an emphasis on differentiated instruction including students with disabilities, English language learners, and academically at-risk.
• Utilizes targeted small group instruction within the classroom including guided reading groups and strategy groups.
• Experienced in writing curriculum.
• Focuses on the overall child through teaching Sunday school and VBS.
• Actively collects data on student progress and learning using Core Phonics, Fontas and Pinell, Teacher's College, Ren Learning, CBAs, as well as formal and informal teacher-made assessments.
• Actively uses data collected to drive instruction.
• Scores and rates ESL students in the areas of listening, speaking, reading, and writing according to TELPAS.