Kathleen Seeman

Experienced reading educator, lecturer, and activist.

• Provided academic advisement and educational guidance for college and school aged learners in a lab school setting using constructive feedback, in-person facilitation, modeling, mentoring, and direct instruction.
• Created and implemented Science of Reading research based lessons, scopes and sequences, and IEP's utilizing the components of reading including: phonemic awareness, word identification, direct, systematic, multisensory phonics, vocabulary and background knowledge (using a variety of tools including leveled texts, video, and technology), fluency, comprehension, and motivation.
• Administered diagnostic reading, literacy and language assessments, worked collaboratively with SLP and OT practitioners, and grad students to pinpoint where a student's literacy journey broke down. Created successful individual student educational plans that optimized a student's strengths to build weaknesses.
• Cultivated relationships with faculty across the university campus and other university campuses as a means to educate students, educators, parents, and the public in the Science of Reading.
• Cultivated relationships with parents for complete support network.
• Lectured both educators, legislators, parents, and other stakeholders in understanding reading trauma and how to use the Science of Reading to both increase reading levels, but additionally build self esteem and change a student's inner story from a non-reader to a life-long reader.
• Conducted successful classes both in person and online.
• Established, and modeled direct systematic writing curriculum designed for students with learning disabilities including; dyslexia and dysgraphia.
• Assisted undergraduate students with lesson planning and implementation, modeling how to choose reading level appropriate texts for a variety of learner within a classroom setting.
• Used and modeled direct, multi-sensory, systematic reading and writing programs including Wilson Just Words, OG Connect to Comprehension, Writers Revolution-Hochman Method, and Reading Assist to increase students' reading levels.

• Developed goals and realistic plans for achieving each target.
• Built positive and productive relationships with teachers to drive improvements to reading programs.
• Wrote and delivered customized instruction to individual students and groups.
• Performed assessments and analyzed results to spot students in need of further help.
• Used approaches such as Wilson Just Words, Wilson Fundations to achieve dramatic results with students.
• Organized instruction material, including constructing bulletin boards and setting up work areas.
• Delivered effective and differentiated classroom instruction to range of neurodiverse students.
• Led activities that developed students' physical, emotional and social growth. as a means to reverse reading trauma from their previous learning environments.