Speaking Topics
- Engagement and independent reading
- Feedback that considers the whole child and moves readers and/or writers forward
- A three-part cycle of reading conferring
- Connecting reading identity, independent reading, and conferring
- Intensive studies of best practices within independent reading, reading conferring, and the read-aloud
Speaker Profile
Hannah Schneewind has been a teacher, staff developer, curriculum writer, keynote speaker, and national literacy consultant. She brings with her over 25 years of experience in the education world. Hannah's interest in student and teacher agency and her belief in the power of books informs her work with schools.
Hannah began her career as a first-grade teacher at P.S. 321 in Brooklyn, New York, and her classroom was used as a model classroom for teachers around the city and country. The trust the administrators placed in her along with the culture of collaboration in the school formed her beliefs in the power and possibilities of schools.
With Jennifer Scoggin, Hannah is the coauthor of Trusting Readers: Powerful Practices for Independent Reading and the cocreator of Trusting Readers, a group dedicated to collaborating with teachers to design literacy opportunities that invite all students to be engaged and to thrive as readers and writers.
You can connect with Hannah and Jen on Twitter @trustingreaders.
Grades: K–5
