Description:

As school leaders grapple with the sweeping changes across the country to make changes to literacy instruction based on the science of reading, they must be sure to understand the implementation of these changes. The reality is - there is no quick and easy solution. This is not an issue solved by just buying a new curriculum, or by simply sending all of your teachers to a science of reading training. This is a systems issue that involves leadership at multiple levels. While the teachers provide the instruction and use the curriculum, leaders must work across a school and district to overhaul their systems with assessment, screeners, data use, schedules, interventions, personnel - and long standing beliefs about how we learn to read. Join Brent Conway, an Assistant Superintendent and former Principal, as he reviews some of the leadership aspects related to systems that drive the successful implementation of a tiered literacy approach based on the science of reading.

Presenter Bio:

Brent Conway is an educational leader with nearly 25 years of experience in the field. He has been a classroom teacher, worked in higher education, has been a special education leader, building administrator and is currently the Assistant Superintendent for the Pentucket Regional School District in West Newbury, MA. As a Principal, Brent led Lincoln Elementary School in Melrose, MA to achieve a National Blue Ribbon School designation for closing achievement gaps. As the Assistant Superintendent in Pentucket, he leads efforts in the district, across the state of MA and the country to implement evidence-based literacy instruction. In addition to being a national leader and speaker for literacy, he has built opportunities for advanced coursework for high school students in science, engineering and math pathways. Brent is also a doctoral student in the Education Leadership program at The University of Southern Mississippi.