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Using Place-Based Learning as a Conduit to Disciplinary Literacy
Friday October 16, 2026 9:50am - 10:40am EDT
Room 102
This session describes our journey in supporting instructional coaches as they developed a deeper understanding of the Disciplinary Literacy Essentials through local stories, histories, and contexts. Participants will explore our approach, including values, speakers, materials, and our place-based meeting structure, designed to support coaching by centering place-based and adolescent pedagogies.
Presenters
avatar for Laura Gabrion

Laura Gabrion

Literacy Consultant, Wayne RESA
Laura Gabrion is an Literacy Consultant for Wayne RESA. In 2017, Laura defended her dissertation in Reading Education with an emphasis on improving student writing. Her current projects and interests involve disciplinary literacy, literacy coaching, family/community engagement, self... Read More →
avatar for Dr. Rosalyn Shahid

Dr. Rosalyn Shahid

Literacy Consultants, Wayne RESA
Dr. Rosalyn Shahid is a literacy consultant, an adjunct instructor, a lover of books, and a social justice advocate. She is a native Detroiter, graduate of thee Cass Technical High School, and a former Detroit high school English teacher, which grounds her work. The primary aim of... Read More →
avatar for Jeffrey Austin

Jeffrey Austin

Literacy Consultant, Wayne RESA
Since 2006, Jeffrey has been a middle school and high school classroom teacher, an instructional coach, a building-level and district-level department chair, a secondary school writing center director, a county-wide literacy consultant, a project, problem, and place-based learning... Read More →
Friday October 16, 2026 9:50am - 10:40am EDT
Room 102
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