Lori Jamison Rog is a teacher by profession and by heart. In addition to 17 years as a classroom teacher, she has served as Language Arts Consultant for the Public School Board in Regina , Saskatchewan , Canada. She was responsible for professional development and curriculum implementation in 64 schools, Kindergarten to Grade 12. Lori's accomplishments as consultant included coordinating the district writing assessments, implementing a reading benchmarks assessment for Grades 1-2, introducing guided reading and six trait writing to teachers in the district, and supporting the implementation of the First Steps Reading and Writing Resources in all schools. Lori also spent two years at the Saskatchewan Department of Education (Saskatchewan Learning) to lead the development of a reading assessment for learning. This large-scale assessment is intended to be used by classroom teachers and administrators to identify reading strategy strengths and weaknesses in their students, and to plan instruction for improved learning in reading. For a full vita, click here.
In 1999, Lori was elected to the International Reading Association Board of Directors, only the ninth Canadian to serve on the board in the fifty-year history of the organization, and the only Canadian ever from a K-12 School System. (To the right, Lori is shown with her IRA Board “class”: Donna Ogle, Jeanne Paratore, and Gregg Kurek.) Today, Lori is a private educational consultant who writes professional materials for teachers, consults with school districts and speaks at conferences and other professional development events, often through Staff Development for Educators . She has presented at literacy conferences from New Zealand to Montreal and San Francisco to Dublin . The mother of one daughter who is currently studying Business Administration at the University of Victoria , Lori has also acquired three stepsons from her marriage to Paul Kropp , the author of many books for young adults. She recently re-located from her “little house on the prairie” in Regina, Saskatchewan, to an 1889 townhouse in downtown Toronto .
Lori Jamison Rog is a teacher by profession and by heart. In addition to 17 years as a classroom teacher, she has served as Language Arts Consultant for the Public School Board in Regina , Saskatchewan , Canada. She was responsible for professional development and curriculum implementation in 64 schools, Kindergarten to Grade 12. Lori's accomplishments as consultant included coordinating the district writing assessments, implementing a reading benchmarks assessment for Grades 1-2, introducing guided reading and six trait writing to teachers in the district, and supporting the implementation of the First Steps Reading and Writing Resources in all schools. Lori also spent two years at the Saskatchewan Department of Education (Saskatchewan Learning) to lead the development of a reading assessment for learning. This large-scale assessment is intended to be used by classroom teachers and administrators to identify reading strategy strengths and weaknesses in their students, and to plan instruction for improved learning in reading. For a full vita, click 
In 1999, Lori was elected to the