Lori Jamison Rog

Teacher, Author, Educational Consultant

Lori Jamison Career in Education

Classroom teacher, Regina Public Schools
Coordinated Language Arts Professional Development and Curriculum Implementation for the school system, K-12
Conducted research and supported teacher leadership in 64 elementary and secondary schools
Coordinated annual Writing Benchmarks Assessment in Grades 4, 8 and 10
Spearheaded Beginning Reading initiatives in Grades 1 and 2, including system-wide reading assessment
Coordinated evaluation, selection, purchase and in-service of Language Arts resources, K-8
Developed curriculum support materials on such topics as Early Literacy Instruction in Kindergarten, Writing Process and Reading Strategies
Served as Liaison to the High School English Curriculum Advisory Committee
Led the development of the Provincial Reading Assessment, Saskatchewan Department of Education
Sessional Instructor, University of Regina
Educational Consultant, High Interest Publishing

Professional Accomplishments

Elected to Board of Directors, International Reading Association, 1999 -2002.
Facilitated “Language to Literacy” Program in Belize , 1996
Chaired International Development in North America Committee, IRA, 1996-98
Served as President South Saskatchewan Reading Council, 1993-95
Co-Chaired Saskatchewan Reading Conference, 1996
Edited Query: Journal of the Saskatchewan Reading Council, 1996-98.
Served on Curriculum Reference Committee, English Language Arts 1-5.
Served on Evaluation Committee, Saskatchewan Professional Development Unit, 1998-99.

Professional Books

Marvelous Mini lessons for Beginning Writers (International Reading Association, 2006)

The Write Genre , co-authored with Paul Kropp (Pembroke Publishers, 2004)

Guided Reading Basics (Pembroke/Stenhouse Publishers, 2003

Early Literacy Instruction in Kindergarten (International Reading Association, 2001)

Moms' and Dads' Guide to Helping Your Child with Spelling (Chapters, Inc. 2000)

Teacher's Guides

Teacher's Guides for HIP Sr. and HIP Jr. Novels (High Interest Publishing, 2002)
Teacher's Guide for the Porcupine Collection , Levels 11-15 (Curriculum Plus, 2002)
Emergent Literacy Instruction in Kindergarten: A Handbook to Support the Saskatchewan Curriculum, Regina Public Schools , 1999.

Articles

"Matching the Reader to the Text: Leveling Reading Materials for Early Literacy Instruction” The Reading Teacher , December-January 2002 (with Wilfred Burton)
"Literature circles." School Libraries in Canada p 3-6 Fall '96
“Hooking Struggling Readers with Books they CAN and WANT to Read” Reading Rockets, 2001. http://www.readingrockets.org/article/374 (with Paul Kropp)

Speaking

Featured speaker and workshop presenter at International Reading Association International, State and Provincial Conferences
Conference, Seminar and Online Presenter on many topics in reading and writing with Staff Development for Educators ( www.sde.com )
Presenter at staff development events and conferences at schools and school districts across Canada and the United States

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