Revolving Literacy with Lorraine Radice

It’s a pleasure to welcome Dr. Lorraine Radice back to the show. Lorraine is an Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction in a public school district in New York and an Associate Assistant Professor at Hofstra University. Prior to her current role, she was a preK-12 Director of Literacy.

Lorraine’s book, Leading A Culture of Reading, was a 2023 GOLD Winner for Education in the Foreword INDIES Book of the Year awards.

Her new book is Revolving Literacy: How to Connect Relevance and Future-Ready Skills to Secondary English Instruction.

We talk about:

What revolving literacy means“Newfound literacies”Future-ready skills for grades 6-12Future-ready goals and how they relate to goals of the revolving literacy frameworkDefining engagement and relevanceStudent agencyTeaching students to be readers, writers and researchers

Find Revolving Literacy from Solution Tree or wherever you get your books. Learn more at www.lorrainemradice.com

Listen to my previous episode with Lorraine (episode 118)

About the host

Ross Romano is a co-founder of the Be Podcast Network and CEO of September Strategies, a coaching and consulting firm that helps organizations and high-performing leaders in the K-12 education industry communicate their vision and make strategic decisions that lead to long-term success. Connect on Bluesky or LinkedIn

I also host Sideline Sessions, a podcast for coaches and parents of student-athletes. The show features conversations with coaches and performance experts in the NFL, NBA, NCAA, Olympics, and more. Listen here: https://bit.ly/3Rp0QGt

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