Our Team
We are a group of educators and coaches who offer professional development on evidence-based practices for teaching writing. A recent randomized-control trial study led by an independent prominent research team found that thinkSRSD’s professional development achieved a .72 effect size gain when the students of teachers trained by our team at think SRSD were compared to those who were not. Full schools working with us see an average of 6-7% ELA proficiency increase.
Pooja Patel
Teacher, Dwight-Englewood School, NJ
Amanda Rhea
Tiana Phillips
Lisa Regele
Retired Teacher, Worcester Public Schools
Allison Lienert
Jess Macedo
Dr. Mary Alpaugh
SRSD Teacher & Researcher, Glendale Community College
Dr. Leslie Laud
Teacher and Instructor, Bank Street College of Education
Dr. Meg Hutchinson
Developmental Language Specialist, MA
Amy Thomas
Dr. Joyce King-McIver
Dr. Jaime Greene & Dr. Derek Voiles
Heidi Zollman
Our Story
thinkSRSD began in the classroom and continues to focus on the classroom
Beginnings
2006-2010: Dr. Leslie Laud & Pooja Patel use SRSD in their classrooms, lead 1st ever open enrollment courses on SRSD, publish, secure SRSD research grants and began presenting at national conferences on SRSD.
Launch
2011-2013: thinkSRSD begin partnering widely with leading literacy organizations (Hill for Literacy, IDA, Reading Institute), offered the first ever online SRSD course in 2011 and began supporting full state adoptions.
Current Work
thinkSRSD from 2014-now mentors thousands of teachers, hundreds of schools & partners with multiple states. thinkSRSD has been grateful to secure prestigious IES, EIR and foundation grants to scale its work in schools.
Additional Experts Who Advise Us
Assistant to the Associate Superintendent of Special Education and Student Services for Montgomery County Public Schools in Maryland
Assistant Professor of Special Education, University of Utah
Professor, MGH Institute of Health Professions
Assistant Professor, Department of Curriculum & Instruction, Texas State University
Associate Professor & Division Director for Special Education, University of Albany
Assistant Professor in the Department of Special Education and Communication Disorders at the University of Nebraska – Lincoln
Associate Professor of Special Education at Michigan State University
Assistant Professor of Special Education at University of Wisconsin, La Crosse
About Us
thinkSRSD is the community of teachers and researchers who use and study SRSD. We offer SRSD in-person professional development and e-learning courses taught by teachers with decades of experience using SRSD. The teachers at thinkSRSD have taught SRSD courses for over 10 years, since offering the very first open-enrollement course in SRSD in 2008.