Our Team
We are a group of educators, coaches, school leaders and implementation experts 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
PD Developer and Provider; Teacher, NJ
Amanda Rhea
PD Provider; Teacher, United Nations School, NY
Dr. Maggie Luma
State Partnerships Support, Chief of Staff, June Harless Center; WV DE
Lisa Regele
thinkSRSD PD Provider
Allison Lienert
Lead thinkSRSD PD Provider
Jess Macedo
PD Provider; Reading Teacher, Cumberland, RI
Dr. Mary Alpaugh
PD Provider; Researcher and Professor at Glendale Community College
Dr. Leslie Laud
Implementation Specialist; Mass General Hospital WELL Team
Dr. Meg Hutchinson
PD Provider and Partnership Coordinator
Amy Thomas
Districtwide Implementation; Previously at CO DE
Dr. Joyce King-McIver
PD Provider; Associate Professor, UW, Milwaukee, WI
Heidi Zollman
PD Provider; Literacy Coordinator, Sanborn, NH
Our Story
thinkSRSD began in the classroom and continues to focus on the classroom
Beginnings
2006-2010: Dr. Leslie Laud & Pooja Patel brought think SRSD in to their school, then led 1st ever open enrollment courses on think SRSD, secured grants, published peer reviewed studies and began presenting at conferences.
Launch
2011-2013: thinkSRSD begin partnering widely with leading literacy organizations to grow the work, offered the first ever online course in 2011 and began supporting statewide roll outs in TN, CT, WV, RI and others.
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, districts and states.
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.