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

Pooja Patel

PD Developer and Provider; Teacher, NJ

Amanda Rhea

Amanda Rhea

PD Provider; Teacher, United Nations School, NY

Dr. Maggie Luma

Dr. Maggie Luma

State Partnerships Support, Chief of Staff, June Harless Center; WV DE

Lisa Regele

Lisa Regele

thinkSRSD PD Provider

Allison Lienert

Allison Lienert

Lead thinkSRSD PD Provider

Jess Macedo

Jess Macedo

PD Provider; Reading Teacher, Cumberland, RI

Dr. Mary Alpaugh

Dr. Mary Alpaugh

PD Provider; Researcher and Professor at Glendale Community College

Dr. Leslie Laud

Dr. Leslie Laud

Implementation Specialist; Mass General Hospital WELL Team

Dr. Meg Hutchinson

Dr. Meg Hutchinson

PD Provider and Partnership Coordinator

Amy Thomas

Amy Thomas

Districtwide Implementation; Previously at CO DE

Dr. Joyce King-McIver

Dr. Joyce King-McIver

PD Provider; Associate Professor, UW, Milwaukee, WI

Heidi Zollman

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

 Ms. Barbara Friedlander

Assistant to the Associate Superintendent of Special Education and Student Services for Montgomery County Public Schools in Maryland

 Dr. Sharlene Kiuhara

Assistant Professor of Special Education, University of Utah

 Dr. Charles Haynes

Professor, MGH Institute of Health Professions

 Dr. Stephen Ciullo

Assistant Professor, Department of Curriculum & Instruction, Texas State University

 Dr. Kristie Asaro-Saddler

Associate Professor & Division Director for Special Education, University of Albany

Dr. Michael Herbert

Assistant Professor in the Department of Special Education and Communication Disorders at the University of Nebraska – Lincoln

 Dr. Gary Troia

Associate Professor of Special Education at Michigan State University

 Dr. Leslie Rogers

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.

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