Our EKC Global Chats series is a space for sharing, asking for support, and brainstorming together.
Each month, we will tackle a different hot topic in literacy with an expert in the field, and then join in some global camaraderie and discussion. It's free to join!
Chat: April 19 | 7:00-8:00am EST
UFLI in International Schools
Join EKC Senior Strategist Miles Madison and Dr. Holly Lane, Director of the University of Florida Literacy Institute (UFLI) for a practical conversation about implementing UFLI Foundations in international classrooms. We’ll explore what teachers should keep tight in the lessons, how to support multilingual and mixed-level learners, and how to make the most of limited instructional time.
Facilitators
Miles Madison
Miles Madison brings a personal, transformative and collaborative approach to coaching and professional development using evidence-based strategies applied to the range of languages, cultures and school settings in international schools. Miles’ training in Applied Positive Psychology and transformational coaching–as well as 25 years of international teaching experience–enable him to support teachers in integrating proven literacy approaches to a broad spectrum of local contexts and challenges. He supports teams to achieve this by focusing on maximizing student choice and agency in literacy learning, specializing in reading development and word study instruction. Miles is an experienced early childhood and primary classroom teacher, instructional coach, curriculum designer and mentor, providing a unique foundation for leading positive change as an EKC strategist. He shares his joy in, and curiosity about, responsive phonics, word study and early reading instruction while working alongside teachers to help them enhance literacy instruction at their site.
Dr. Holly Lane
Dr. Lane is the Director of the University of Florida Literacy Institute (UFLI, pronounced “you fly”) and an associate professor of special education. Her research focuses on effective reading instruction and intervention and helping teachers develop the knowledge and skills they need to teach reading effectively, especially using evidence-based practices to promote the development of foundational reading skills. She is author of UFLI Foundations: An Explicit and Systematic Phonics Program. It is currently being implemented in classrooms across the United States and around the world.