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"Our Reading First coaches found Jill's Advanced Literacy Coaching Institute to be timely, informative, and supportive as they strive to fulfill their very complex roles as changing agents within their schools and districts. Jill's exemplary work with our Statewide Literacy Coaching efforts had provided us with critical information and research, successful strategies to work with teachers at all levels of experience, and a wealth of materials to assist in the effective implementation of these strategies. Jill's tremendous level of knowledge and expertise as a coach and educational leader in concert with her exemplary skills as a professional developer make her sessions a delightful learning experience"
Rebecca S. Donaldson,
Director
Utah Reading First
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"As an administrator, I found Jill Jackson's Literacy Coaching seminar to be very beneficial. I am now better prepared to guide the reading coaches and help them to be more effective in their roles. It really helped me to understand the teacher-coach relationship and to know how to encourage and foster these interactions. Jill is very knowledgeable and provides practical information and materials. This was an excellent training!"
Patty White,
Associate Superintendent
Ruidoso Municipal Schools, Ruidoso, New Mexico
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"The Literacy Leadership training in Chicago was such fun! We had a great time together, even though we were discussing the hard topics of implementing change in literacy instruction. I left enthused about taking the steps in my work."
Deb Pfost, Reading First Coordinator,
Idaho State Department of Education
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"For more than a year, Jill has provided high quality professional development to those involved in early literacy in the state of South Dakota. Not only has she provided on-site technical assistance to schools, but has also delivered keynote addresses and breakout sessions at the annual South Dakota Reading First Conference. She creates a positive atmosphere in each setting by delivering scientifically based reading research in a way that inspires teachers to go back to their classrooms, fired up. She reaches all teachers in the room, regardless of the size of the group, as evidenced by the evaluations completed by participants. Teachers frequently request that we bring her back to the state for follow-up workshops. Jill will definitely be returning to South Dakota to work with our early literacy educators!"
Michelle Mehlberg,
Director
Reading First South Dakota
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"Jill's background knowledge and leadership allows her to identify a school's roadblocks and present concrete steps for overcoming them. She has done this for our site in the areas of reading and creation of communication methods. She relates well to teachers, as well as to administration. Her processes are clear and doable. She is able to translate needs into steps to be taken and measured for effectiveness. I highly recommend her to others!"
Earnie Lewis, Principal,
West Canyon Elementary, Vallivue School District
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"Thank you for providing such excellent service to Idaho's educators. Your knowledge, skills, and outstanding presentations have proven to be invaluable resources as we work towards building capacity and sustaining changes in our educational system throughout the state. Your work, customized for Idaho, with building administrators and instructional coaches, has contributed to our success and the ultimate success of our students. You have made a difference in Idaho!"
Rose Rettig, Former Director,
Reading First Idaho
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"Jill has been instrumental in the Reading First implementation process at our school. She has extensive knowledge in all aspects of implementation, whether it is teacher modeling, coach and principal training, or implementation issues and timelines. Through our work with her, we've been able to get to the heart of what matters and focus on improving the quality of teaching in order to better serve our students. Her upbeat and positive attitude through all of this makes Jill a joy to work with."
Kari Murdock, Reading First Coach,
East Evergreen Elementary School, Kalispell, Montana
Events & On-Site Training
"What a great workshop! I have gained many more tools for my administrative toolbox. Very freeing and gave me permission to be a principal."
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"The resources are excellent and target so many of the varied needs that coaches face on a daily basis. The information shared was relevant and realistic. It is very apparent that you have first hand experience in both the classroom and as an administrator."
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"I honestly feel that I will be a better Coach because of this training"
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"Jill is a dynamic presenter! She makes the time fly by! The information is something we can use TOMORROW and it really doesn't cost anything or require us to make anything to get started using these techniques. Jill uses the SBRR, then breaks it down into steps teachers can use. Thanks Jill!"
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"Jill's presentation was right on target. She presented several new ideas that we can take right back to our coaches!"
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"Jill was GREAT! Full of energy and very insightful!"
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"Excellent presentation full of useful information. This one presentation is more helpful than the 5-day seminar that we attended in the summer!"
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"For the first time every I can walk out of a workshop and use the information without taking information home and studying it. I can walk into the classroom and use it immediately. I love this workshop and think it should be required in our district!"
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"Where does she get all of this energy?"
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"This seminar will make me a better and smarter teacher. I will make sure that all my students are getting what they need to be in order to be successful."
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"Great ideas! I loved your demonstrations! I am a coach and do demonstrations often. I learned a great deal from you. Thanks."
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"Thank you for modeling the important concepts that you taught us."
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"I am excited to begin amping up the intensity of my instruction on Monday! Great ideas for successful implementation of this information. Thank you!"
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"Thank you Jill! You've shown us how we can instantly be more engaging teachers and keep our student actively involved in the content and skills we teach."
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"I hope that you come back to do more inservices. This was so valuable."
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"We need more instructors like you who model for us what this should really look like – thank you for showing us, not just telling us."
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"Thank you for bringing Jill Jackson to our district!"
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"Great, realistic presenter!"
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"One of the best inservices I've ever been to!"
Comments left on EdNews.org
"Ms. Jackson worked with my Maxine O. Bush staff and I last school year. Jill made me a better reading instructional leader so I can do things to support/improve student learning. I feel that she provided more realistic knowledge, methods and support than the ADE Reading First group. Thanks, Jill. We were one of the highest Dibels schools in the 64 schools in Reading First."
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"Thanks for the informative article on your interview with Jill Jackson. Jill is right on!!!"
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"Jill is an expert in this field. I have greatly appreciated her expertise and learning to apply it well in our own site."
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"Jill's training was awesome! This is my THIRD Jackson Consulting event and Jill continues to keep us involved and interested during her insightful and cutting edge training."
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"Just when I think I knew what I was doing...I came here and realized the 'next steps' that I must do right away!"
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"Jill obviously knows what to do when working with adults as they learn new information. She practices what she preaches during the workshop through keeping us highly engaged in the important work. I have learned not only important information about literacy, but also how to use this information and present it when I get back to my school district. Thank you!"
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"The only thing I would change is add another day of the training…we need more Jill!"
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"Jill's materials are simple and straight forward – just what I needed. Thank you for testing these materials in actual schools and districts and then sharing them with us!"
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"Three words: motivational, systematic, challenging."