Miriam Trehearne
 Miriam Trehearne
has been a classroom teacher, resource teacher, program specialist
(exceptional needs students), coach, administrator and University
Associate. As a Literacy Specialist she led a very successful
research-based initiative in a large urban school district
(160 elementary schools) that resulted in closing the literacy
gaps in 56 high-needs schools. The results have been documented
by the University of Calgary and an independent program evaluator.
She presently devotes much for her time to researching literacy
best practices, presenting to teachers, literacy coaches
and school administrators at conferences and writing books
and journal articles.
Miriam spoke at the World Congress of the International
Reading Association (2002) in Edinburgh, Scotland and at
the I.R.A. Conference (2003), Orlando, Florida. In May 2004,
she was a Featured Speaker at the I.R.A. 49th Annual Convention
in Reno, Nevada. In March 2005 Miriam Keynoted at the ASCD
24th Annual Kindergarten Conference in Chicago. Miriam co-chaired
a one day Institute with renowned literacy expert Regie Routman
at the 50th Annual IRA Conference in San Antonio, May 2005.
In 2006 she spoke at Ohio AEYC, the 25th Annual ASCD Pre-kindergarten/Kindergarten
Conference and the National ASCD Conference (Chicago). Recently
she keynoted at Michigan Reading, Georgia Reading, presented
at the 51st Annual IRA conference, Chicago, and was a Featured
Speaker at Literacy 2006: Bridging the Divide, Washington
DC Public Schools and the IRA Urban Diversity Commission.
She has published in several professional journals and recently
(June, 2003) was senior author of The Comprehensive Literacy
Resource for Kindergarten Teachers, The Comprehensive Literacy
Resource for Preschool Teachers (2004) and The Comprehensive
Literacy Resource for Grade 1-2 Teachers (2005), winner of
the 2006 Association of Educational Publisher’s Distinguished
Achievement for Excellence in Educational Publishing Award,
Professional Development Category. The Comprehensive Literacy
Resource for Grade 3-6 Teachers became available in March
2006. Miriam has won numerous awards for her work, including
being honored as a Canada Post 2001 Literacy Educator Finalist.
Read Chapter
2, Phonological Awareness from her book The
Comprehensive Literacy Resource for Kindergarten Teachers.
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