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Susan
Nations is an author,
national literacy consultant, conference presenter and
Literacy Coach in the Sarasota County Public Schools. She
is the co-author of Primary Literacy Centers: Making
Reading and Writing STICK!, More Primary Literacy
Centers, and So Much Stuff, So Little Space:
Creating and Managing the Learner Centered Classroom.
She has also written many teacher's guides for Weekly
Reader Early Learning Library.
In addition
to her site-based job, Susan is highly requested to speak
and present at local, state, and national conferences.
Most recently, she has presented for the Florida Reading
Association Conference, The International Reading
Association National Conference and the Staff Development
for Educators (SDE) National Conferences. She also
provides customized literacy training for schools and
districts around the United States.
As a
Literacy Coach at Gocio Elementary School in the Sarasota
County School System, she currently works with students
and teachers in K-5 at the school site to implement and
improve literacy instruction. She conducts model lessons
in classrooms and arranges for staff development to help
meet literacy needs at Gocio. She also helps facilitate
professional book study groups on her campus and
throughout the district. Susan was the Sarasota County
2004-2005 Teacher of the Year.
Susan lives
in Sarasota with her husband Don and their four sons.
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