The Jefferson County Reading Council is an affiliate of the West Virginia Reading Association, the largest professional organization in West Virginia.

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Tri-State Area Literacy Leaders Conference
Shepherd University, Shepherdstown, WV
March 28, 2015  900-am-500 pm
Keynote Presentation: The Arts, Our Better Selves
Rachel Hull, NBCT Literacy Consultant
Rachel Hull is a literacy consultant focusing on providing practical and powerful professional learning for teachers, parents, administrators, schools, and districts for successful implementation of the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts.   Rachel’s elementary teaching career spanned nearly 19 years from 1990 until 2011 at which time she left the classroom to become the Lead Coordinator for Early Childhood Education K-5 for the West Virginia Department of Education.   Most recently, Rachel was a Professional Development Designer for the District of Columbia Public Schools specializing in the area of close reading.    Rachel has done extensive work on national projects dealing with the ELA Common Core State Standards implementation for numerous organizations and school districts.   A 2004 Milken Educator Award winner, Rachel currently resides in Washington, DC with her fellow-educator husband, Robert and their four-legged stress reliever, Emert, a miniature schnauzer.