UNO Grad Literacy

📚Meet the METlink Masters 📚 Linda Safranek (ASHA Certified, NE Licensed SLP, CERI Dyslexia Specialist) is presenting “Ditch the List! Spelling Instruction that Makes Words Stick” Dive into phoneme-grapheme mapping, a high-impact, research-based routine

📚Meet the METlink Masters 📚 Kim Streff, Reading Coordinator and LETRS Facilitator, will present “If They're Not Progressing, Try This! Instruction That Supports Early Reading Skills” to teach how to plan for and implement strategies that support early reading skills

📚Meet the METlink Masters 📚 Dr. Andrea Starr Karpf, a UNO Teacher Education instructor, will present “Beyond Vocabulary Lists: Helping Multilingual Learners Learn Words to Open Worlds” to explore vocabulary as a big 6 competency and review ways to support Multilingual learners

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📚Meet the METlink Masters 📚 Danielle Larson, reading interventionist, LETRS Facilitator, and adjunct faculty at UNO and College of St. Mary, is sharing “Building Fluency: Strategies For Every Student” to teach practical and effective strategies to address all facets of fluency

📚Meet the METlink Masters 📚 Dr. Amanda Kern (associate professor of special education and director of the Dyslexia Specialist program at UNO) will present “Digging Into Data" to emphasize the importance of identifying discrete skill deficits when crafting intervention plans

📚Meet the METlink Masters 📚 Sheyanne S. Smith is the High Ability Learning Specialist at the Nebraska Department of Education, presenting “The Reading Rope Reimagined." Learn how the Science of Reading and MTSS can create advanced learning pathways that foster literary success

📚Meet the METlink Masters 📚 Teresa Franks (Certified Academic Language Therapist and Certified Dyslexia Structured Literacy Specialist) will present: "The Mighty Morpheme" and share effective routines for improving morphological awareness that you can take to your classroom

Registration for the 2026 Metlink Literacy Conference is now open! Join us on March 28 at 9 am for an amazing keynote from Dr. Elsa Cárdenas-Hagan and breakout sessions led by local specialists. Click the link to register. We hope to see you there! shorturl.at/Npdpy

Save the Date-March 28th! Spring 2026 Metlink registration opens February 1st!

Summer Course Promotion!

This school has a large population of #ELLs who start kindergarten with little or no English. How did they get kids reaching proficiency by 3rd or 4th grade? Watch to learn the strategies they used! 💫

FALL SEMESTER KICKS OFF AUGUST 26th!!! The first course weekend is August 30-September 1. Classes only meet 4 times, so attendance is required at each session. September 3 is the last day to DROP a course via MavLINK and receive a 100% refund! We can't wait to see you! 😍😊

Another great Metlink Literacy Conference! Thank you, @UNOGradLiteracy & @TimRasinski1

Spent the morning with @UNOGradLiteracy at Metlink 📚and the evening with @OmahaHKY! 🏒 #proudtobeamav @UNOmaha

We're ready for you, teachers! See you at 9 a.m. at the UNO Thompson Alumni Center for the Spring 2024 Metlink Literacy Conference! #Metlink#TimRasinski#teachers#booksandsnacks

🔗Meet the METlink Masters! Our own Dr. Andrea Starr Karpf (UNO instructor, former ESL teacher, ML specialist)will present, "Learning to Read is Hard! Phonemic Awareness Strategies to Help with Considerations for your ML Students" and share critical phonemic awareness strategies.

🔗Meet the METlink Masters! Millard Literacy Interventionist Stephanie Jarecke and Kindergarten veterans Erin Salton and Elizabeth Kneip will present, "The Art of Teaching Phonics:  Instructional Practices for the Classroom" featuring hands-on phonics strategies.

🔗Meet the METlink Masters! Tessie Boudreau, Papillion LaVista instructional coach & UNO adjunct professor, will present "Cooking up Great Comprehension: Strategies for Success" to highlight activating prior knowledge, building background knowledge, and vocabulary development.