Kelley Bendheim

New Resource! Strengthening Teacher Preparedness: The Educator Preparation Program Literacy Policy Playbook

Most #literacy policies focus on third grade—but what about students who still struggle to read in middle and high school? 🎧 Dr. @kymyona_burk  and Casey Taylor tackle adolescent literacy as the new frontier in K-12 literacy. Listen now: shows.acast.com/policy-changes…

“It will take time. Stay the course!” Powerful and accurate statement for all stakeholders to keep in mind when doing this work.

It’s been such an amazing journey working alongside these coaches! Grateful for state leaders recognizing the need and prioritizing the funding to make this happen! #NCReadLeadSucceed

@meadowlarkws @wsfcs Woo hoo!!!! Well deserved! Way to go Fran! 🎉🎉👏👏❤️❤️

Congratulations to our 2025-2026 Teacher of the Year, Fran Richardson! @wsfcs

@WataugaSchools Congratulations!!! 👏👏🎉🎉

Early Literacy Specialist Mrs. Misty Hyler has some new door decor!! 🚪 🎉🤩 We are so proud of her and her achievement of becoming a National Board Certified Teacher!! Mrs. Hyler is one of the inaugural Tamara Stamey Scholarship Fund recipients. #NBCT #Congrats

@NCCATNews @wsfcs Yea Fran!!!! Well deserved. 👏👏🎉🎉

Congrats to Fran Richardson! Fran, a Kindergarten teacher at Meadowlark Elementary School in @wsfcs, has been awarded the prestigious #NCCAT Honored Educator Scholarship A. Craig Phillips Scholarship—Fund I. #NCCAT #TeacherRecognition #EducationMatters

Perspective | A shift in literacy: A first-grade teacher’s journey ednc.org/perspective-a-…

@CFranklin27 @NCDPI_OEL @chamby36 @ARhyne @MDerfel ❤️❤️❤️

Great week with my ELS family with @NCDPI_OEL and my POC @chamby36 big shout out to our NW consultant and LETRS facilitator for all their support! @ARhyne @KBendheim @MDerfel thank you for always making our time together so amazing!!

Partnership in Practice is the perfect name for our @NCDPI_OEL face-to-face meetings! The partnership between OEL and districts was evident in the collaboration, engagement, brainstorming, and planning that took place during our time together. @castickney #NERST

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Literacy Brain Powerhouse!! So humbled to be among some of the best in the state today!! Let’s go NC! State and district collaboration linked together by the ELS! #NCReadLeadSucceed #itsagreatday2Bgreat

@CarteretK12 👏👏🎉🎉

🎉 Congrats to the 238 staff members who completed LETRS (Science of Reading training)! 📚 They join 44,000+ NC educators in this 2-year journey. 🚀 With over 200 hours of learning, we're already seeing positive changes in classrooms! 🏆#CCPSEngageEducateEmpower

Congrats @CTruittNCDPI, @NCDPI_OEL and @NCPublicSchools! North Carolina's commitment to the #ScienceOfReading, effective #EarlyLiteracy interventions and comprehensive educator training is yielding impressive results! 📚

@CTruittNCDPI @OLR_NCDPI @CSGSouth @ncpublicschools Way to go @OLR_NCDPI Well deserved! 👏👏👏👏

Congratulations to members of @OLR_NCDPI team who took home the “STAR” ⭐️ award for state transformation after being nominated by @CSGSouth for its Funding Cliff Toolkit, which was designed to help @ncpublicschools’ district and school leaders navigate the financial uncertainties following the end of ESSER funding. Way to go, team! #nced

@NCDPI_MLs @bozasil @growinglearners @NCDPIELATEAM @MDerfel @NCDPI_OEL ❤️❤️🎉🎉👏👏

Collaborating for MLs! @bozasil of @NCDPI_MLs, @growinglearners of @NCDPIELATEAM, and @MDerfel of @NCDPI_OEL #Together4MLs #NCMLs

@whitneyhannam That is beautiful! 😍

I’m leaning into my creative side this morning on this first Friday off of summer. 🎨 Thank you @KBendheim for introducing me to this quote this week! #continuallylearningandgrowing💛

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