Education:

• Doctor of Education, Instructional Leadership, Lindenwood University

• Doctor of Education, Administrative Leadership for Teaching and Learning, Walden University

• Master of Arts, Educational Administration, Southeast Missouri State University

• Bachelor of Science in Education, University of Missouri-Columbia

Additional Certifications:

• Language Essentials for Teachers of Reading and Spelling

  • Facilitator:  Volume I &II

  • Facilitator:  Early Childhood

Courses Taught:

• EL354:  Meeting the Needs of the Struggling Reader

• EL611:  Emergent Literacy Learners Practicum

• EL623:  Intermediate and Upper-Level Literacy Learners Practicum

• EL624:  Literacy Leadership

• EL629:  Advanced Studies in Children’s Literature

• EL644:  Creating and Fostering Literate Environments

• EL646:  Aspects of Literacy Development and Language Acquisition

• EL647:  Diagnosis and Correction of Reading Difficulties

• EL648:  Dyslexia and Reading Disabilities

• EL680:  Evidence-Based Literacy Instruction in the Area of Language and Reading

• EL681:  Developing Research-Driven Instruction in Reading Comprehension and Writing 

Recent Presentations:

• Wright, J. (2024).  Department of Elementary and Secondary Education Literacy Summit, “Equity and the Science of Reading”.

• Wright, J. (2024).  Show-Me Science of Reading Conference, “Literacy as a Right, Not a Privilege”.

• Wright, J. (2024).  St. Genevieve School District River Summit, “Teaching the Love of Reading”. 

• Wright, J. (2022).  Windsor School District, “The Magic of Learning to Read”.

• McInnis, T. and Wright, J.  (2022).  Missouri School Board Association Fall Conference, “LETRS Has Been Trending for Years”.

• Dunn, D. and Wright, J. (2019).  Missouri Association of Elementary School Principals Spring Conference, “Schools with Empathy:  Teaching Compassion, Resiliency, and Academic Success”.

• Wright, J.  (2017).  National Trauma-Informed School Conference, “Loving the Unlovable”.

• Carl, K., Dunn, D., and Wright, J. (2017).  Missouri School Board Association Fall Conference, “Lean, Mean, and Achieving”. 

• Wright, J. (2016).  Missouri Association of Elementary School Principals Spring Conference, “All Can Learn”.