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Dr. Morton Botel is the founder and Senior Advisor of the Penn Literacy Network. He is also a professor at the Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania. He can be reached at the following e-mail address for comment: mortbotel@verizon.net

Bridges to Literacy for Parents, Teachers and Tutors by Dr. Morton Botel and Dr. Bonnie Botel-Sheppard.
www.botelbridgestoliteracy.org.

How PLN Seminars support and Enhance Teaching Using Basal Reader Models and Reading/Writing/Talking Across the Curriculum Models
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Lara: A Granddaughter's Literacy Begins
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The Aaron A. Gold Scholars: A Reflection on a Long-Term Professional Development Partnership that focused on a Meaning-Centered Prayer Curriculum for Jewish Supplementary Schools
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Making Friends with Books: Recent research has indicated that parental involvement in a child's learning has greater impact on academic success than commercial programs. Dr. Morton Botel provides practical examples of activities that encourage parent and child engagement in learning.
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IPPA Director's Letter
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PLN's Dissertation of the year: "A Case Study: The Influence of the Pennsylvania High School Coaching Initiative on the Change of Teachers' Instructional Practices and Student Achievement"
by Dr. Tom Otto.
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JOURNALS

Louise Barikian is a special education teacher in Somerdale, NJ. She teaches students in grades 4, 5, and 6, and has been teaching learning disabled students for 30 years. She took the PLN1 seminar with Michael and Tracy Phillips in the Sterling area schools. Responses to this journal can be emailed to Louise at Rikki7777@aol.com

The Four Lenses: A Teacher Journal
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Andrea Emmons teaches first grade at Abington Friends School. She took the PLN 4 seminar in Upper Dublin School District. She can be reached at the following e-mail address for comment: mrsyoon@yahoo.com

Word/Sentence Making Journal
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Tammy Bosak is an eigth grade English teacher at Clearview Regional Middle School in Mullica Hill, New Jersey. She took the PLN 1 seminar with Mr. Joseph Ginotti.

Journal Entry: BDA Tryout
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Deborah Cantu-Hertzler is a School Psychologist at Martin Luther King High School in the School District of Philadelphia

PLN Strategies-working with a resistant student
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