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Jason Hubler
Lynn Flood
21st Century Literacy Coach
East Garner Magnet Middle School, Garner, North Carolina
Kit Noonan
kindergarten teacher
Carderock Springs Elementary, Bethesda, Maryland
Karen Fichter
ESL Department Chair
Zebulon Gifted and Talented Magnet Middle School, Zebulon, North Carolina
Jennifer Larsen
First grade teacher
Alexandria City Public Schools, Virginia
jlarsen@acps.k12.va.us
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I have been teaching for fifteen years in kindergarten, fourth and first grade. For my first nine years, I worked with a very challenging student population. Many students had both emotional and academic concerns. Many had little book exposure prior to kindergarten. While it was exhausting, demanding and required daily reflection, those first nine years molded me and cre