Hood College Joins Effort to Help More Students Read

Hood College is joining the Maryland Literacy Ed Prep Collaborative, created by Deans for Impact (DFI), a program designed to strengthen how aspiring teachers are prepared to teach reading using evidence-based practices grounded in the science of reading and the science of learning. 

This collaborative brings together four Maryland educator-preparation programs (EPPs): Hood College, McDaniel College, Salisbury University, and Towson University.

Deans for Impact (DFI) is a national nonprofit organization with a mission to ensure every child is taught by well-prepared teachers. Guided by principles of cognitive science, DFI aims to help aspiring and early-career teachers create rigorous and affirming classrooms where all children thrive via the support of educator-preparation programs and policymaker partnership, equipping leaders with the tools to address today’s most pressing challenges in educator preparation.

“Our program’s approach to early reading instruction is grounded in research and evidence-based practice,” said Kristine Calo, professor of education at Hood College. “Being part of this collaborative lets us examine and refine that work alongside other strong teacher preparation programs and learn from those facing the same work in different ways—then bring it back to make our program even better.”

The four colleges will continue to work together to share ideas, improving their teacher education programs and how they prepare future teachers, striving to equip teachers with effective reading practices in the classroom, helping more students become strong readers. 

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