Kylene Beers and Bob Probst

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Kylene Beers and Bob Probst Biography

Kylene Beers, Ed.D., is a former middle school teacher who has turned her commitment to adolescent literacy and struggling readers into the major focus of her research, writing, speaking, and teaching. She is author of the best-selling "When Kids Can’t Read/What Teachers Can Do," co-editor (with Bob Probst and Linda Rief) of "Adolescent Literacy: Turning Promise into Practice," and co-author (with Bob Probst) of "Notice and Note: Strategies for Close Reading and Reading Nonfiction," "Notice & Note Stances, Signposts, and Strategies" all published by Heinemann. She taught in the College of Education at the University of Houston, served as Senior Reading Researcher at the Comer School Development Program at Yale University, and most recently acted as the Senior Reading Advisor to Secondary Schools for the Reading and Writing Project at Teachers College.

Beers has published numerous articles in state and national journals, served as editor of the national literacy journal, Voices from the Middle, and was the 2008-2009 President of the National Council of Teachers of English. She is an invited speaker at state, national, and international conferences and works with teachers in elementary, middle, and high schools across the US. Beers has served as a consultant to the National Governor’s Association and was the 2011 recipient of the Conference on English Leadership outstanding leader award.

Beers is now a consultant to schools, nationally and internationally, focusing on literacy improvement with her colleague and co-author, Bob Probst.

Bob Probst is the author of "Response and Analysis," he is coeditor (with Kylene Beers and Linda Rief) of "Adolescent Literacy: Turning Promise into Practice," and coauthor (with Kylene Beers) of "Notice and Note: Strategies for Close Reading and Reading Nonfiction," "Notice & Note Stances, Signposts, and Strategies" all published by Heinemann. Probst has also published numerous articles, chapters, and monographs in national and international publications.

Probst began his teaching career as high school English teacher and then became a supervisor of English for a large district in Maryland. He spent most of his academic career at Georgia State University where he is now Professor Emeritus of English Education. After retiring from Georgia State University, he served as a research fellow for Florida International University. Probst is now a consultant to schools, nationally and internationally, focusing on literacy improvement. He works in schools with his colleague and co-author, Kylene Beers.

Probst has served as a member on the Conference on English Board of Directors, an NCTE journal columnist, a member of the national advisory board to American Reading Company, and a member of the NCTE Commission on Reading. In 2004 he was awarded the NCTE’s Exemplary Leadership Award, presented by the Conference on English Leadership.

Kylene Beers and Bob Probst Videos

  • Kylene Beers & Bob Probst on Their New Book
    Our special guests, Kylene Beers and Bob Probst, join us to talk about Forged by Reading, their new book on independent reading. This discussion...

Kylene Beers and Bob Probst Books

  • Forged by Reading: The Power of a Literate Life
    Forged by Reading: The Power of a Literate Life
  • Disrupting Thinking: Why How We Read Matters
    Disrupting Thinking: Why How We Read Matters
  • Reading Nonfiction: Notice & Note Stances, Signposts, and Strategies
    Reading Nonfiction: Notice & Note Stances, Signposts, and Strategies
  • Notice & Note: Strategies for Close Reading
    Notice & Note: Strategies for Close Reading

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