Julie A. Taylor

Julie A. Taylor

Julie A. Taylor, PhD, is an education and curriculum consultant providing professional development, training, and coaching to educators, administrators, and leaders in nonprofit organizations and state education agencies nationwide and internationally. Since 1994, Dr. Taylor has worked as an educator. She’s taught at the elementary-school level, instructed ESL students, and served as a Spanish and special-education inclusion teacher. Additionally, she’s acted as reading interventionist, literacy coach, and staff developer. She has also served as a mentor teacher, student-teaching supervisor, and instructor for teachers pursuing state reading endorsements.

A member of the International Literacy Association and the International Dyslexia Association, Dr. Taylor has presented at numerous national reading conferences since 2014. She is trained in LETRS (Language Essentials for Teachers of Reading and Spelling) and the Orton-Gillingham approach, with extensive expertise aligned with the science of reading. Dr. Taylor has written literacy curricula, reading intervention materials, and response to intervention manuals, with deep knowledge of integrating literacy standards into daily teaching.

In addition, Dr. Taylor specializes in transforming research into practical and effective instructional methods, focusing on transforming school systems, scaling literacy programs for large districts, and using a train-the-trainer approach for district literacy leaders—all while aligning with the most up-to-date reading research and evidence-based literacy programs.

Dr. Taylor earned bachelor’s degrees in elementary education and Spanish from Keene State College, a master’s degree in teaching English to speakers of other languages from Rhode Island College, and a doctoral degree in education with a specialization in curriculum and instructional leadership from Concordia University Chicago.

To learn more about Dr. Taylor and to access numerous small-group literacy resources, visit redesigningreading.com.