Leading Evidence-Based Literacy Instruction Across Schools

Moderator: Maya Valencia Goodall — Chief  Impact Officer, CORE Learning
Presenter: Olga Cobb — Deputy Superintendent, Elementary, Salem-Keizer School District

District leaders are often clear on what evidence-based instruction requires, but less clear on how to lead that work coherently across schools, roles, and initiatives. In this third edWebinar of Structured Literacy for Every Learner Week, Olga Cobb shares a district leader’s perspective on how Salem-Keizer School District approaches evidence-based instruction at scale.

She focuses on the leadership decisions that help align vision, professional learning, and classroom practice so literacy work is supported consistently without adding competing initiatives. Viewers gain insight into how district-level priorities show up in daily instruction, what leaders protect as the work scales, and how coherence is sustained while honoring local context across schools.