Paraskevi RountosParaskevi Rountos has been a Language Arts Specialist in Fairfield, CT for eight years. She has coached and modeled lessons for teachers of Grades Kindergarten through 5^th Grade. She has also worked with students requiringreading intervention. Prior to being a Language Arts Specialist, Paraskevi taught 1^st Grade in New York, NY and in Wilton, CT. She has presented numerous professional learning sessions to classroom teachers, Special Education teachers, paraprofessionals, and parents on topics including small group instruction, higher level thinking and reading response, running records and miscue analysis, decoding strategies, comprehension, and implementing Reading and Writing Units of Study. Paraskevi has served on several district and school wide committees that focused on assessment and curriculum writing aligned to the Common Core State Standards. Read More Read Less