2018
Folsom, J. S. & Reed, D. K. (2018, February). Instruction in District-Designed Intensive Summer Reading Programs. Paper presented at the at the Council for Exceptional Children’s 2018 Annual Convention and Expo, Tampa, FL.
Kaldenberg, E. R. & Folsom, J. S. (2018, February). Reading Is Important to All: Instructional Techniques for Learners with ID. Poster presented at the at the Council for Exceptional Children’s 2018 Annual Convention and Expo, Tampa, FL.
2017
Folsom, J.S. (2017, November). Evaluating Fidelity and Instructional Content in Phonics Curriculum. Paper presented at the Annual meeting of the American Evaluation Association, Washington, DC.
Folsom, J.S. (2017, October). Quality, Engagement, Fidelity, and Instructional Content in Intensive Summer Reading Programs. Paper presented at the 2017 International Conference on Learning Disabilities, Baltimore, MD.
Folsom, J. S. (2017, June). Teaching and Supporting Inference Making. Paper presented at the 2017 Iowa Reading Association Conference, Ames, IA.
2016
Folsom, J. S. (2016, November). Interactive Reading. Paper presented at the Boone-Story Reading Council, Ames, IA.
Folsom, J. S. (2016, June). Strategically Grouping Students to Differentiate Tier 1 Reading Instruction. Paper presented at the 2016 Iowa Reading Association Conference, Ames, IA.
2015
Folsom, J. S., Lee, L. (2015, October). Florida’s 100/300 Lowest Performing Elementary Schools in Reading. Paper presented at the 2015 Florida Reading Association Conference, Orlando, FL.
Folsom, J. S., Koon, S., & Petscher, Y. (2015, July). Developing a Teacher Knowledge Assessment in Mississippi. Paper presented at the 2015 NCES STATS-DC Data Conference, Washington, DC.
Razynska, K., Meyer, S., Akey, T., Hughes, J., Folsom, J. S., Kannapel, P. (2015, July). How to Partner with the Regional Educational Laboratories (RELs) to Take Better Advantage of Data in your Longitudinal Data System. Panel presented at the 2015 NCES STATS-DC Data Conference, Washington, DC.
Folsom, J. S. & Petscher, Y. (2015, May). Are Peer Effects Consistent Across Ability and Grade Levels? Poster presented at the Morcum Conference on Reading Disabilities, Tallahassee, FL.
Osborne-Lampkin & Folsom (2015, April). Improving Leadership in the Southeast. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL.
Folsom, J. S., & Osborne-Lampkin, L. (2015, February). Supporting educator effectiveness in the Southeast. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association for Education Finance and Policy, Washington, DC.
Osborne-Lampkin, L., Herrington, C., Folsom, J., McDaniel, E., Canto, P., & Miles, M. (2015, February) Leveraging improved student achievement through researcher-and-practitioner partnerships around educational leadership. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association for Education Finance and Policy, Washington, DC.
2014
Folsom, J. S., Osborne-Lampkin, L., & Herrington, C. (2014, November). Multiple pathways to the principalship: A 10-year retrospective cohort analysis of the principal workforce in Florida. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Florida Educational Research Association, Cocoa Beach, FL
Osborne-Lampkin, L., Folsom, J. S., Herrington, C. & Cooley, S. (2014, November) A statewide analysis of Florida districts’ principal training programs. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Florida Educational Research Association, Cocoa Beach, FL
Osborne-Lampkin, L., Folsom, J. S. (2014, October). Supporting the development of teachers and educational leaders in the Southeast. Panel discussant as part of symposium: Supporting educator effectiveness: An inside look at how regional educational laboratories work with policy makers and practitioners to conduct research, evaluation, and technical assistance. Symposium presented at the Annual meeting of the American Evaluation Association, Denver, CO.
Osborne-Lampkin, L., Folsom, J. S., Herrington, C. D., & Cooley, S.C. (2014, April). An analysis of Florida's 67 district training programs. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Philadelphia, PA.
Folsom, J. S., Osborne-Lampkin, L., & Herrington., C. (2014, March). Multiple Pathways to the Principalship: A 10-year Retrospective Cohort Analysis of the Principal Workforce in Florida. Paper presented at 39th Annual Conference, Association for Educational Finance and Policy, San Antonio, TX.
2013
Osborne-Lampkin, L., Folsom, J. S., & Herrington, C. D. (2013, November). Who's Leading Florida's Schools: A Descriptive Analysis of the Principal Workforce in Florida. Paper presented at the 2013 University Council of Educational Administration Convention, Indianapolis, Indiana.
Al Otaiba, S., Folsom, J. S., Allor, J., & Lemons, C. (2013, April). Response of students with intellectual disabilities to early reading. Panel presented at the Council for Exceptional Children’s 2013 Annual Convention and Expo, San Antonio, TX.
Folsom, J. S., & Al Otaiba, S. (2013, April). Literacy Instruction and Students with Cognitive Impairments in KG RTI Setting. Paper presented at the Council for Exceptional Children’s 2013 Annual Convention and Expo, San Antonio, TX.
Herrington, C., Osborne-Lampkin, L., Folsom, J. S., Berry, K., & Blakely, J. (2013, March). Accountability in Florida’s schools. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association for Education Finance and Policy, New Orleans, LA.
Osborne-Lampkin, L., Folsom, J. S., & Herrington, C. D. (2013, March). Accountability in Florida's Schools: Examining the Characteristics of Effective School Leaders and Their Training Programs. Paper presented at the Annual Conference, Association for Educational Finance and Policy, New Orleans, LA.
Folsom, J. S., Flynn, K., Greulich, L., Allor, J., Al Otaiba, S. (2013, February). Understanding child characteristics associated with responsiveness to literacy instruction and intervention among students with disabilities. Panel presented at the Twenty-First Annual Pacific Coast Research Conference, San Diego, California.
2012
Al Otaiba, S., Kim, Y., Folsom, J. S., & Puranik, C. (2012, July). Growth trajectories of writing for typical children and children with language impairment. Paper presented at the Nineteenth Annual Conference of the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading, Montreal, Canada.
Folsom, J. S., Al Otaiba, S., & Greulich, L. (2012, July). A comparative study on response to kindergarten Tier 1 literacy instruction for typical students and students with cognitive impairments. Paper presented at the Nineteenth Annual Conference of the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading, Montreal, Canada.
Gatlin, B., Al Otaiba, S., Folsom, J. S., Wanzek, J. (2012, July). An analysis of oral language abilities of African American students. Paper presented at the Nineteenth Annual Conference of the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading, Montreal, Canada.
Greulich, L., Al Otaiba, S., Folsom, J. (2012, July). Characteristics of adequate and inadequate responders in a multi-tiered model. Paper presented at the Nineteenth Annual Conference of the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading, Montreal, Canada.
Ortiz, M., Al Otaiba, S., Folsom, J. S., Greulich, L., Tate, S. & Connor, C. M. (2012, April). Predicting first-grade reading outcomes of culturally diverse students. Poster presented at the Annual Conference of the Council on Exceptional Children.
Lee, J., Al Otaiba, S., Folsom, J. S., Greulich, L. (2012, July). Classification of literacy and language skills in first grade: latent profiles, class membership stability, and underlying predictors. Paper presented at the Nineteenth Annual Conference of the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading, Montreal, Canada.
Al Otaiba, S., Folsom, J. S., Greulich, L., J., & Connor, C.M. (2012, June). Individualizing Student Instruction in Kindergarten: Does Assessment-guided Professional Development Support Struggling Readers? Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the International Association of Research on Learning Disabilities.
Al Otaiba, S., Greulich, L., Folsom, J. S., Wanzek, J., & Connor, C. M. Examining first grade reading outcomes: Comparing typical RTI with more immediate intervention (2012, April). Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Council on Exceptional Children.
Al Otaiba, S., Greulich, L., Folsom, J. S., Wanzek, J., & Connor, C. M. (2012, February). To wait or to intervene immediately: A closer look at intervention timing. Paper presented at the Annual Pacific Coast Research Conference.
2011
Al Otaiba, S., Folsom, J. S., Greulich, L., Petscher, Y., Wanzek, J., & Connor, C. M. (2011, July). A closer look at RTI: The role of language, behavior, home literacy and classroom reading instructional environment on student response to first grade multi-tiered intervention. Paper presented at the Eighteenth Annual Conference of the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading, St. Pete Beach, FL.
Folsom, J. S., Al Otaiba, S., & Greulich, L. (2011, July). Kindergarten susceptibility factors: What kindergarten skills interact with kindergarten instruction to predict longitudinal reading achievement? Paper presented at the Eighteenth Annual Conference of the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading, St. Pete Beach, FL.
Greulich, L., Al Otaiba, S., Folsom, J. S., & Meadows, J. (2011, July). Where do we go from here? A literature review of response to intervention. Poster presented at the Eighteenth Annual Conference of the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading, St. Pete Beach, FL.
Kim, Y. S., Al Otaiba, S., McMaster, K., Parker, D., Folsom, J. S., Greulich, L., Rouby, A, & Bourgoin, K. A. (2011, July). Measuring quality of writing for beginning writers. Paper presented at the Eighteenth Annual Conference of the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading, St. Pete Beach, FL.
Lee, J., Al Otaiba, S., Folsom, J. S., & Greulich, L. (2011, July). Socioeconomic and gender group differences in early literacy skills: A multiple group confirmatory factor analysis approach. Poster presented at the Eighteenth Annual Conference of the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading, St. Pete Beach, FL.
Puranik, C., Al Otaiba S., McMaster, K., Parker, D., Folsom, J. S., Greulich, L., Rouby, A, & Bourgoin, K. A., (2011, July). Using the levels of language framework to examine writing in beginning writers. Paper presented at the Eighteenth Annual Conference of the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading, St. Pete Beach, FL.
Al Otaiba, S., Wanzek, J., Schatschneider, Folsom, J. S., Greulich, L., & Connor, C. (2011, May). Exploring responsiveness to beginning reading instruction on first grade reading outcomes. Paper presented at the International Conference of the British Dyslexia Association, Harrogate, England.
Al Otaiba, S., Connor, C. M., Folsom, J. S., & Greulich, L. (2011, April). Role of home literacy and classroom reading instructional environments on student reading outcomes in Kindergarten and First Grade. Paper presented at the 2011 Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting, Montréal, Canada.
Al Otaiba, S., Folsom, J. S., & Greulich, L. (2011, April). What I’m learning about literacy intervention and response to intervention. Paper presented at the Council for Exceptional Children’s 2011 Annual Convention and Expo, National Harbor, MD.
Folsom, J. S., Al Otaiba, S. & Greulich, L. (2011, April). How do elementary students with intellectual disabilities fit into the RTI model? Poster presented at the Council for Exceptional Children’s 2011 Annual Convention and Expo, National Harbor, MD.
Greulich, L., Al Otaiba, S. & Folsom, J. S. (2011, April). Where are we now? A literature review of response to intervention. Poster presented at the Council for Exceptional Children’s 2011 Annual Convention and Expo, National Harbor, MD.
Lee, J., Al Otaiba, S. Greulich, L., & Folsom, J. S. (2011, April). Spelling error analysis: differentiating instructional response to students with spelling difficulties. Poster presented at the Council for Exceptional Children’s 2011 Annual Convention and Expo, National Harbor, MD.
Folsom, J. S., Al Otaiba, S. & Greulich, L. (2011, March). How do kindergarten students at risk for intellectual disabilities fit into the RTI model? Poster presented at the 2011 Marvalene Hughes Research in Education Conference, Tallahassee, FL
Al Otaiba, S., Connor, C., Folsom, J. S., & Greulich, L., Rouby, A., Wanzek, J., & Schatschneider, C. (2011, February). Tiered reading interventions in the primary grades: Implications for implementation. Invited paper presented as part of the Florida Learning Disabilities Panel Session at the Learning Disabilities Association, Jacksonville, Florida.
Folsom, J. S., Al Otaiba, S., Greulich, L., & Meadows, J. (2011, February). Kindergarten resilience factors of reading disabilities. Poster presented at the Nineteenth Annual Pacific Coast Research Conference, Coronado, California.
Folsom, J. S., Al Otaiba, S., Greulich, L., & Saez, L. (2011, February). The influence of self-regulation and individualization of instruction on kindergarten reading growth. Poster presented at the Nineteenth Annual Pacific Coast Research Conference, Coronado, California.
Greulich, L., Folsom, J. S., Al Otaiba, S., Rouby, A., & Meadows, J. (2011, February). Kindergarten reading, writing, and spelling instruction. Poster presented at the Nineteenth Annual Pacific Coast Research Conference, Coronado, California.
Puranik, C., Al Otaiba, S., Rouby, A., Greulich, L., Folsom, J. S., & Lee, J. (2011, February). Predicting kindergarteners’ end-of-year spelling ability. Paper presented at the Nineteenth Annual Pacific Coast Research Conference, Coronado, California.
Sáez, L., Al Otaiba, S., Folsom, J. S., Greulich, L., & Schatschneider, C. (2011, February). Relationships among student attention behaviors, teacher practices, and beginning word reading skills of kindergarteners. Paper presented at the Nineteenth Annual Pacific Coast Research Conference, Coronado, California.
2010
Al Otaiba, S., Connor, C., Folsom, J. S., & Greulich, L. (2010, July). The role of pre-kindergarten home literacy and kindergarten classroom reading instructional environments on student reading outcomes in kindergarten and first grade. Paper presented at the Seventeenth Annual Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Studies of Reading Conference, Berlin, Germany.
Cooper, L., Thomas-Tate, S., Al Otaiba, S., Greulich, L., & Folsom, J. S. (2010, July). First grade predictors of reading comprehension. Poster presented at the annual convention of the National American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Schools Conference, Las Vegas, NV.
Folsom, J. S., Al Otaiba, S., Greulich, L. & Meadows, J. (2010, July). A SEM on reading development from kindergarten to second grade: The role of vocabulary. Poster presented at the Seventeenth Annual Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Studies of Reading Conference, Berlin, Germany.
Folsom, J. S., Al Otaiba, S., Greulich, L. & Meadows, J. (2010, July). Kindergarten resilience factors of reading difficulties. Poster presented at the Seventeenth Annual Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Studies of Reading Conference, Berlin, Germany.
Lee, J., Al Otaiba, S., Puranik, C. S., Greulich, L., & Folsom, J. S. (2010, July). End of kindergarten spelling performance: Are spelling errors associated with response to instruction? Poster presented at the Seventeenth Annual Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Studies of Reading Conference, Berlin, Germany.
Puranik, C., Al Otaiba, S., Folsom, J. S., & Greulich, L. (2010, July). The effect of writing instruction on writing productivity in kindergarten children. Paper presented at the Seventeenth Annual Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Studies of Reading Conference, Berlin, Germany.
Folsom, J. S., Al Otaiba, S., Greulich, L., & Meadows, J., (2010, June). The contributions of print knowledge, vocabulary, PA, and word reading on reading comprehension development. Poster presented at the 2010 Institute of Education Sciences Research Conference. National Harbor, MD.
Al Otaiba, S. Denton, C., Folsom, J. S., & Greulich, L. (2010, April). Tiered reading interventions in the primary grades: What we have learned. Paper presented at the Council for Exceptional Children’s 2010 Annual Convention and Expo, Nashville, TN.
Al Otaiba, S., Folsom, J. S., & Greulich, L. (2010, April). Findings from the Florida Center on Learning Disabilities: KG-RTI promise and challenge. Paper presented at the Council for Exceptional Children’s 2010 Annual Convention and Expo, Nashville, TN.
Al Otaiba, S., Folsom, J. S., Rivera, M., Greulich, L., Whalon, K., & Delano, M. (2010, April). Effective reading instruction for students with autism, behavior disorders and intellectual disabilities. Paper presented at the Council for Exceptional Children’s 2010 Annual Convention and Expo, Nashville, TN.
Folsom, J. S., Al Otaiba, S., Greulich, L. & Meadows, J. (2010, April). Does student behavior and teachers’ individualizing instruction mediate kindergarten reading outcomes? Poster presented at the Council for Exceptional Children’s 2010 Annual Convention and Expo, Nashville, TN.
2009
Al Otaiba, S., McCardle, P., Denton, C., Wise, B., Schatschneider, C., Wexler, J. Connor, C., Folsom, J. S. & Greulich, L. (2009, November). Research from the cutting edge of response to intervention: Findings from the learning disability center grants. Paper presented at the annual conference of the International Dyslexia Association, Orlando, FL.
Folsom, J. S., Al Otaiba, S., Greulich, L., & Meadows, J. (2009, November). What role do home, child, and classroom factors play in determining resilience among kindergarteners at risk for dyslexia? Paper presented at the International Dyslexia Association Sixtieth Annual Conference, Orlando, FL.
Greulich, L., Al Otaiba, S., Folsom, J. S., & Meadows, J. (2009, November). Rudiments of RTI: A focus on attention, behavior and motivation for struggling readers. Paper presented at the International Dyslexia Association Sixtieth Annual Conference, Orlando, FL.
Folsom, J. S., Al Otaiba, S., Greulich, L., & Meadows, J. (2009, July). Examining the relations between vocabulary, teacher quality, and student outcomes. Poster presented at the Sixteenth Annual Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Studies of Reading Conference, Boston, MA.
Folsom, J. S., Al Otaiba, S., Greulich, L., & Meadows, J. (2009, July). Examining the relations between vocabulary, teacher quality, and student outcomes. Poster presented at the Sixteenth Annual Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Studies of Reading Conference, Boston, MA.
Folsom, J. S., Al Otaiba, S., Greulich, L., & Meadows, J. G. (2009, July). A comparison of two behavior rating scales and the relation between behavior and reading achievement. Poster presented at the 2009 Institute of Education Sciences Research Conference. Washington, D.C.
Al Otaiba, S., Connor, C., Schatschneider, C., Wagner, R., Petscher, Y., Meadows, J., Greulich, L., & Folsom, J. S. (2009, February). Understanding child by reading instruction interactions: Exploring the relations among instruction and initial characteristics. Paper presented at the Seventeenth Annual Pacific Coast Research Conference, Coronado, FL.
2008
Folsom, J. S. & Al Otaiba, S. (2008, October). Understanding kindergarten predictors of first grade reading achievement: A factor analytic approach. Poster presented at the Second Annual Dean's Symposium Series, Assessment for the 21st Century: Insight, Tallahassee, FL.
Al Otaiba, S., Connor, C., Meadows, J., Petscher, Y., Greulich, L., Folsom, J. S., & Lang, L. (2008, July). Responsiveness to kindergarten reading instruction: Examining the interactions among student characteristics, reading instruction, and student outcomes. Paper presented at the Fifteenth Annual Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading, Asheville, NC.
Folsom, J. S., Piasta, S. B., LaVenia, M., & Al Otaiba, S. (2008, June). Is there a predictive role of vocabulary on letter-word reading growth or outcome during kindergarten? Poster presented at the 2008 Institute of Education Sciences Research Conference. Washington, D.C.
Pineau, K., LaVenia, M., Lang, L. H., & Folsom, J. S. (2008, June). Measurement invariance of the California measure of mental motivation. Poster presented at the 2008 Institute of Education Sciences Research Conference. Washington, D.C.
Al Otaiba, S., Greulich, L., Folsom, J., & Granger, J. (2008, April). Research from the cutting edge: The work of the Florida Center for Reading Research. Paper presented at the annual Florida Branch of the International Dyslexia Association. Jacksonville, FL.
Al Otaiba, S., Meadows, J., Connor, C., Petscher, Y., Greulich, L., & Folsom, J. S. (2008, March). Predicting response to kindergarten literacy instruction: The effects of oral language, IQ, initial reading readiness, parental education and home literacy environment. Paper presented at the annual American Educational Research Association, New York, NY.
Al Otaiba, S., Connor, C., Meadows, J., Petscher, Y., Logan, J., Greulich, L., & Folsom, J. S. (2008, February). Examining the relations among student characteristics and student outcomes in kindergarten classrooms. Paper presented at the Sixteenth Annual Pacific Coast Research Conference, Coronado, CA.
2007
Al Otaiba, S., Lake, V., Greulich, L., & Folsom, J. S. (2007, November). Preparing early childhood teachers to support response to intervention: The role of structured tutorials. Paper presented at the annual Teacher Education Division of the Council for Exceptional children, Milwaukee, WI.
Folsom, J. S. (2007, March). Transition planning 101. Presentation given at the annual Transition Fair at Gretchen Everhart School, Tallahassee, FL.
2006
Sidler, J. G. M. (2006, July). How do I teach and measure reading comprehension at the secondary level? Presented at the Alternate Assessment Training Institute, St. Pete Beach, FL.
Sidler, J. G. M. (2006, June). Integrating life-skills and vocational preparation with literacy instruction for post-secondary students with severe cognitive disabilities. Case study presented at the fourth Annual Literacy in Augmentative and Alternative Communication, University of Florida CARD, Gainesville, FL.
Byrd, C. & Sidler, J. G. M. (2006, February). Navigating the transition maze. Panel presented at the eighth Annual ESE Family Conference, Tallahassee, FL.
Folsom, J. S. & Reed, D. K. (2018, February). Instruction in District-Designed Intensive Summer Reading Programs. Paper presented at the at the Council for Exceptional Children’s 2018 Annual Convention and Expo, Tampa, FL.
Kaldenberg, E. R. & Folsom, J. S. (2018, February). Reading Is Important to All: Instructional Techniques for Learners with ID. Poster presented at the at the Council for Exceptional Children’s 2018 Annual Convention and Expo, Tampa, FL.
2017
Folsom, J.S. (2017, November). Evaluating Fidelity and Instructional Content in Phonics Curriculum. Paper presented at the Annual meeting of the American Evaluation Association, Washington, DC.
Folsom, J.S. (2017, October). Quality, Engagement, Fidelity, and Instructional Content in Intensive Summer Reading Programs. Paper presented at the 2017 International Conference on Learning Disabilities, Baltimore, MD.
Folsom, J. S. (2017, June). Teaching and Supporting Inference Making. Paper presented at the 2017 Iowa Reading Association Conference, Ames, IA.
2016
Folsom, J. S. (2016, November). Interactive Reading. Paper presented at the Boone-Story Reading Council, Ames, IA.
Folsom, J. S. (2016, June). Strategically Grouping Students to Differentiate Tier 1 Reading Instruction. Paper presented at the 2016 Iowa Reading Association Conference, Ames, IA.
2015
Folsom, J. S., Lee, L. (2015, October). Florida’s 100/300 Lowest Performing Elementary Schools in Reading. Paper presented at the 2015 Florida Reading Association Conference, Orlando, FL.
Folsom, J. S., Koon, S., & Petscher, Y. (2015, July). Developing a Teacher Knowledge Assessment in Mississippi. Paper presented at the 2015 NCES STATS-DC Data Conference, Washington, DC.
Razynska, K., Meyer, S., Akey, T., Hughes, J., Folsom, J. S., Kannapel, P. (2015, July). How to Partner with the Regional Educational Laboratories (RELs) to Take Better Advantage of Data in your Longitudinal Data System. Panel presented at the 2015 NCES STATS-DC Data Conference, Washington, DC.
Folsom, J. S. & Petscher, Y. (2015, May). Are Peer Effects Consistent Across Ability and Grade Levels? Poster presented at the Morcum Conference on Reading Disabilities, Tallahassee, FL.
Osborne-Lampkin & Folsom (2015, April). Improving Leadership in the Southeast. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL.
Folsom, J. S., & Osborne-Lampkin, L. (2015, February). Supporting educator effectiveness in the Southeast. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association for Education Finance and Policy, Washington, DC.
Osborne-Lampkin, L., Herrington, C., Folsom, J., McDaniel, E., Canto, P., & Miles, M. (2015, February) Leveraging improved student achievement through researcher-and-practitioner partnerships around educational leadership. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association for Education Finance and Policy, Washington, DC.
2014
Folsom, J. S., Osborne-Lampkin, L., & Herrington, C. (2014, November). Multiple pathways to the principalship: A 10-year retrospective cohort analysis of the principal workforce in Florida. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Florida Educational Research Association, Cocoa Beach, FL
Osborne-Lampkin, L., Folsom, J. S., Herrington, C. & Cooley, S. (2014, November) A statewide analysis of Florida districts’ principal training programs. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Florida Educational Research Association, Cocoa Beach, FL
Osborne-Lampkin, L., Folsom, J. S. (2014, October). Supporting the development of teachers and educational leaders in the Southeast. Panel discussant as part of symposium: Supporting educator effectiveness: An inside look at how regional educational laboratories work with policy makers and practitioners to conduct research, evaluation, and technical assistance. Symposium presented at the Annual meeting of the American Evaluation Association, Denver, CO.
Osborne-Lampkin, L., Folsom, J. S., Herrington, C. D., & Cooley, S.C. (2014, April). An analysis of Florida's 67 district training programs. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Philadelphia, PA.
Folsom, J. S., Osborne-Lampkin, L., & Herrington., C. (2014, March). Multiple Pathways to the Principalship: A 10-year Retrospective Cohort Analysis of the Principal Workforce in Florida. Paper presented at 39th Annual Conference, Association for Educational Finance and Policy, San Antonio, TX.
2013
Osborne-Lampkin, L., Folsom, J. S., & Herrington, C. D. (2013, November). Who's Leading Florida's Schools: A Descriptive Analysis of the Principal Workforce in Florida. Paper presented at the 2013 University Council of Educational Administration Convention, Indianapolis, Indiana.
Al Otaiba, S., Folsom, J. S., Allor, J., & Lemons, C. (2013, April). Response of students with intellectual disabilities to early reading. Panel presented at the Council for Exceptional Children’s 2013 Annual Convention and Expo, San Antonio, TX.
Folsom, J. S., & Al Otaiba, S. (2013, April). Literacy Instruction and Students with Cognitive Impairments in KG RTI Setting. Paper presented at the Council for Exceptional Children’s 2013 Annual Convention and Expo, San Antonio, TX.
Herrington, C., Osborne-Lampkin, L., Folsom, J. S., Berry, K., & Blakely, J. (2013, March). Accountability in Florida’s schools. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association for Education Finance and Policy, New Orleans, LA.
Osborne-Lampkin, L., Folsom, J. S., & Herrington, C. D. (2013, March). Accountability in Florida's Schools: Examining the Characteristics of Effective School Leaders and Their Training Programs. Paper presented at the Annual Conference, Association for Educational Finance and Policy, New Orleans, LA.
Folsom, J. S., Flynn, K., Greulich, L., Allor, J., Al Otaiba, S. (2013, February). Understanding child characteristics associated with responsiveness to literacy instruction and intervention among students with disabilities. Panel presented at the Twenty-First Annual Pacific Coast Research Conference, San Diego, California.
2012
Al Otaiba, S., Kim, Y., Folsom, J. S., & Puranik, C. (2012, July). Growth trajectories of writing for typical children and children with language impairment. Paper presented at the Nineteenth Annual Conference of the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading, Montreal, Canada.
Folsom, J. S., Al Otaiba, S., & Greulich, L. (2012, July). A comparative study on response to kindergarten Tier 1 literacy instruction for typical students and students with cognitive impairments. Paper presented at the Nineteenth Annual Conference of the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading, Montreal, Canada.
Gatlin, B., Al Otaiba, S., Folsom, J. S., Wanzek, J. (2012, July). An analysis of oral language abilities of African American students. Paper presented at the Nineteenth Annual Conference of the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading, Montreal, Canada.
Greulich, L., Al Otaiba, S., Folsom, J. (2012, July). Characteristics of adequate and inadequate responders in a multi-tiered model. Paper presented at the Nineteenth Annual Conference of the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading, Montreal, Canada.
Ortiz, M., Al Otaiba, S., Folsom, J. S., Greulich, L., Tate, S. & Connor, C. M. (2012, April). Predicting first-grade reading outcomes of culturally diverse students. Poster presented at the Annual Conference of the Council on Exceptional Children.
Lee, J., Al Otaiba, S., Folsom, J. S., Greulich, L. (2012, July). Classification of literacy and language skills in first grade: latent profiles, class membership stability, and underlying predictors. Paper presented at the Nineteenth Annual Conference of the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading, Montreal, Canada.
Al Otaiba, S., Folsom, J. S., Greulich, L., J., & Connor, C.M. (2012, June). Individualizing Student Instruction in Kindergarten: Does Assessment-guided Professional Development Support Struggling Readers? Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the International Association of Research on Learning Disabilities.
Al Otaiba, S., Greulich, L., Folsom, J. S., Wanzek, J., & Connor, C. M. Examining first grade reading outcomes: Comparing typical RTI with more immediate intervention (2012, April). Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Council on Exceptional Children.
Al Otaiba, S., Greulich, L., Folsom, J. S., Wanzek, J., & Connor, C. M. (2012, February). To wait or to intervene immediately: A closer look at intervention timing. Paper presented at the Annual Pacific Coast Research Conference.
2011
Al Otaiba, S., Folsom, J. S., Greulich, L., Petscher, Y., Wanzek, J., & Connor, C. M. (2011, July). A closer look at RTI: The role of language, behavior, home literacy and classroom reading instructional environment on student response to first grade multi-tiered intervention. Paper presented at the Eighteenth Annual Conference of the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading, St. Pete Beach, FL.
Folsom, J. S., Al Otaiba, S., & Greulich, L. (2011, July). Kindergarten susceptibility factors: What kindergarten skills interact with kindergarten instruction to predict longitudinal reading achievement? Paper presented at the Eighteenth Annual Conference of the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading, St. Pete Beach, FL.
Greulich, L., Al Otaiba, S., Folsom, J. S., & Meadows, J. (2011, July). Where do we go from here? A literature review of response to intervention. Poster presented at the Eighteenth Annual Conference of the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading, St. Pete Beach, FL.
Kim, Y. S., Al Otaiba, S., McMaster, K., Parker, D., Folsom, J. S., Greulich, L., Rouby, A, & Bourgoin, K. A. (2011, July). Measuring quality of writing for beginning writers. Paper presented at the Eighteenth Annual Conference of the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading, St. Pete Beach, FL.
Lee, J., Al Otaiba, S., Folsom, J. S., & Greulich, L. (2011, July). Socioeconomic and gender group differences in early literacy skills: A multiple group confirmatory factor analysis approach. Poster presented at the Eighteenth Annual Conference of the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading, St. Pete Beach, FL.
Puranik, C., Al Otaiba S., McMaster, K., Parker, D., Folsom, J. S., Greulich, L., Rouby, A, & Bourgoin, K. A., (2011, July). Using the levels of language framework to examine writing in beginning writers. Paper presented at the Eighteenth Annual Conference of the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading, St. Pete Beach, FL.
Al Otaiba, S., Wanzek, J., Schatschneider, Folsom, J. S., Greulich, L., & Connor, C. (2011, May). Exploring responsiveness to beginning reading instruction on first grade reading outcomes. Paper presented at the International Conference of the British Dyslexia Association, Harrogate, England.
Al Otaiba, S., Connor, C. M., Folsom, J. S., & Greulich, L. (2011, April). Role of home literacy and classroom reading instructional environments on student reading outcomes in Kindergarten and First Grade. Paper presented at the 2011 Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting, Montréal, Canada.
Al Otaiba, S., Folsom, J. S., & Greulich, L. (2011, April). What I’m learning about literacy intervention and response to intervention. Paper presented at the Council for Exceptional Children’s 2011 Annual Convention and Expo, National Harbor, MD.
Folsom, J. S., Al Otaiba, S. & Greulich, L. (2011, April). How do elementary students with intellectual disabilities fit into the RTI model? Poster presented at the Council for Exceptional Children’s 2011 Annual Convention and Expo, National Harbor, MD.
Greulich, L., Al Otaiba, S. & Folsom, J. S. (2011, April). Where are we now? A literature review of response to intervention. Poster presented at the Council for Exceptional Children’s 2011 Annual Convention and Expo, National Harbor, MD.
Lee, J., Al Otaiba, S. Greulich, L., & Folsom, J. S. (2011, April). Spelling error analysis: differentiating instructional response to students with spelling difficulties. Poster presented at the Council for Exceptional Children’s 2011 Annual Convention and Expo, National Harbor, MD.
Folsom, J. S., Al Otaiba, S. & Greulich, L. (2011, March). How do kindergarten students at risk for intellectual disabilities fit into the RTI model? Poster presented at the 2011 Marvalene Hughes Research in Education Conference, Tallahassee, FL
Al Otaiba, S., Connor, C., Folsom, J. S., & Greulich, L., Rouby, A., Wanzek, J., & Schatschneider, C. (2011, February). Tiered reading interventions in the primary grades: Implications for implementation. Invited paper presented as part of the Florida Learning Disabilities Panel Session at the Learning Disabilities Association, Jacksonville, Florida.
Folsom, J. S., Al Otaiba, S., Greulich, L., & Meadows, J. (2011, February). Kindergarten resilience factors of reading disabilities. Poster presented at the Nineteenth Annual Pacific Coast Research Conference, Coronado, California.
Folsom, J. S., Al Otaiba, S., Greulich, L., & Saez, L. (2011, February). The influence of self-regulation and individualization of instruction on kindergarten reading growth. Poster presented at the Nineteenth Annual Pacific Coast Research Conference, Coronado, California.
Greulich, L., Folsom, J. S., Al Otaiba, S., Rouby, A., & Meadows, J. (2011, February). Kindergarten reading, writing, and spelling instruction. Poster presented at the Nineteenth Annual Pacific Coast Research Conference, Coronado, California.
Puranik, C., Al Otaiba, S., Rouby, A., Greulich, L., Folsom, J. S., & Lee, J. (2011, February). Predicting kindergarteners’ end-of-year spelling ability. Paper presented at the Nineteenth Annual Pacific Coast Research Conference, Coronado, California.
Sáez, L., Al Otaiba, S., Folsom, J. S., Greulich, L., & Schatschneider, C. (2011, February). Relationships among student attention behaviors, teacher practices, and beginning word reading skills of kindergarteners. Paper presented at the Nineteenth Annual Pacific Coast Research Conference, Coronado, California.
2010
Al Otaiba, S., Connor, C., Folsom, J. S., & Greulich, L. (2010, July). The role of pre-kindergarten home literacy and kindergarten classroom reading instructional environments on student reading outcomes in kindergarten and first grade. Paper presented at the Seventeenth Annual Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Studies of Reading Conference, Berlin, Germany.
Cooper, L., Thomas-Tate, S., Al Otaiba, S., Greulich, L., & Folsom, J. S. (2010, July). First grade predictors of reading comprehension. Poster presented at the annual convention of the National American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Schools Conference, Las Vegas, NV.
Folsom, J. S., Al Otaiba, S., Greulich, L. & Meadows, J. (2010, July). A SEM on reading development from kindergarten to second grade: The role of vocabulary. Poster presented at the Seventeenth Annual Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Studies of Reading Conference, Berlin, Germany.
Folsom, J. S., Al Otaiba, S., Greulich, L. & Meadows, J. (2010, July). Kindergarten resilience factors of reading difficulties. Poster presented at the Seventeenth Annual Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Studies of Reading Conference, Berlin, Germany.
Lee, J., Al Otaiba, S., Puranik, C. S., Greulich, L., & Folsom, J. S. (2010, July). End of kindergarten spelling performance: Are spelling errors associated with response to instruction? Poster presented at the Seventeenth Annual Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Studies of Reading Conference, Berlin, Germany.
Puranik, C., Al Otaiba, S., Folsom, J. S., & Greulich, L. (2010, July). The effect of writing instruction on writing productivity in kindergarten children. Paper presented at the Seventeenth Annual Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Studies of Reading Conference, Berlin, Germany.
Folsom, J. S., Al Otaiba, S., Greulich, L., & Meadows, J., (2010, June). The contributions of print knowledge, vocabulary, PA, and word reading on reading comprehension development. Poster presented at the 2010 Institute of Education Sciences Research Conference. National Harbor, MD.
Al Otaiba, S. Denton, C., Folsom, J. S., & Greulich, L. (2010, April). Tiered reading interventions in the primary grades: What we have learned. Paper presented at the Council for Exceptional Children’s 2010 Annual Convention and Expo, Nashville, TN.
Al Otaiba, S., Folsom, J. S., & Greulich, L. (2010, April). Findings from the Florida Center on Learning Disabilities: KG-RTI promise and challenge. Paper presented at the Council for Exceptional Children’s 2010 Annual Convention and Expo, Nashville, TN.
Al Otaiba, S., Folsom, J. S., Rivera, M., Greulich, L., Whalon, K., & Delano, M. (2010, April). Effective reading instruction for students with autism, behavior disorders and intellectual disabilities. Paper presented at the Council for Exceptional Children’s 2010 Annual Convention and Expo, Nashville, TN.
Folsom, J. S., Al Otaiba, S., Greulich, L. & Meadows, J. (2010, April). Does student behavior and teachers’ individualizing instruction mediate kindergarten reading outcomes? Poster presented at the Council for Exceptional Children’s 2010 Annual Convention and Expo, Nashville, TN.
2009
Al Otaiba, S., McCardle, P., Denton, C., Wise, B., Schatschneider, C., Wexler, J. Connor, C., Folsom, J. S. & Greulich, L. (2009, November). Research from the cutting edge of response to intervention: Findings from the learning disability center grants. Paper presented at the annual conference of the International Dyslexia Association, Orlando, FL.
Folsom, J. S., Al Otaiba, S., Greulich, L., & Meadows, J. (2009, November). What role do home, child, and classroom factors play in determining resilience among kindergarteners at risk for dyslexia? Paper presented at the International Dyslexia Association Sixtieth Annual Conference, Orlando, FL.
Greulich, L., Al Otaiba, S., Folsom, J. S., & Meadows, J. (2009, November). Rudiments of RTI: A focus on attention, behavior and motivation for struggling readers. Paper presented at the International Dyslexia Association Sixtieth Annual Conference, Orlando, FL.
Folsom, J. S., Al Otaiba, S., Greulich, L., & Meadows, J. (2009, July). Examining the relations between vocabulary, teacher quality, and student outcomes. Poster presented at the Sixteenth Annual Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Studies of Reading Conference, Boston, MA.
Folsom, J. S., Al Otaiba, S., Greulich, L., & Meadows, J. (2009, July). Examining the relations between vocabulary, teacher quality, and student outcomes. Poster presented at the Sixteenth Annual Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Studies of Reading Conference, Boston, MA.
Folsom, J. S., Al Otaiba, S., Greulich, L., & Meadows, J. G. (2009, July). A comparison of two behavior rating scales and the relation between behavior and reading achievement. Poster presented at the 2009 Institute of Education Sciences Research Conference. Washington, D.C.
Al Otaiba, S., Connor, C., Schatschneider, C., Wagner, R., Petscher, Y., Meadows, J., Greulich, L., & Folsom, J. S. (2009, February). Understanding child by reading instruction interactions: Exploring the relations among instruction and initial characteristics. Paper presented at the Seventeenth Annual Pacific Coast Research Conference, Coronado, FL.
2008
Folsom, J. S. & Al Otaiba, S. (2008, October). Understanding kindergarten predictors of first grade reading achievement: A factor analytic approach. Poster presented at the Second Annual Dean's Symposium Series, Assessment for the 21st Century: Insight, Tallahassee, FL.
Al Otaiba, S., Connor, C., Meadows, J., Petscher, Y., Greulich, L., Folsom, J. S., & Lang, L. (2008, July). Responsiveness to kindergarten reading instruction: Examining the interactions among student characteristics, reading instruction, and student outcomes. Paper presented at the Fifteenth Annual Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading, Asheville, NC.
Folsom, J. S., Piasta, S. B., LaVenia, M., & Al Otaiba, S. (2008, June). Is there a predictive role of vocabulary on letter-word reading growth or outcome during kindergarten? Poster presented at the 2008 Institute of Education Sciences Research Conference. Washington, D.C.
Pineau, K., LaVenia, M., Lang, L. H., & Folsom, J. S. (2008, June). Measurement invariance of the California measure of mental motivation. Poster presented at the 2008 Institute of Education Sciences Research Conference. Washington, D.C.
Al Otaiba, S., Greulich, L., Folsom, J., & Granger, J. (2008, April). Research from the cutting edge: The work of the Florida Center for Reading Research. Paper presented at the annual Florida Branch of the International Dyslexia Association. Jacksonville, FL.
Al Otaiba, S., Meadows, J., Connor, C., Petscher, Y., Greulich, L., & Folsom, J. S. (2008, March). Predicting response to kindergarten literacy instruction: The effects of oral language, IQ, initial reading readiness, parental education and home literacy environment. Paper presented at the annual American Educational Research Association, New York, NY.
Al Otaiba, S., Connor, C., Meadows, J., Petscher, Y., Logan, J., Greulich, L., & Folsom, J. S. (2008, February). Examining the relations among student characteristics and student outcomes in kindergarten classrooms. Paper presented at the Sixteenth Annual Pacific Coast Research Conference, Coronado, CA.
2007
Al Otaiba, S., Lake, V., Greulich, L., & Folsom, J. S. (2007, November). Preparing early childhood teachers to support response to intervention: The role of structured tutorials. Paper presented at the annual Teacher Education Division of the Council for Exceptional children, Milwaukee, WI.
Folsom, J. S. (2007, March). Transition planning 101. Presentation given at the annual Transition Fair at Gretchen Everhart School, Tallahassee, FL.
2006
Sidler, J. G. M. (2006, July). How do I teach and measure reading comprehension at the secondary level? Presented at the Alternate Assessment Training Institute, St. Pete Beach, FL.
Sidler, J. G. M. (2006, June). Integrating life-skills and vocational preparation with literacy instruction for post-secondary students with severe cognitive disabilities. Case study presented at the fourth Annual Literacy in Augmentative and Alternative Communication, University of Florida CARD, Gainesville, FL.
Byrd, C. & Sidler, J. G. M. (2006, February). Navigating the transition maze. Panel presented at the eighth Annual ESE Family Conference, Tallahassee, FL.
