Our guest, Naomi Peña, is Director of Community Engagement and co-founder for the Literacy Academy Collective.
Naomi shares her experiences as a parent and an advocate to assistant families with children struggling in reading. She explains the origins of the Literacy Academy Collective via a competitive proposal process.
Working with families, describes how outreach and emotional support are vital resources for parent engagement.
The Goal of the Literacy Academy Collective is to launch a network of schools across New York City to support struggling readers.
Your Host : Jacob Easley II, PhD, PMP
Sponsor: The 2.0 Conferences. Register for the 2025 conference in Las Vegas with the code EDUPXE10OFF and receive a 10% discount.
Resources:
Xcelerated Excellence Consulting
NewYork State Path Forward Team Releases Action Plan to Transform Literacy Instruction
Reading Reform Across America: A Survey of State Legislation (Shanker Institute)
Our guest, Naomi Peña, is Director of Community Engagement and co-founder for the Literacy Academy Collective.
Naomishares her experiences as a parent and an advocate to assistant families with children struggling in reading. She explains the origins of the Literacy Academy Collective via a competitive proposal process.
Working with families, describes how outreach and emotional support are vital resources for parent engagement.
The Goal of the Literacy Academy Collective is to launch a network of schools across New York City to support struggling readers.
Your Host: Jacob Easley II, PhD, PMP
Sponsor: The 2.0 Conferences. Register for the 2025 conference in Las Vegas with the code EDUPXE10OFF and receive a 10% discount.
Resources:
Xcelerated Excellence Consulting
New York State Path Forward Team Releases Action Plan to Transform Literacy Instruction
Reading Reform Across America: A Survey of State Legislation (Shanker Institute)
LAC Co-Founder, Director of Community & Family Engagement
Naomi is our Director of Community Engagement. Naomi became involved in educational advocacy work when her oldest child was diagnosed with Dyslexia 17 years ago and given an IEP. She quickly had to learn how to navigate the special education bureaucracy in NYC and experienced first-hand the overwhelming complexity of the system. Through support from organizations, she learned the special education law and lent herself as a support for other special education parents in her community. In 2015 she joined the Community Education Council for School District 1, where she served as President for five of her eight years. As President of the CEC, and as a proud product of NYCHA, she helped develop and implement NYC’s first district-wide Diversity in Admissions system, and the first Family Resource Center in District 1. She has a professional background in legal, marketing, operations, and finance.