Julie Meltzer, Ph.D.

Julie Meltzer is Senior Advisor for Strategy, Research and Design at PCG Education. As Director of the Adolescent Literacy Project at the LAB at Brown University, Dr. Meltzer developed the Adolescent Literacy Support Framework, and authored Adolescent Literacy Resources: Linking Research and Practice (2002) and other research-based professional development and technical assistance resources. A sought after keynote speaker, author, reviewer, conference presenter, and workshop leader, Dr. Meltzer helps educators build their capacity to effectively apply research-based promising practices to support the literacy development and learning needs of adolescents. Dr. Meltzer is co-author of three recent publications on literacy leadership: Taking Action on Adolescent Literacy (ASCD, 2007), Meeting the Challenge of Adolescent Literacy (IRA, 2009) and Taking the Lead on Adolescent Literacy (2010). Other recent publications include Thinkquiry Toolkit I (2010) and Guidelines for Developing District Literacy Action Plans (2009) with her colleague Dennis Jackson.  A key focus of her current work is assisting school leaders to understand the roles, responsibilities, and actions associated with academic literacy development at the middle and high school level. Dr. Meltzer can be reached at jmeltzer@pcgus.com.

• Adolescent Literacy
• Content Literacy
• Instructional Leadership
• Response to Intervention (RtI)
• Program Evaluation
• Teacher Professional Development
• Leadership Coaching
• 21st Century Teaching and Learning

Dr. Meltzer has worked in the education field for over 20 years. She taught at both the K-12 and college levels before joining PCG Education in 1999 as a senior research consultant.  

Dr. Meltzer is a frequent guest lecturer, invited panelist, workshop facilitator, conference presenter, and keynote speaker. Speaking engagements in 2009 and 2010 included the National Academy Foundation professional development institute, the International Reading Association annual conference, the ACSD annual conference, the Massachusetts Reading Association annual conference, the Maine Summer Literacy Institute, the Massachusetts Secondary Reading Project, and two recent conference presentations at educational leadership conferences in Warsaw and Lodz, Poland. She is also a faculty member for New Leaders for New Schools and a professional development affiliate member of The Partnership for 21st Century Skills.

Books

Taking the lead on adolescent literacy: Action steps for schoolwide success
Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press, Irvin, J., Meltzer, J., Dean, N., & Mickler, M. J. 2010

Meeting the challenge of adolescent literacy: Practical ideas for literacy leaders
Newark, DE: International Reading Association, Irvin, J., Meltzer, J., Phillips, M., Mickler, M. J., & Dean. N.
2009

Taking action: A leadership model for improving adolescent literacy
Alexandria, VA: Association of Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD), Irvin, J., Meltzer, J., & Dukes, M. 2007

Meeting the literacy development needs of adolescent English language learners through content area learning, part two: Focus on classroom teaching and learning strategies.
Providence, RI: Northeast and Islands Regional Educational Laboratory (LAB) at Brown University, Meltzer, J.& Hamann, E. T. 2005

Meeting the literacy development needs of adolescent English language learners through content area learning, part one: Focus on motivation and engagement.
Providence, RI: Northeast and Islands Regional Educational Laboratory (LAB) at Brown University, Meltzer, J. & Hamann, E.T. 2004

Adolescent literacy resources: Linking research with practice
Providence, RI: Northeast and Islands Regional Educational Laboratory (LAB) at Brown University
Meltzer, J. with N. Cook Smith and H. Clark, 2002

Articles

Answering the questions that count
Educational Leadership - Ronka, D., Lachat, M.A., Slaughter, R. & Meltzer, J. - January 2009

Designing effective content-literacy professional development
In Perspective - Ohio Resource Center - http://www.ohiorc.org/adlit/InPerspective/Issue/2008-09/Article/feature.aspx - Meltzer, J. & Phillips, M. - September 2008 

Getting school-wide literacy up and running
Principal Leadership - National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP) - Vol. 7 No. 1, pp. 21-26 - Meltzer, J. & Ziemba, S. -  September 2006

Double-duty literacy training
Principal Leadership - National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP) - Vol. 7 No. 6, pp. 22-27 - Meltzer, J. & Hamann, E.T. - February 2006 -Reprinted in The Education Digest.

First literacy, then learning
Principal Leadership - National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP) - Vol. 2 No. 2, pp. 16-21- Meltzer, J. & Okashige, S. - October 2001

Dr. Meltzer earned a Ph.D. in Curriculum and instruction at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and a Master of Education, Creative Arts in Learning degree from Leslie University. She received a Bachelor of Arts in Fine Arts and Drama from Colorado College.

 

   To learn more about Julie Meltzer or other PCG Education Subject Matter Experts, contact us at
   pcgeducation@publicconsultinggroup.com or 1-800-210-6113.