FOR-PD Interview with Dr. Elaine K. McEwan-Adkins

Introduction: Elaine K. McEwan is an educational consultant with The McEwan-Adkins Group offering training for teachers and administrators in raising reading achievement in their schools. A former teacher, librarian, principal, and assistant superintendent for instruction in a suburban Chicago school district, she is the author of over two dozen books including titles for parents and teachers, and guides for administrators. Elaine was honored by the Illinois Principals Association as an outstanding instructional leader, by the Illinois State Board of Education with an Award of Excellence in the Those Who Excel Program, and by the National Association of Elementary School Principals as the National Distinguished Principal from Illinois for 1991. She received her undergraduate degree in education from Wheaton College and a masters degree in library science and a doctorate in educational administration from Northern Illinois University. McEwan lives with her husband and business partner, E. Raymond Adkins, in Oro Valley, Arizona. She is the mother of two, Emily McEwan-Fujita and Patrick McEwan, step-mother of three and has thirteen grandchildren.

Interview Instructions:  The interview has been provided in both text and audio formats.  Click on Text under each heading to read the part of the interview that it corresponds with, or Audio to hear the same part of the interview.  The Audio is in MP3 format and the length and size is listed next to the link.   If you wish to download the entire interview in PDF format see the link under the headings.

• Summary of My Background
  Text  |  Audio (MP3: 56 sec, 882 KB)
   
• 40 Ways to Support Struggling Readers in the Content Classrooms
  Text  |  Audio (MP3: 2 min 48 sec, 2.58 MB)
   
• Reading in Middle and High School
  Text  |  Audio (MP3: 2 min 4 sec, 1.9 MB)
   
• The Importance of Think-Alouds
  Text  |  Audio (MP3: 2 min 7 sec, 1.94 MB)
   
• Integrating Reading Across Content Areas
  Text  |  Audio (MP3: 1 min 19 sec, 1.21 MB)
   
• Assisting Struggling Readers
  Text  |  Audio (MP3: 1 min 17 sec, 1.18 MB)
   
• My Message for Teachers
  Text  |  Audio (MP3: 1 min 13 sec, 1.11 MB)
   

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