Provided by Chase Young
Most Popular Sessions
Small Group Reading Instruction
Effective Reading Interventions
Tiered Reading Fluency Instruction
Diagnosis and Correction of Reading Difficulties
​From Fluency to Comprehension
PD Inquiry
If you would like to book me for professional development or keynote addresses, email chaseyoung@shsu, call
214-868-8025 or use the form above.
Book Study and Presentation
Fluency is an important part of comprehension, but how can teachers make sure they're providing the support that all readers need? Tiered Fluency Instruction: Supporting Learners in Grades 2-5 will help teachers meet this challenge. This resource will provide fluency support for all students, including disfluent readers. Chapters are included on RTI Tiers, assessment and ways to integrate technology.
Order your books, read them, and book the "Tiered Fluency Instruction" professional development.
"Our day was very successful. We had him come on the half day staff development. In the morning, he presented a week's worth of readers theater in 2 hours in a second grade class. As he worked with the kids and did the performance, I videoed the process. Afterward, he edited the film in order to present it to the faculty in the afternoon. We opened lunch to anyone who wanted to join us and then we had our 1/2 day staff development. The teachers loved him and found him to be so motivating. He has a wonderful sense of humor, too."
- Missy Allen, Eagle Mountain ISD
More about Chase...
Chase Young, PhD, is professor and director of the education doctorate in literacy in the School of Teaching and Learning at Sam Houston State University. He earned his PhD in Reading Education from the University of North Texas in 2012. Previously, he was the Silverman Endowed Chair of Literacy at Texas A&M University in Corpus Christi where he was also selected as one of Corpus Christi's 40 Under 40 for his work with young readers in the community. His research primarily aims to develop reading fluency and support struggling readers in elementary school. In 2014, the ALER selected him as their Jerry Johns Promising Researcher, and he was awarded the College of Education Excellence Award in Research in 2021. His research has appeared in such journals as the Reading Research Quarterly, Journal of Educational Research, Journal of Research in Reading, Reading Psychology, Reading Teacher, Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy, and Literacy Research and Instruction. His latest book, Artfully Teaching the Science of Reading, authored with David Paige and Timothy Rasinski, will be out in the spring of 2022. He is currently an editor of Literacy Research and Instruction and previously served as editor of the Journal of Teacher Action Research and the Texas Journal of Literacy Education. Before entering higher education, he taught elementary school and served as a reading coach.
Download Chase's full CV here.