Jocelyn Washburn
- Director of Professional Development and Senior Research Associate, KU Center for Research on Learning
Contact Info
1122 West Campus Road
Lawrence, KS 66045-3101
Personal Links
Biography —
Jocelyn Washburn, Ph.D., is the Director of Professional Development for the Strategic Instruction Model (SIM™) Professional Developers Network and a Senior Research Associate for the Center for Research on Learning. She is a SIM Professional Development Leader and Fusion Reading Professional Developer. Her leadership to the SIM Network includes sharing advancements in SIM Interventions, delivering high-quality professional learning and coaching, directly supporting regional and national update conferences. She co-develops and delivers professional learning and coaching with a focus on adolescent literacy. Additionally, she provides support and leadership in research proposal conceptualization, the development of research partnerships internal and external to KU, and the implementation of research methodology.
In her former position at the Virginia Department of Education’s Training and Technical Assistance Center at Virginia Tech, she co-led a state-wide effort to incorporate SIM and Fusion Reading as explicit instructional tools within the Virginia Tiered Systems of Supports framework. She has provided instructional coaching and technical assistance to teachers and administrators implementing evidence-based and inclusive practices. She has worked with students with and without disabilities at the secondary level for nearly 20 years. She has served as a literacy coordinator, instructional coach, and special education teacher. In these leadership roles, Jocelyn’s work has focused on systems change, instructional delivery, and adolescent literacy.
Research Interests:
- Partnership Approach to Coaching and Teaching
- Strategic, Explicit Instruction
- Adaptive, technology-enhanced professional learning
- Writing Instruction
- Adolescent and Disciplinary Literacy
- Intensive Intervention
- Co-Teaching
- High Leverage Practices
Selected Publications —
Brasseur-Hock, I.F., Miller, W.H., Washburn, J., Chroust, A.J., & Hock, M. F. (2021). The Effects of a comprehensive and supplemental middle school reading program. International Journal for Research in Learning Disabilities. 5(1), 25-41.DOI:10.28987/5.1.25
Berkeley, S., Hock, M. & Washburn, J. (Forthcoming). Methodological considerations for using single case experimental design to evaluate basic reading interventions for students with learning disabilities. Learning Disabilities Quarterly.
Washburn, J. (Forthcoming). Reviewing evidence on the relations between oral reading fluency and reading comprehension for adolescents. Journal of Learning Disabilities.
Washburn, J. & Billingsley, B. (2018). Leading effective meetings with professionals and families. In High Leverage Practices in Inclusive Classrooms (pp. 15-33). Routledge.
Washburn, J. (2018). High Leverage Practices in Special Education: Collaboration Laminated Guide by National Professional Resources, Inc. and Council for Exceptional Children.
Washburn, J. (2017). Contributor to Research Synthesis for HLP 2 (pp. 30-31, Published in McLeskey, J., Barringer, M-D., Billingsley, B., Brownell, M., Jackson, D., Kennedy, M., Lewis T. Maheady, L., Rodriquez, J., Scheeler, M.C., Winn, J., & Ziegler, D. (2017, January). High-leverage practices in special education. Arlington, VA: Council for Exceptional Children & CEEDAR Center.
Washburn, J. (2017). Teaching secondary students literacy skills for content learning. In J. Bakken (Ed.), Classrooms: Academic content and behavior strategy instruction for students with and without disabilities. Hauppauge, NY: NOVA Science Publishers.
Instructional Coaching Columnist, Aspiring Special Education Leaders Academy’s bi-annual newsletter, Fall 2016 – present
Selected Presentations —
Brasseur-Hock, I., & Washburn, J. (2021, March 10). Evidence-Based Practices for Adolescents with Learning Challenges. [Webinar]. Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education’s Office of College and Career Readiness.
Washburn, J., & Myers, S. (2021, February 3). Virtual Coaching to Support Educators with SIM. [Conference session]. Florida SIM Update Virtual Conference.
Washburn, J., McCaleb, D., & Stewart, L. (2020, October 28). Science of Reading and SIM. [Conference session]. Northeast SIM Update Virtual Conference.
Lancaster, P. & Washburn, J. (2020, October 28; 2020, February 5; 2020, January 23). The Intersection of SIM and High-Leverage Practices. [Conference session]. Northeast SIM Update Virtual Conference, Florida SIM Update Conference, Orlando, FL, and Arkansas SIM Update Conference, Conway, AR.
Berkeley, S. & Washburn, J. (2020, October 16). Single Case Design and Reading Research: What Have We Learned? [Roundtable Session]. Council for Learning Disabilities, Virtual.
Washburn, J. (2020, September 11). SIM in Inclusive Classrooms. [Webinar]. Alpha to Omega Schools in India and Singapore.
Washburn, J. (2020, March 18). The Intersection of SIM and High-Leverage Practices. [Conference session]. Southeast SIM Update Virtual Conference.
Deshler, D. & Washburn, J. (2020, February 5). Evidence-based Practices to Practice-based Evidence: An Important Change in Focus. [Keynote]. Florida SIM Update Conference, Orlando, FL.
Brownell, M. & Washburn, J. (2019, October 25). High-Leverage Practices in Special Education: A Professional Development Guide for School Leaders. [Conference session.] National Association for State Directors of Special Education and Council for Administrators of Special Education Joint Conference, Louisville, KY.
Hock, M., Brasseur-Hock, I., Washburn, J., & Myers, S. (2019, October 5). Supporting Adolescent Reading: Effective Reading Programs, Student Self-Perception, and Instructional Coaching. [Panel session.] Council for Learning Disabilities Conference, San Antonio, TX.
Washburn, J. & Graner, P. (2018, November). SIM and High Leverage Practices for Schools, High Leverage Practices in Special Education [Conference session.] Virginia SIM Learning Conference, Harrisonburg, VA.
Washburn, J. & Clark, M.M. (2018, November). High Quality Content Enhancement Professional Development. [Conference session.] Virginia SIM Learning Conference, Harrisonburg, VA.
Washburn, J. (2018, November). Virtual Tools for Professional Learning. [Panel discussion moderator.] Virginia SIM Learning Conference, Harrisonburg, VA.
Washburn, J. (2018, July). Blended Professional Learning with Content Enhancement Routines. [Conference session.] University of Kansas Center for Research on Learning Annual Conference, Lawrence, KS.
Washburn, J. (2017, September). The Predictability of Oral Reading Fluency for Adolescent Struggling Readers. [Panel discussion.] Virginia Educational Research Association Conference, Charlottesville, VA.
Hock, M., Brasseur-Hock, I, Washburn, J., & Miller, W. (2017, July). Improving Student Outcomes with Fusion Reading through Leadership. [Panel discussion.] University of Kansas Center for Research on Learning Annual Conference, Lawrence, KS.
Washburn, J., McCaleb, D., & Miller, W. (2015, September). Data Driven Decision-Making [Full-day professional learning session]. Virginia Department of Education & Virginia Tech Training & Technical Assistance Center, Abington and Roanoke, VA.