HCS Teacher Summit For Grades K-5: Full Schedule

8:30am EDT

Start Up, Build Up, Spiral Up: Right Skill, Right Time

Monday August 10, 2026 8:30am - 9:20am EDT

Limited Capacity seats available

Educators will learn how to deliver targeted phonics instruction using the Benchmark Advance Phonics Kits: Start Up, Build Up, and Spiral Up. This session equips teachers with strategies to meet students where they are, differentiate effectively, and accelerate reading growth through intentional, data-informed practices that move every reader forward.

Speakers

Caroline Wilson

District Instructional Coach, HCS Curriculum and Instruction Department

I am a K-5 District Instructional Coach. This is my 32nd year in education. I have taught Spanish in grades 1st-8th and fourth and fifth grades in all subjects, as well as STEM for fourth and fifth grade. I was a site-based instructional coach for four years. I love helping teachers... Read More →

Amber Anderson

District Instructional Coach, HCS Curriculum and Instruction Department

Hello! I am Amber Anderson and I am a a K-5 district instructional coach for Harnett County Schools. This is my 27th year in education and all of those years have been in Harnett County. I was a classroom teacher for 20 years, teaching kindergarten, second, third, and fourth... Read More →

Monday August 10, 2026 8:30am - 9:20am EDT
Room 219

All Grades, Reading