Dawn Jacobs Martin

Research Interests

Dr. Martin's scholarly interests include intensive literacy intervention for children with learning disabilities, social support, and parental involvement in relation to academic achievement.

Bio

Dawn Jacobs Martin, Ph.D is passionate about increasing academic outcomes for students experiencing reading difficulties and related academic challenges. She has demonstrated her ability to be an effective and dynamic leader through her roles as a practitioner, researcher, writer, and special education director. Currently, she works in higher education developing, evaluating, and implementing engaging graduate courses aligned to the EdTPA Teacher Certification requirements.

Received her B.A. in Communication Disorders from The University of Connecticut, M.A. in Special Education Learning Disabilities from American University, and Doctorate of Philosophy in Special Education Learning Disabilities from the University of Maryland, College Park.
Director of Special Education Teacher Certification Programs and Assistant Clinical Professor at University of Mayland, College Park. Some of her courses design includes Managing Challenging Behaviors, Instruction in Reading, Special Education Assessment, Methods of Special Education, Reading in the Content Areas, and the Process and Acquisition of Reading.
Published over 25 nationally distributed discussion guides through various journals and publishing companies, such as School Library Journal, Disney-Hyperion, Candlewick, and Fabled Films Press. Her publications support teachers by providing insightful discussion questions aligned to the Common Core State Standards and rigorous activity suggestions to meet the needs of a differentiated classroom environment.
In her work as a special education director she developed, monitored, and improved math and ELA intervention programs for a charter network of six schools with more than 500 students with disabilities. Her responsibilities included providing high impact teacher training, progress monitoring achievement, evaluating fidelity of intervention implementation, and identifying best practices using a Response to Intervention framework.
In-depth knowledge of High Incidence Disabilities, Response to Intervention, and Common Core State Standards. She disseminates information regarding research-based practices at national and regional conferences annually. She is the member of several professional organizations and committees dedicated to enhancing outcomes for students with high incidence disabilities.
School administrators frequently request her support real-time coaching and instructional modeling to enhance the performance of novice and experienced teachers. Throughout the academic year she works closely with administrators to design individualized coaching plans and professional development aligned to the Danielson Framework for Teaching.

Publications

JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

Silverman, R., McNeish, L., Martin, D., Ritchey, K., Speece, D. (In Submission). Early screening for decoding and language-related reading difficulties in 1^st and 3^rd grades.

Martin D. & Grabarek, D. (December 13, 2016). Into the Future with Shana Corey’s “The Secret Subway”: A Lesson Plan. School Library Journal: Curriculum Connections.

Martin, D & Grabarek, D. (May 12, 2016). Bill Thompson’s A Typewriter: Lesson Plan. School Library Journal: Curriculum Connections.

Martin, D & Grabarek, D. (2015). Beboppin’ with “Bird and Diz.” School Library Journal, March Issue, 54-55.

Grabarek, D. & Martin, D. (January 12, 2015). Four Centuries, Four Families, One Delicious Treat. School Library Journal: Curriculum Connections.

Martin, D & Grabarek, D. (November 19, 2015). My Seneca Village: A Lesson Plan and Discussion Guide. School Library Journal: Curriculum Connections. *Reprinted January 2016: www.poets.org*

Case, L., Speece, D., Silverman, R., Ritchey, K., Schatschneider, C., Cooper, D., Montenaro, E., & Jacobs, D. (2010). Validation of a Tier 2 reading intervention for first grade children. Journal of Learning Disabilities, 43, 389-480.

Speece, D.L., Schatschneider, C., Silverman, R., Case, L., Cooper, D., and Jacobs, D. (In Press). Early Identification of reading problems within a response to intervention framework. Elementary School Journal.

NATIONALLY DISTRIBUTED DISCUSSION GUIDES

Martin, D. (March 2019). A Discussion Guide for Educator Guide for Early Reader Program: The Nocturnals Series. Fabled Films Press.

Martin, D. (February 2019). A Discussion Guide for Love like Sky. Disney Children’s Book Group, LLC.

Martin, D. (January 2019). A Discussion Guide for Rescue and Jessica: A Life Changing Friendship. Candlewick Press.

Martin, D. (November 2018). A Discussion Guide for This is Not a Love Letter. Disney Children’s Book Group, LLC.

Martin, D. (December 2017). A Discussion Guide for This is Not a Love Letter. Disney Children’s Book Group, LLC.

Martin, D. (November 2017). A Discussion Guide for The Bruce Books. Disney Children’s Book Group, LLC.

Martin, D (September 2017). A Discussion Guide for The Serafina Book Series. Disney Children’s Book Group, LLC.

Martin, D. (September 2017). A Discussion Guide for Schomburg: The Man Who Built A Library. Candlewick Press, LLC.

Martin, D (April 2017). A Discussion Guide for Beck. Candlewick Press, LLC.

Martin, D (February 2017). A Teaching Guide for The Takedown. Disney Children’s Book Group, LLC.

Martin, D (2015). A Teaching Guide for Elizabeth Started All the Trouble. Disney Children’s Book Group, LLC.

Martin, D (2015). A Teaching Guide for Frederick’s Journey. Disney Children’s Book Group, LLC.

Martin, D (2015). A Teaching Guide for Noble Warrior. Disney Children’s Book Group, LLC.

Martin, D (2014). A Teaching Guide for The Doll People Series (3 books). Disney Children’s Book Group, LLC.

Martin, D (2014). A Teaching Guide for Disney’s World of Reading Series. Disney Children’s Book Group, LLC.

Martin, D (2014). A Poster Guide for Tesla’s Attic by Neal Shusterman and Eric Elfman. Disney Children’s Book Group, LLC.

Jacobs, D (2013). A Teaching Guide for Streetball Crew Book One: Sasquatch in the Paint by Kareem Abdul Jaabar. Disney Children’s Book Group, LLC.

Jacobs, D (2013). A Teaching Guide for Light in the Darkness: A Story about how Slaves Learned in Secret by Lesa Cline-Ransome and James E. Ransome. Disney Children’s Book Group, LLC.

Jacobs, D (2013). A Teaching Guide for Red Kite, Blue Kite by Ji-li Jiang and Ruth Greg. Disney Children’s Book Group, LLC.

Jacobs, D (2013). A Teaching Guide for The Story of Walter Rothschild and His Museum. Disney Children’s Book Group, LLC.

Jacobs, D (2012, 2013). A Teaching Guide for Dorreen Rappaport’s Big Word’s Series. Disney Children’s Book Group, LLC.

Jacobs, D (2012). A Teaching Guide for Marvel Comics Origin Stories. Disney Children’s Book Group, LLC.

Speece, D. & Jacobs, D (January, 2010). Structuring fun, focused, and enriching tutoring sessions. Commonweal Chronicle, 6, 6-8.

LOCALLY DISTRIBUTED PUBLICATIONS

Jacobs Martin, D. (May 2019). Kids Achieve Club Literacy (KAC) Intervention Manual. Prince George’s County Memorial Library System.

Grants & Projects

Fall 2018-Present. An Efficacy Study of Toggle Talk ($3,247,480) Professional Development Consultant.

Spring 2017. Teacher Quality Professional Development (1.25 Million) funded By Department of Education, US Virgin Islands. Instructional Consultant in St. Thomas, St. John, and St. Croix.

Fall 2012. Least Restrictive Environment Grant ($340,000) awarded by the Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE) for providing a full continuum of services across multiple schools. Primary Investigator.

Courses

EDSP 470 Introduction to Special Education, University of Maryland

EDSP 401 Teaching Students with Disabilities in the Elementary Classroom, University of Maryland

EDSP 411 Universal Design for Learning, University of Maryland

EDSP 416 Reading and Writing Instruction in Special Education I, University of Maryland

EDSP 470 Introduction to Special Education, University of Maryland

EDSP 484 Reading and Writing in Special Education II, University of Maryland

SPED 546 Methods of Teaching Students with Disabilities, Notre Dame of Maryland University.

SPED 553 Assessment of Special Populations, Notre Dame of Maryland University.

EDU 509 Process and Acquisition of Reading, Notre Dame of Maryland University.

EDU 509 Reading in the Content Areas, Notre Dame of Maryland University.

EDU 542 Elementary Instruction in Reading, Notre Dame of Maryland University.

ESPED 8100 Supporting Students with Receptive and Expressive Language Challenges, Relay Graduate School of Education

ESPED 5100 Contemporary Perspectives in Special Education, 2014/2015 (AY) School of Education, Lesley University

ESPED 6121 Classroom Management and Behavior Support, School of Education, Lesley University

ESPED 6124 Assessment in Special Education, School of Education, Lesley University

ESPED 5114 Designing Instruction for the Inclusive Classroom, School of Education, Lesley University

ESPED 6134 Designing Effective Individual Education Programs, School of Education, Lesley University