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nicole Paylor, Principal, Fountain Rock Elementary School
niColE PAyloR has been an educator for 18 years and has served as principal of Fountain Rock Elementary School since July 2016. Nicole is currently working to transform the learning at Fountain Rock, infusing the arts into the instructional delivery process and placing a heavy emphasis on literacy. An avid reader, Nicole built a lending library in her of ce which allows students to “check out” books during the school day. In addition, she has implemented booktalks both in the classroom and at faculty meetings, formed the rst student online book club, purchased over 500 books for the school so far this school year, and hosted a Back-to-School Night Scholastic Book Fair. Recognizing that reading on or
above grade level is critical to student success, Fountain Rock students participate in a dedicated 60-minute reading block in addition to the regularly scheduled ELA instructional block.
Marvin terban, Teacher and Award-Winning Children’s Book Author
MARVin tERBAn is a long-time teacher and best-selling, award-winning children’s book author. Called “a master of children’s wordplay” by ALA Booklist and “Mr. English for Kids” by the Children’s Book-of-the-Month Club, he has written 38 books about the English language. He is also Scholastic’s “Professor Grammar.” Three of his Scholastic books on grammar, idioms, and spelling have sold more than 1 million copies each and are used in schools all over the world. In 2005, the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators voted Marvin their Member of the Year for his contributions to children’s literacy. For years he has been a popular speaker at educational conferences in the United States, South
America, Europe, China, Japan, and Israel. He is known for his lively, informative, and fun presentations. Throughout his long career as an author, he has kept his even longer day job as a teacher in New York.
Marc tyler nobleman, Author
MARC tylER noBlEMAn is the author of more than 70 books for readers of all ages, including Bill the Boy Wonder: The Secret Co-Creator of Batman, which changed history and inspired both the Hulu documentary Batman and Bill and a TED talk. He is also the author of Boys of Steel: The Creators of Superman, which made the front page of USA Today. His latest titles are Brave Like My Brother and The Chupacabra Ate the Candelabra. Upcoming titles include Thirty Minutes Over Oregon and Fairy Spell. Marc has been invited to speak at schools and conferences from Thailand to Tanzania and blogs about adventures in publishing at his blog Noblemania. You can also nd him on Twitter @MarcTNobleman.