Author
Katherine A. Beauchat
Katherine A. Beauchat, EdD, is an Associate Professor at Middle Georgia State University, where she teaches graduate courses in literacy education and dyslexia. Her background includes teaching in Head Start, prekindergarten, and kindergarten, and she has also worked as a PreK–3 reading specialist, a middle school reading coach, and an Early Reading First Head Start coach.
Her research focuses on professional development in literacy and language instruction for early childhood educators, especially within the science of reading, and on strategies to support at-risk young children’s oral language and vocabulary development. She is the coauthor of Starting Strong: Evidence-Based Early Literacy Practices with Katrin Blamey.
