S6 E11: What I should have learned in college with Donna Hetjmanek

<p>Throughout this season, we&apos;ve explored different tiers of the education system. In this episode, we look at the role higher education plays in equipping teachers with the right training and tools. Our guest Donna Hejtmanek, a retired special education teacher and reading specialist, shares her disappointing first-hand experience of going back to school at the age of 58<b>—</b>an experience that made her realize many universities weren&apos;t training educators in the Science of Reading. Donna tells Susan the story of how she came to create the incredibly popular Facebook group Science of Reading–What I Should Have Learned in College, and discusses what it will take to change higher education.<br/><br/><b>Additional resources:</b></p><ul><li>Facebook group: <a href='https://www.facebook.com/groups/704498996666615/'>Science of Reading—What I Should Have Learned in College</a></li><li><a href='https://www.readingscienceacademy.com/stars'>Stephanie Stollar’s group Stronger Together: The Alliance for Reading Science in Higher Education</a></li><li>Facebook group: <a href='https://www.facebook.com/groups/181850592885233/'>Training Reading Rocket Scientists</a></li><li>Facebook group: <a href='https://www.facebook.com/groups/276381220105950/'>Science of Reading for Administrators—What Teachers Want You to Know</a></li><li>Find Donna on <a href='https://twitter.com/DonnaHejtmanek'>Twitter.</a></li><li>Find Donna on <a href='https://www.linkedin.com/in/donna-hejtmanek-b6a987160/'>LinkedIn.</a></li></ul><p><b>Quotes:<br/><br/></b>“The door&apos;s been cracked. It has to happen and it has to happen by having relationships with people. You just can’t walk in and just say, you know, this is the way it needs to be done. It&apos;s a slow process.” —Donna Hejtmanek<br/><br/>“If you&apos;re trained in a certain way, you&apos;re only exposing yourself to those researchers doing those things and that type of information. And so you don&apos;t know other sources of information of other researchers and what else might be goin