Dr. Mario Campanero

DR. MARIO CAMPANARO

EDUCATION
Doctor of Education: Texas A&M University-Commerce
Master of Arts in Education: Loyola University of Chicago
Bachelor of Arts: University of Illinois-Champaign-Urbana, IL
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Reading Comprehension
Metacognition
Professional Development
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Department of Curriculum and Instruction at Texas A & M University-Commerce courses
taught
Texas A & M University, Adjunct Professor,
Reading 515
Reading 516
Reading 517
ELED 370
ELED 360
ELED 350
Educational Publishing/Consulting/companies founded
The Literacy Group (Founding Director) 2013-present
Parents 4 Better Reading 2024
Educational Bridge, Allen, TX, 2001-2013
The Wright Group, Bothell, WA, 1995-2001
Celebration Press, Glenview, IL, 1991-1995
Developmental Learning Materials (DLM), Niles, IL and Allen, TX, 1979-1991
Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1975-1979
Field Educational Publications, Chicago, IL, 1970-1975
Professional Service
Advisory Board for Alternative Certification Texas A & M University-Commerce, 2011-15
Treasurer TAMU Council of the International Reading Associations, 2006-2007
Reviewer of College Reading Association(CRA) proposals, February/March 2006 and March
2007
Editorial Assistant for the CRA Yearbook, June 2006 -2007
Reviewer for College Reading Association proposals, 2006-2008
PUBLICATIONS
Books and Resources:
Stop To Think: Using Cognitive Strategies to Comprehend Text
FastMapping for Comprehension(Three titles)
Bridge to Comprehension Chapter Books Series (15 titles)
99 Activities for Growing Strategic Readers
See How They Think: Applying Eight Powerful Comprehension Strategies
Teaching Students to be Strategic and Metacognitive Readers
· Developing Strategic Readers (3 titles)Teaching the State Reading Standards as Problem
Solving Strategies (Three titles)
Figure 19: The Instructional Moves That Matter Most for Reading Comprehension

Classroom Impact: Achieving Balanced Literacy

Professional Articles (Blog):
Impact of Covid 19 on students’ reading
Smart Strategies™ for narrative and expository text
Fourteen (14) parent articles written for Stroll Magazine
Becoming a Nation of Word Callers
Think-Aloud Strategies: Effective Methods to Show Not Tell
Comprehension Strategy Instruction: Strategies that Work
Teaching Students to Think about Text
AWARDS AND RECOGNITION
National Reading Conference, 2009 Paper Session Chair
· Doctoral Dissertation recognized(beyond first round) by National Reading Confer-
ence Student Outstanding Research Award, 2009
Texas Early Childhood Educator of the Year, 1991
Outstanding service award for professional development DeSoto ISD 2014-2016
PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS and Pojects
• Staff development services to multiple HISD schools 2012-2023
• Tutorial Services to HIS schools 2021
• Pro Bono tutorial services to private clients 2021
• Provided services to seven HISD schools throughTSL grants 2020
• Numerous back-to-school presenta4ons in HISD most recently Cunningham ES 2020
• Spring ISD Northgate ES Professional Development project for all reading teachers 2020
• Crespo ES HISD 2018 & 2019 Comprehensive reading project for all teachers
• McNamara ES comprehensive reading project. January 2019
• Comprehensive Reading Porjects for five Spring ISD schools 2018-2019
• Keynote (back-to-school) Goose Creek ISD 2014
• Teaching the Cognitive Processes. Dallas Baptist University Faculty Workshop. 2013
· Teaching Students to be Strategic and Metacognitive Readers. Greater Houston
Area NCTE 2013
· (2012, June).Teaching Reading is Rocket Science. Keynote address Goose Creek ISD
Summer Literacy Fair. Baytown, TX.
· (2012, April). Developing strategic readers: Teaching students to think through
tex- t.Learning Forward Conference, Wichita, KS.
· (2011, October). Meeting the Needs of the Struggling Reader: Session presented at the
Texas State School Improvement Conference, Austin, TX.
· (2011, October). Helping Students to Think Through Text. Session presented at the
Northeast San Antonio ISD Super Saturday Conference, San Antonio, TX.
· (2011, September).The Teaching Behaviors of High Gains Teachers. Session presented
at the CREST Conference, Austin, TX.
· (December, 2010). Meeting the Needs of the Struggling Reader: The Teaching Actions
that Matter. Keynote Address at the Dallas Council of the International Reading,
Dallas, TX.
· (October, 2010). The Reading Profession in Transition. Keynote presentation at the Dal-
las Council of the International Reading Association, Dallas, TX.
· (February, 2010). Comprehension Strategy Instruction: The Differences That Make a Dif-
ference. Session presented at the International Reading Association Regional Confer-
ence, Portland, OR.
· (March, 2009).The Teaching Behaviors of the Excellent Reading Teacher. Session pre-
sented at the International Reading Association Regional Conference, New Orleans,
LA. (October, 2009).How to Teach Reading Comprehension to the Struggling Reader.
Ses sion presented at International Reading Coaches Conference, Corpus Christi, TX.
· (December, 2008).Comprehension Strategy Instruction: The Differences that make a Dif-
ference in Professional Development. Session presented at the National Reading Con-
ference, Orlando, FL.

· (November, 2008). Comprehension Strategy Instruction: The Differences that make a
Difference. Session presented at the Illinois State Reading Conference, Springfield, IL.

· (October, 2008). Meeting the Comprehension Needs of Struggling Readers. Session
presented at the International Reading Association Regional Conference, Nashville, TN.
· (December, 2007). Block, C. C., Campanaro, M.F., Dewitz, P., Pearson, P.D. Improving
the Basal Reading Textbook to Meet the Needs of All Students. Panel presentation at
the National Reading Conference, Austin, TX.
· (October, 2007)Comprehension Strategy Instruction: The Differences That Make a Dif-
ference. Session presented at the Texas State Reading Association Annual
Conference El Paso, TX.
· (December, 2007).The Effects of Teachers’ Professional Development on the
Reading Achievement of Fourth and Fifth Grade Students. Session presented at the
College Reading Association, Salt Lake City, UT.
· (August, 2007) The Facts and Fantasy: Reporting NAEP Scores to the American
Public. AEA Summer Institute, Frisco, TX.
· (March, 2007). Comprehension Strategy Instruction: The Methods and Meaning. East
TX TAIR Conference, Longview, TX.
· (October, 2007). Acres of Diamonds: Comprehension Strategy Instruction. Session pre-
sented at the Diamond State Reading Conference, Dover, DE.
· (October, 2007). Comprehension Strategy Instruction: The Differences That Make a Dif-
ference. Session presented at the Louisiana State Reading Conference, Monroe, LA.
· (May, 2007).Untangling the Chained Links of Reading Comprehension. Bill Martin Jr.
Symposium, Commerce, Texas.
· (2006, December).Untangling the Chained Links of Reading Comprehension. College
Reading Association. Session presented at the College Reading Association
conference in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
· (April, 2006).Untangling the Chained Links of Reading Comprehension. Bill Martin Jr.
Symposium, Commerce, Texas.
· (June, 2006).Comprehension Strategy Instruction. Presentation at the Texas
Elementary Principles Association, Austin, TX.
· (February, 2006).The Comprehension Challenges of High-Stakes Assessments. East
TX TAIR Conference, Longview, TX.

PROFESSIONAL STAFF DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS
Professional Development Projects:Houston ISD, Spring ISD, Allen
ISD, Ft. Worth ISD 2017-2020
Professional Development Projects: Houston ISD, Allen ISD, DeSoto
ISD 2016
Professional Development Projects: Duncanville ISD, Tyler ISD, Houston
ISD,Spring ISD 2015
Full school year professional development: Hurst, Euless, Bedford ISD, Dun-
canville ISD, Tyler ISD 2014
Building Teacher Capacity To Teach Reading Well (one week workshops
in Dallas, Ft.Worth, Houston 2014-2017
Untangling The Tangled Chains of Reading Comprehension Tyler
and Spring ISD 2013-2014
Full year professional development project Klein ISD 2012

 

Dr. Mario Campanaro
PO Box 890302Houston,
77289
214.403.6787