About me
Dr. Thea Woodruff currently provides support and professional development to
Texas state-level partners, districts, and schools through the Tier Interventions
Using Evidence-Based Research (TIER) initiative at UT Austin’s Meadows
Center for Preventing Educational Risk. Additionally, she collaborates with UT
faculty to embed wellness practices in their classrooms and teaches at UT
Austin. She was the lead author for the Texas Literacy Achievement Academies
for grades K-5. Prior to this work, Dr. Woodruff was the reading specialist and
English/language arts coordinator for Del Valle ISD. Through her work as a
district administrator, researcher, lecturer, and consultant, Dr. Woodruff has
provided extensive support to Texas educators in effective, research-based
reading and writing instruction. She has created and delivered multiple reading
and writing trainings for the state of Texas and several of its statewide initiatives,
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