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Carrie Cole is president of Side-by-Side Educational Consulting, leading a team of professionals dedicated to working side-by-side with educators to increase literacy outcomes for all students.  She is passionate about working with districts, schools, and teachers to successfully implement evidence-based literacy practices and tiered systems of support based on the Science of Reading--all to ensure children can thrive and have the opportunity to succeed. She is a contributing author for CORE's Teaching Reading Sourcebook, a best-selling, evidence-based guide to effective literacy instruction in all content areas PreK-12. Prior to consulting, Ms. Cole was a professional development specialist for the Idaho State Department of Education, a regional educational consultant for a major publishing company, and a classroom teacher at the elementary level and secondary level (English Language Arts and literacy interventions).