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Tara Griffith, Ed.S. @GriffithT

State Regional Literacy Director at @KyDeptofEd. Lifelong Learner. Continuous Improvement. Structured Literacy. 🏈 wife. 🐶 mom.

Joined October 2011
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Christie Biggerstaff, Ed.S@MrsCBiggerstaff
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Building a Literacy Movement: Over 8,000 Kentucky Educators and Counting | Christie Biggerstaff,...

I am deeply grateful for the educators and administrators across Kentucky who have committed their time and effort to strengthen literacy for our students. Their willingness to learn, reflect, and...

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Christie Biggerstaff, Ed.S@MrsCBiggerstaff
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1600 KY educators and administrators are joining us for the KY Reads to Succeed Summer Conference. There is a literacy movement happening in KY! Momentum is building, educators are leading, and students are the beneficiaries. #KyReadstoSucceed
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From the young guy with big dreams, to the amazing man you are today, you’ve always made an impact on others. 🥳 Happy Birthday @CoachGriffith
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Melissa & Lori Love Literacy Podcast@literacypodcast
16 Nov 2025
Have you ever read something that completely changed the way you teach? 🤯 For me, it was Placing Text at the Center of the Standards-Aligned ELA Classroom. I shared it with EVERYONE. 🙌 You can read it here: ow.ly/Hktl50X2RXR 🎙️ Listen here: ow.ly/3ITN50X2RXS
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Happy Anniversary @CoachGriffith - 21 years of love, laughter, and doing life with you. ❤️💍
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Christie Biggerstaff, Ed.S@MrsCBiggerstaff
13 Jun 2025
Ky Reads to Succeed Conference if off and running! We’ve had a great day so far with a keynote from Dr. Anita Archer and our first sessions wrapping up. #KyReadstoSucceed
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25 May 2025
It's the Eastern Kentucky Colonels on this fine Sunday afternoon! I've been to Richmond, Kentucky and I am hoping to get back there one day! Thank you Coach Wells and @EKUFootball for sending this package over, let's go COLONELS!
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KY Dept of Education@KyDeptofEd
20 Mar 2025
KDE employees came together this week to support a colleague within the Office of Teaching and Learning, Assistant Director Ashley Hill, who lost her son Eli in 2023. After the Team KDE meeting, employees celebrated Eli by eating his favorite food, popcorn. #PopcornForEli
Kentucky Department of Education employees ate popcorn in honor of Eli Hill after the Team KDE meeting this week.

ALT Kentucky Department of Education employees ate popcorn in honor of Eli Hill after the Team KDE meeting this week.

Kentucky Department of Education employees ate popcorn in honor of Eli Hill after the Team KDE meeting this week.

ALT Kentucky Department of Education employees ate popcorn in honor of Eli Hill after the Team KDE meeting this week.
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Happy birthday @CoachGriffith! 🎉❤️Another year older, wiser, and even more wonderful. Your kindness, strength, and love make every day brighter, and I’m so grateful to share this journey with you. Here’s to celebrating you today and always. Love you forever! 💕🎂🎈
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This team! 🙌🏼 Their passion, knowledge, and unwavering dedication to transforming literacy in our state inspires me every day. We are making changes that will impact KY students. I’m thankful for their commitment to excellence and proud to be a part of this journey every day. 📚
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Christie Biggerstaff, Ed.S@MrsCBiggerstaff
16 Nov 2024
JCPS welcomed the Division of Early Literacy with open arms and allowed us to learn and calibrate as a team while observing their HQIR implementation. It always makes for a great day when we get to be around happy and engaged students. #kyreadstosucceed
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Thank you @KyReadingAssoc for the invitation to present at this year’s conference. I know our messages reached those who were open to listen and learn. And just like the starfish story, we CAN make a difference. #KyReadstoSucceed #DELleaderhsipteam #ImproveLiteracyOutcomes
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Christie Biggerstaff, Ed.S@MrsCBiggerstaff
18 Oct 2024
The early literacy leadership team presented seven different sessions at the KRA conference in Lexington today. I admire and am in awe with this team’s passion about changing literacy in KY. Also inspired by the educators we were able to speak to today! #kyreadtosucceed
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Start your morning with @AlisonMGregory1 and myself in Room 13 at #KYCIS24 📚
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20 years ago today, 6.19.04, I married the man of my dreams. I am so blessed to have a husband who loves me, supports me, encourages me, challenges me, spoils me, and shares the same goals and dreams as I do! I love you big @CoachGriffith! Here's to many more! 💗
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Jeff Griffith@CoachGriffith
19 Jun 2024
Happy 20th anniversary to this beautiful babe! May the adventures continue! Love you! @GriffithT
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KY Dept of Education@KyDeptofEd
14 Jun 2024
🆕Registration for Cohort 3 of the Kentucky Reading Academies LETRS Professional is now open! The Division of Early Literacy is highlighting educators participating to share the impact the program has had on their teaching and students’ learning. More: bit.ly/KentuckyReadingAcadem…
“LETRS completely changed the way I viewed almost everything about reading and teaching reading and writing to my students. I've been teaching for 18 years and there are some things that I was hearing for the first time, and other things that finally made sense.” Brittany Thomas, Northern Elementary, Scott County, 1st Grade Teacher. KDE logo, Lexia Letrs logo and "Join us for phase 3!"

ALT “LETRS completely changed the way I viewed almost everything about reading and teaching reading and writing to my students. I've been teaching for 18 years and there are some things that I was hearing for the first time, and other things that finally made sense.” Brittany Thomas, Northern Elementary, Scott County, 1st Grade Teacher. KDE logo, Lexia Letrs logo and "Join us for phase 3!"
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KY Dept of Education@KyDeptofEd
6 Jun 2024
🆕Registration open for Kentucky Reads to Succeed Summer Conference on June 20. The conference is FREE to Kentucky K-12 public educators and will offer focused learning paths to meet the needs of teachers and administrators. Register: bit.ly/RegisterReadToSucceed…
KY reads to succeed, summer reading conference sessions now available!

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KY Dept of Education@KyDeptofEd
7 Jun 2024
📚Commissioner Robin Fields Kinney joined Senator Jimmy Higdon at Glasscock Elementary School in Marion County where they had the opportunity to read to students enrolled in the Summer Boost program!
Commissioner Kinney with a student reading a book

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Commissioner Kinney and Sen. Higdon reading to the students

ALT Commissioner Kinney and Sen. Higdon reading to the students

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Tara Griffith, Ed.S. retweeted
KY Dept of Education@KyDeptofEd
7 Jun 2024
🆕Registration for Cohort 3 of the Kentucky Reading Academies LETRS Professional is now open! The Division of Early Literacy is highlighting educators participating to share the impact the program has had on their teaching and students’ learning. More: bit.ly/KentuckyReadingAcadem…
“By diligently integrating LETRS strategies and research into my classroom. I've cultivated a genuine enthusiasm for literacy among my students. Witnessing their progress first hand is immensely gratifying, as they not only experience personal growth but also gain the ability to assess their own development. Throughout this transformative journey, I've observed struggling readers evolve into confident, lovers of literature. The transformation is nothing short of extraordinary.” Megan Bradley, Hillsboro Elementary School, Fleming County, First Grade Teacher. KDE logo, Lexia Letrs logo and "join us in phase 3!"

ALT “By diligently integrating LETRS strategies and research into my classroom. I've cultivated a genuine enthusiasm for literacy among my students. Witnessing their progress first hand is immensely gratifying, as they not only experience personal growth but also gain the ability to assess their own development. Throughout this transformative journey, I've observed struggling readers evolve into confident, lovers of literature. The transformation is nothing short of extraordinary.” Megan Bradley, Hillsboro Elementary School, Fleming County, First Grade Teacher. KDE logo, Lexia Letrs logo and "join us in phase 3!"

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