Montgomery County Public Schools

Professional Development and Support

• Scholastic READ 180 Resources
  • Red: Scholastic online professional development course 
  • Stage B Overview & Materials
    • Additional XTRA Library for your school to purchase 
  • Stage C Overveiw & Materials
    • Additional XTRA Library for your school to purchase 
    • Additional Stretch Library for your school to purchase 
  • Email Q&A from a READ 180 teacher 
• Lexile Map 
• Lexile Information 
• READ 180 Classroom in Action! 
• Grading in the READ 180 Classroom 
• SAM Administrator for READ 180 Documents
  • Sam Administrator v. READ 180 Teacher Responsibilities 
  • How to Activate Student Accounts 
  • How to Create Classes, Teacher Accounts and Student Accounts, and How to Enroll Students 

Who to Contact

• MCPS READ 180 Contact/Support Flow Chart  
• Technology Support: School ITSS or Help Desk 
• SAM and Data Reporting: Erica White, Erica_D_White@mcpsmd.org
• Materials and Physical Resources: Cindy Rampp, Cindy_G_Rampp@mcpsmd.org
• Middle School READ 180 Instruction: Karen Goldberg, Karen_Goldberg@mcpsmd.org
• High School READ 180 Instruction & Assessment: Dryer Thackston, Percy_L_ThackstonJr@mcpsmd.org
• Professional Development: Barbie Valdes, Barbara_Valdes@mcpsmd.org