Seema Tejura

Managing Director
The Literacy Architects

BIO:

Seema Tejura has over 18 years of experience leading students, teachers, and leaders towards literacy success. She has served as chief academic officer, reading director, literacy coach, and reading specialist for urban school districts in Dallas, Pittsburgh, and Washington, D.C. She founded The Literacy Architects in 2018 to bring knowledge about evidence-based reading instruction to educators across the country.

Seema holds Masters Degrees in the Reading Specialist and Education Leadership fields and is also a certified reading specialist, Wilson® Dyslexia Practitioner, and Certified Academic Language Practitioner (CALP).

The Literacy Architects offers implementation-focused professional development on structured literacy routines to teachers, leaders, and higher education professors. They have partnered with school districts, state education agencies, and nonprofit organizations to train educators in the science of teaching reading. Several times a year, they host a community of practice for literacy professors that takes participants on a seven-week collaborative journey of revising their course syllabus by exploring resources and learning about successes and challenges in the K–12 space.