Lori Engebretson
Lori Engebretson
Instructor
Department
College of Education & Human Performance
Education
M.Ed., Reading – University of Sioux Falls, 2000
B.A., Elementary Education and Special Education – Augustana University, 1997
Biography
Lori is a retention specialist and an instructor in the College of Education and Human Performance. She advises and mentors undergraduate students through the required entrance exams into the education program and for full teaching licensure upon graduation. She teaches a very important literacy course which aligns to the SD Department of Education’s Science of Reading initiative. Previously, she taught 6th grade and served as a K-3 reading coach.
Contact
Office Location: Kennedy Center
Phone: (605) 256-5177
Email
Website
- The Science of Reading
- Evidence-Based Reading Instruction for 4th-8th Grade
- Literacy Rich Environments
- The use of AI to Increase Creativity and Effective Teaching
- Literacy Assessment and Remediation
- The Science of Reading
- Literacy Instruction
- Teacher Praxis Exam Preparation
- True Trojan - Faculty Outstanding Contributor Award, 2025
- True Trojan - NFE Outstanding Contributor Nominee, 2025
- DSU Team of the Year (College of Education and Human Performance), 2024
- DSU Team of the Year (College of Education), 2022