Dr. Shannon Giroir is a project manager at the University of Texas at Austin and currently serves as a co-principal investigator on two federally funded projects: Project ELEVATE and Project C2. Through collaborative research initiatives with elementary educators, she coordinates the design, development, and dissemination of K–5 educator tools, deliverables, and training in the areas of literacy, multitiered instruction for ELs, and second-language acquisition. Giroir has previously served as a statewide trainer for the Tiered Interventions Using Evidence-Based Research (TIER) project, the Texas Literacy Achievement Academies, and the Reading to Learn Academies, and she has developed online course content for a digital resource bank to support school districts in implementing the statewide Texas Literacy Initiative.