Experience Summary
? Founder of Prescriptive Education Agency for Reading and Literacy (PEARL). PEARL specializes in literacy education for the teacher and student. Remediation and training utilizes evidence based interventions for phonological awareness, alphabetic principle, decoding, encoding, comprehension, handwriting, grammar, oral expression, and written composition.
? Academic Language Therapy Association Qualified Instructor in Training
? Certified Academic Language Therapist since 2013. Requires 200 instructional hours and a 700-hour practicum in an IMSLEC accredited course. Therapist must pass a national registration exam that measures the individual’s knowledge of and skills in structured literacy and verifies that an individual has achieved the highest level of competency in the field of dyslexia education. Training center approved by IDA International.
? 10 Years Structured Literacy and Language instruction implementing Orton Gillingham methods with approximately 5000 contact hours (over 3000 ALTA approved hours)
? Instructor of The Science of English (a GaDOE approved course designed to train classroom teachers in phonology, orthography, and word origin) and developer of educational materials to support Orton-Gillingham based structured literacy practices.
Teaching Style
Proven track record with over 5,000 instructional hours teaching students with characteristics of dyslexia reading and math.
Other Comments
I am the mother of two adult dyslexics and new to Tennessee. Currently, I am pursuing a Ph.D. in Literacy Studies at Middle Tennessee State University where I am also a graduet research assistant the the Tennessee Center for the Study and Treatment of Dyslexia. Extensive experience with academic testing and educational planning.