...I received my bachelor's degree in Huminites/English from Columbia College in MO. I retired after 25 years working as a Teaching Assistant in the Syracuse City School District in July of 2023. I have worked with all grade levels from Pre K to 12. (read more)
...I specialize in quickly raising student reading achievement; I have had students grow .75 years worth of growth after one six-week intervention cycle! I have specialized training in Orton-Gillingham phonics via the Wilson Reading System, Science of Reading-based approaches, and the Hochmann meth... (read more)
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