Welcome!

I’m here to help you with struggles you may be having at school. I specialize in targeting academic deficits that may hinder your progress with learning.

Programming

Co-taught at Elementary and Middle Schools
Elementary Resource Teacher
Self-Contained Elementary, Middle School, and High School Classrooms
25+ Years of Teaching Experience

Helped 100’s of students over the years
Special Education Teacher

Across all grades K-12
Master’s Degree in Reading

My Skills

Reading Decoding/Encoding

Experience with the following:

Wilson Reading System
Barton Reading
Seeing Stars (V/V)

Writing

Narrative Writing
Descriptive Writing
Expository Writing
Descriptive Writing
Six Traits of Writing (Ideas, Organization, Voice, Word Choice, Sentence Fluency, Conventions)

Math Problem Solving

Identify Key Vocabulary Words
Single/Multiple Step Problem Solving practice

Math Computation

Utilize Strategies and Tools for solving problems
Math fluency
Touch Math

Reading Comprehension

Experience with the following:

Visualizing and Verbalizing
Language Comprehension and Thinking (V/V)

Reading Fluency

Experience with the following:

Wilson Reading Fluency
Dibels Fluency

Analyze Student Need(s)

I meet with students and family to discuss areas of need, collect data if necessary, and we develop a plan.

My Approach

Identify Instructional Need(s)

With the data I collect, I determine what instruction is needed to improve the student’s academic need.

Develop & Create Personalized Instruction

I take the findings I gather and develop a personalized plan for each student. I try to make the instruction engaging and effective according to their grade level.