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My talents include:

•	Master’s degree in Education
•	Ohio state licensed Mild-to-Moderate Intervention Specialist (Kindergarten through 12th Grade-Special Education)
•	Ohio Department of Education (ODE) Reading Endorsement for teaching the Big Five of the science of reading: Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, Vocabulary, Fluency and Comprehension
•	Skilled at writing individualized education plans (IEPs).
•	Orton-Gillingham certified through the Dyslexia Training Institute (DTI) in San Diego, California to teach learners diagnosed with dyslexia. Orton Gillingham is a multi-sensory approach to learning, which includes auditory, kinesthetic (touch) and visual instruction.
•	Six years previous employment teaching at an alternative school for children diagnosed on the autism spectrum and/or life trauma.

Professional Affiliations
•	International Dyslexia Association (IDA)
•	International Literacy Association (ILA)
•	National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM)
•	Ohio Council of Teachers of Mathematics (OCTM)

***Professional Development:

^^^ Guiding Writers: Engaging Scaffolds for Powerful Results-International Literacy Association (ILA) June 2024

^^ Attesting Affixes-Wordtorque-April 2024
^^ Finding Word Families-Wordtorque- April 2024

***8th Annual Dyslexia Virtual Conference (Dyslexia Training Institute-San Diego, California): February 26th through March 17, 2024 
                                                  **Microcertification**

Education Included:

^^What Should  Be Included in a Comprehensive Assessment of Dyslexia

^^Executive Functions: What Are They, Why Are They Important and How Can I Help?

^^Spelling-Meaning Correspondences are Missing in Action:  A Matter of Attention

^^^The Reading Brain: Building Students' Reading Muscles in the Digital Age-International Literacy Association (ILA) 
        February 2024

^^^ K-12 Reading Comprehension
^^^K-5 Writing Instruction-American Federation of Teachers Union-Literacy Across Ohio Training 
        February 2024

^^^The Snapshot Workshop: Word Inquiry Access Workshop Wordtorque January 2024

^^^ Introduction to Dyslexia Certification Course: Ohio Department of Education (ODE) January 2024

***Teaching Phonics Well: What You Need to Know to Do This-Wordtorque  November 2023

***Fluency Instruction in the Age of the Science of Reading-January 2023-International Literacy Association (ILA)

***7th Annual Dyslexia Virtual Conference-Dyslexia Training Institute, (DTI), San Diego, California) : February 27th through March 17, 2023

Education Included:

•	Dyslexia for a Day: A Simulation of Dyslexia
•	Dyslexia Among English Learners: From Identification to Treatment
•	Getting a Grip on Teaching Grammar
•	Reading Fluency
•	Strategies to Boost Spelling Success
•	The Intersectionality of Race and Dyslexia for Black/Brown Children: Barriers to Diagnosis and Intervention
•	Understanding Dysgraphia (Developmental learning disorder with impairment in written expression)

***Phonics + Morphology= A Love Story April 2023

***Word Inquiry in Action   April 2023
Virtual 30-day access conference featuring international teachers incorporating structured word inquiry (SWI) into their instruction.  Educators included representation from  Australia, Hong Kong and the United States. Lessons focused on *Investigative Insights and *Quick Consolidations.

*** Backed by Research, Fueled by Design: Comprehension Lessons That Work-August 2023-International Literacy Association (ILA)

NOBIDA-Northern Ohio Branch-International Dyslexia Association, September 2023:

***Dyslexia Simulation

**Reading Assessments That Promote Equitable Learning-International Literacy Association (ILA), October 2023

**Adding Encoding (Spelling) to Phonics Instruction-International Literacy Association (ILA) October 20203

***Structured Word Inquiry:

*Structured Word Inquiry* from the Dyslexia Training Institute (DTI) in San Diego, California:

DTI's 2022 Fall Spelling Symposium-Week 1: 3 hours October 4, 2022
DTI's 2022 Fall Spelling Symposium-Week 2: 3 hours October 9, 2022

DTI's 2021 Fall Spelling Symposium-Week 1: 3 hours  October 9, 2021
DTI's 2021 Fall Spelling Symposium-Week 2: 3 hours October 18, 2021