Oak & Scroll Literacy

Educator with 17 years of experience, primarily in classical, Christian schools, as a classroom teacher, reading specialist, and academic leader, with a passion for strong foundational literacy skills. Most recently, I spent 11 years in classical, Christian schools, primarily teaching first grade, while also serving in a school-based reading specialist role and later moving into administrative leadership as Grammar School Director of Curriculum & Instruction and K–12 Director of Academics. Earlier in my career, I taught in public schools, which gave me additional perspective on diverse classroom settings and instructional approaches. My work in literacy has been shaped in part by training in the Orton-Gillingham approach to reading instruction, a method I value for its structured, explicit, and multisensory design that supports all learners, including students with diagnosed learning differences. While I am not OG-certified, my instruction and materials are informed by this training and years of classroom and intervention experience. During my time in school leadership, I developed and led a reading support program designed to serve struggling readers, providing targeted instruction alongside core classroom teaching. Students in this program experienced consistent growth and success, with progress supported by formal educational assessments conducted by psychologists. In addition to my work within schools, I have also provided reading tutoring outside of the school setting. Throughout my career, I became a go-to resource for literacy instruction and intervention—supporting teachers with instructional planning, observing and coaching in classrooms, modeling effective literacy lessons, and providing professional development for grammar school faculty. I also regularly led parent-equipping sessions to help families understand how literacy skills are taught and how best to support children at home. I am now in a new season, stepping away from a full-time role in education, with a renewed passion to share what I have learned through thoughtfully designed literacy resources for teachers, homeschool educators, and parents.