Ashley Dickinson has a Masters in Education in the area of Curriculum and Instruction, with a concentration in differentiation. Ashley loves teaching first grade, and she believes strongly that joy is a vital ingredient in creating lifelong learners. Ashley also has experience teaching language arts at the middle school level, as well as 6 years in elementary gifted education. In her classroom, Ashley strives to join the science of reading and fun together each year. Many of her resources are gamified to increase student engagement, while also being carefully structured to foster student independence.