About This Course

As students begin to develop in their reading ability, they need support to help them discover and apply reading and word-solving strategies to decode words, acquire new vocabulary, read with automaticity and fluency, and comprehend what they are reading.  This class is structured to interactively provide the foundation for authentic engagement with a variety of carefully selected texts at their instructional level.  Students will participate in discussions, respond to reading orally and through written expression, and make connections about their learning to enhance comprehension.

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Our Coach Jill

Jill is an experienced literacy specialist with 18 years of service in public education where she is certified in Bilingual Elementary Education (Pre-K-4), English Language Arts and Reading (4-8), Special Education (EC-12), and Principal (EC-12).  Additionally, she is MTA certified (Multi-Sensory Teaching Approach) for assisting students with dyslexia remediation.

Jill earned a Master of Science in Education Law from Nova Southeastern University.  She is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Reading Education from Texas Woman’s University to have a greater impact in schools and the community in the area of literacy.

Throughout her career she has worked with students across grade levels with diverse language and cultural backgrounds and specific learning needs such as dyslexia.  Teaching students to become fluent readers and skilled writers is her passion.  She incorporates a variety of hands-on instructional strategies, interventions, and teaching methods to scaffold instruction so that your child can gain the foundational skills necessary to build confidence in their abilities and to become successful academically.  She believes that learning should be fun and strives to motivate kids to reach their greatest potential.  Jill’s specialties include spelling and decoding, word-solving strategies, phonological awareness, fluency, reading comprehension, vocabulary, and writing. 

Her teaching style can be described as individualized, hands-on, and engaging.  Jill utilizes a variety of resources to meet the needs of her students such as Words Their Way, MTA, Fountas & Pinnell, Leveled Literacy Intervention (LLI), Reading A-Z, Writing Without Tears, and much more.

Jill believes in celebrating each child’s strengths and creating a nurturing environment where students can grow and feel empowered to take ownership of their learning as partners in their education.