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Kristen Bierer, MA

May 31, 2023

Kristen grew up in Asheville, North Carolina and has always enjoyed working with children. She is a licensed educator and recently moved to Vermont from New Mexico, where she taught in both public and private schools for 26 years. Kristen earned her BA in Elementary Education from University of North Carolina, Charlotte, MA in Special […]

Laurie Andrews, MSpEd, A/OGA

October 17, 2022

Laurie is an accomplished special educator and literacy specialist. She has a master’s degree in special education from St. Joseph’s College. She worked as a reading specialist in the Southwestern Vermont Supervisory Union for the past sixteen years. Laurie has training in Wilson Reading Systems and is in process to achieve her Certified level Orton-Gillingham […]

Emily Aswad, M.A.T., A/OGA

October 17, 2022

Emily graduated from Hobart and William Smith with a Master of Arts in Teaching in 2010. She started her career at a charter school in Massachusetts, where she worked as a special educator for students in grades 7 through 10 for five years. She then moved to Vermont in 2016, where she worked as a special […]

Sandy Boyer, M.Ed.

October 17, 2022

Sandra B. Boyer, M.Ed., A/OGA, Instructor, provides individualized literacy instruction to students of all ages. Clients benefit from her 30+ years of experience delivering evidence-based instruction customized to meet each student’s unique needs. Sandy has completed the Wilson Reading System, Level I, Multisensory Language Training Program and the Orton-Gillingham Academy, Associate Level Certification. In addition […]

Cecilia Bucca

October 17, 2022

Cecilia Bucca, MFA., Instructor, provides individualized language arts instruction to students of all ages. Clients benefit from her 30+ years of experience delivering evidence-based instruction customized to meet each student’s unique needs. Cecilia is certified in the Orton-Gillingham Approach, and worked with Diana Hanbury King at the Kildonan School in Amenia, New York, as well […]

Nancy Daniels, M.Ed.

October 17, 2022

Nancy provides math instruction to students of all ages. Nancy taught grades 5-8 for 23 years in public education. Her teaching experiences include teaching mathematics, science, and language arts at the middle level as well as mentoring teachers in mathematics at the elementary level. She received her Bachelor’s Degree in Mathematics and Secondary Education from […]

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