Current Courses

Summer 2024

  • EDU 5316-001
    BAS INT Primary Readers
  • EDU 5321-001
    Basic INT Ele Readers
  • EDU 5632-040
    Intro to Next Steps
    Location: TBA (TBA)
  • EDU 5644-040
    Intro to Higher Steps
    Location: TBA (TBA)

Spring 2024

Teaching Philosophy

Instruction informed by empirical research and clinical experience. Continuously reflect and revise practice to update with current best-practices and stay rooted in what is practical and will help students.

Courses I Teach

  • Advanced Reading Assess-Intervention - EDU 5641-030
    This continuing education course is designed to help educators develop in-depth theoretical and practicum knowledge of effective research-based assessment and intervention for beginning readers at-risk for reading failure. For normally-achieving readers, these phases occur during kindergarten and 1st grade; however, many struggling readers in older grades maintain similar behaviors as a result of environmental and/or neurobiological problems.
  • EDU 5316-001 - Basic Intervention for Primary Grade Readers
    This course satisfies the Reading Practicum K-3 requirement for Elementary Education, Special Education, and Early Childhood Education majors. It supplements ED PS 5315/Reading Methods K-3 and is a pre-requisite for EDU 5321/Reading Practicum 4-6.
  • EDU 5321-001 - Basic Intervention for Upper Elem Grade Readers
    This course satisfies the Reading Practicum 4-6 requirement for Elementary Education, Special Education, and Early Childhood Education majors. It supplements ED PS 5321/Reading Methods 4-6. Please note that Reading Practicum K-3 is a pre-requisite for this practicum.
  • EDU 6637-030 - Tier III Intervention for Severe Rdg Difficulties
    This credit/non-credit or letter-grade continuing education graduate course is made possible through the Eccles Foundation, Crawford Foundation and the University of Utah Reading Clinic. The Wilson® Level II Steps 7-12 Practicum is intended to build on knowledge and skills gained in the Wilson Reading System Level I Practicum by further preparing the participant to effectively implement a multisensory structured language reading program with at least one student reading and spelling below grade level, or one diagnosed with a language-based learning disability.

Professional Education

  • Language Essentials for Teachers of Reading and Spelling, Modules 4-6 Training of Trainers. 04/2014 - present.
  • Language Essentials for Teachers of Reading and Spelling, Modules 1-3 Training of Trainers. Class type: Active Learning. 12/2013 - present.