Literacy & Dyslexia Consultants

Improving Literacy In Missouri

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Evidence-Based Support for

English Language Arts

The Heart of Missouri Literacy Team present educators with evidence-based supports for effective instructional methods, assessments, and activities to improve student academic performance.

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Literacy Consultants (Left to right) Candice Robb, Aileen Farr, Madison Koukol, Debbie Schroer, Whitley Melton

Supporting Application of the

Science of Reading

Our Heart of Missouri Literacy Team is available to provide districts with engaging professional development opportunities.

  • Language Essentials for Teachers of Reading and Spelling (LETRS) Training
  • Science of Reading professional development opportunities in the five pillars of effective reading instruction: phonological awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, comprehension
  • Instructional practices that include multimodal strategies
  • Application and implementation support through free literacy coaches
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The literacy team is (left to right): Candice Robb, Aileen Farr, Madison Koukol, Debbie Schroer, and Whitley Melton.

Best Practices In

K-12 Literacy

The Heart of Missouri Literacy Consultants can provide supports to districts in the areas of:

  • Standards, curriculum, assessments
  • Science of Reading for Secondary (Aspire)
  • Disciplinary Literacy, comprehensive literacy, adolescent literacy
  • Content writing to support literacy
  • Interpreting student data to support intervention methods
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Consultants Debbie Schroer (Left) and Aileen Farr (Right).

Training and Resources for

Supporting Students With Dyslexia

Our consultants are available to provide districts with professional learning and resources which align with the Missouri legislation guidelines for dyslexia trainings.

  • Dyslexia trainings K-12
  • Resources
  • Assessments
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Consultants (left to right): Aileen Farr, Reah Morabith, Whitley Melton, Madison Koukol, and Debbie Schroer.

We're Here to Help

Most of our literacy supports are offered free-of-charge to districts through our collaboration with the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE). For more information, please contact our team or visit the link below.

It Starts With an Email Visit the ELA Page on DESE's Website

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