ELIZABETH W. MUELLER

2585 Judes Ferry Rd.
Powhatan, VA  23139
804~347~3436
ewmueller54@gmail.com

Qualifications Summary:

Professional Reading Tutor - Experience in both private individual tutoring and group settings.  Primary emphasis on curriculum provided by Language Circle Enterprises/Project Read, specializing in tutoring Dyslexic and Learning Disabled children.  In addition, I have had five years experience with a corporate commercial curriculum used in a group setting provided by Kumon, USA.

    Educational Background:  
        Germantown Academy, Ft. Washington, Pennsylvania, 1973.
        Green Mountain College, Poultney, Vermont, 1975.
    
    Additional Training and Memberships:
  • VBIDA Spring Conference, Thomas Dale High School, 6 Hours of Professional Development April 2018
  • VBIDA Spring Conference, James Madison University, 8 Hours of Professional Development April 2017
  • International Dyslexia Association (IDA), Professional Membership, Listed as a tutor in Powhatan, VA
  • Advanced Brain Technologies, The Listening Program, Certification Program. September 2012
  • Language Circle Enterprises/Project Read Phonology Strand Certification - Teacher Training, Cherry Hill, New Jersey, August, 1998.  Attended an intensive three-day training seminar, which covered the entire Phonology Strand of the Project Read Curriculum.
  • Kumon USA, Reading Instructor Training, September 1996, Fort Lee, New Jersey.  Attended a teacher training conference covering the curriculum, which encompasses elementary phonology instruction through high school SAT preparation.

    Educational Experience:
  • Private Reading Tutor – I teach a Multi-sensory Approach to Reading. I use an Orton-Gilliam based approach to reading called Project Read. Midlothian/Powhatan, Virginia. 2000-Present.
  • Jr. Kindergarten Lead Teacher – Kidzalat Child Development Center – Developed and wrote the curriculum and started the program. 2005-Until I retired in 2009
  • Jr. Kindergarten Lead Teacher – Grace Covenant Child Development Center – Developed and wrote the curriculum and started the program. 2003-2004
  • PALS Tutor and SOL Tutor – Jacobs Road Elementary School, Chesterfield County, Virginia.  2000-2002.
  • Private Reading Tutor – Project Read, Summit, New Jersey. 1996-2000. Taught a Multi-Sensory Phonological approach to reading with extensive focus on pre-school, kindergarten and elementary school children.
  • Kumon Reading Instructor – Kumon Math and Reading Center, Berkeley Heights, New Jersey, 1996-2000.

    Other available support materials:
  1. Project Read, Reading Comprehension, Story Form Literature Connection (K-5th)
  2. Project Read, Report Form (3rd-Adult)
  3. Project Read, Written Expression, Framing Your Thoughts, Sentence Structure (K-12th)
  4. The Barton Reading and Spelling System, Level 2 through Level 4
  5. The Wilson Reading System Student Workbooks 1A through 12A
  6. The Phonics Minibooks, Take-Home Stories, Open Court Publishing, Grade 1.
  7. Step-by-Step, Practice Stories, Open Court Publishing, Grade 1 & Volume 2.
  8. Reading/Writing Connections, Phonics, Open Court Publishing, Volume 1.
  9. Phonics Patterns, Onset and Rhyme Word Lists, 4th Edition, Laguna Beach Educational Books.
  10. Phonic We Use, Riverside, Books 2, 3, and 4.
  11. A library of literature for elementary school children. [Including the Bonnie Cline Stories, BOB Books and others
    Other aids available:
  1. 2"x2" Alphabet tiles, Blue Consonants; Yellow Vowels, Vowel teams, Diphthongs, R-Controls, Orange Pre-fixes, and Green Suffixes.
  2. Glue cards, Finger spelling, Sand/Shaving cream tray, Dry erase board, Pocket Chart with Sentence strips and Snap Word cards.
  3. Laptop and desk computers which are loaded with educational software
  4. Apple iPad, loaded with Nook Books and iBooks
 
    References:  Available upon request.