Hello! I’m Kelly! Welcome to my Literacy Clubhouse!

I’ve been an educator since 1998. My first year teaching was spent at Escuela Nazareth in Liberia, Costa Rica. Having no materials beyond chalk and a chalkboard, I learned to be a creative & adaptive teacher from the jump.

From there, I taught in the classroom for ten years. In 2008, I became a literacy specialist in SF, finished my Masters of Ed. in Language & Literacy & received a Reading Specialist credential (all while chasing three boys under five -whew). For fifteen years, I juggled raising these boys while working as an interventionist & multilingual learner specialist in public schools in Marin & SF.

I have an associates level Orton-Gillingham certification & extensive training in best practices including: Reading Recovery; NYC Columbia Teacher’s College; UC Berkeley’s Bay Area Writing Project Summer Institute; IDA dyslexia & Structured Literacy workshops. I take what works, individuate and create a multisensory & engaging learning journey for my students.

I am passionate about words & language development & I love to get kids fired up about all things literacy. In the free moments, I dabble in lifting dumbells, needlepoint, cooking, hiking, traveling, reading & hanging with my boys (if they’ll let me).