Erin homeschooled for 17 years. Her and her husband, Mark, have 4 adult children along with 5 grandchildren. She has seen first hand how difficult it was for her 3 dyslexic children to learn to read and how it impacted their self-esteem. Learning about the Barton System was a Godsend. Erin’s desire is to help as many students as she can as they learn to read and spell, helping them see that they are not alone, increasing their self-esteem, and empowering them for life.
Before joining the Deciphering Dyslexia team as a Barton Tutor, Jamie was part of Classical Conversations for eleven years serving as a tutor for elementary and middle school aged children, and as a tutor trainer. She served on the Challenge B Academic Team as an academic advisor to middle school tutors internationally. Currently, Jamie runs a K-12 Christian Classical Hybrid Academy that serves her local homeschool families and tutors dyslexic students of all ages.
Jan comes to us with a degree in Elementary Education and years of experience with employment as a Teacher Assistant, Substitute Teacher, and Nanny; having worked in various different settings and with a wide span of grade levels. In these experiences, she found herself drawn to the kids who were “falling through the cracks”.
Jan also homeschooled her three children and experienced the challenges presented by ADHD and Dyslexia in two of her three. It was through homeschooling that Jan discovered her love of teaching reading. Then she discovered the Barton System as an effective tool for teaching reading and spelling to those children in danger of “falling through the cracks”.
Jan has a passion for language, and has also enjoyed studying, and facilitating language learning for English, Spanish, and ASL; and serving, where needed, in her church and through JAARS (a local mission that assists Wycliffe Bible Translators in Bible translation efforts).
Dori is a mother of three wonderful children, and grandmother to one amazing grandson. She has been homeschooling her youngest for 5 years, and discovered the Barton program after he was diagnosed with dyslexia. Witnessing her son succeed in school after implementing Barton, she felt the desire to help other children become successful as well.
Dori has experience in early childhood development and strives to understand the whole child. She is currently studying ADHD and can empathize with children and parents dealing with its effects. She is also keenly aware of the positive attributes that come with dyslexia and ADHD and values each child’s uniqueness.
Since a young girl growing up in rural Ohio, one of Lily’s life-long passions has been learning. For Lily, though, the most rewarding element of her quest has been the joy of seeing this same passion rise-up in each of her five children during the 20+ years as a homeschool mom. But homeschooling was not without bumps as she came face-to-face with the learning challenges dyslexia presented in two of her children. Thankfully, Lily was introduced to the Barton Program and was quickly amazed at the significant difference the tutoring made in her children’s lives.
Lily witnessed firsthand how the Barton Program’s specialized dyslexia tutoring helped her children thrive as they have gained the needed tools to again become confident and eager learners. Today, thoroughly convinced of the life changing difference a knowledgeable and supportive tutor can make, she has devoted herself to helping other children with dyslexia.
Lily loves encouraging her students in this journey as they become equipped to not only excel in reading and spelling, but in the change it brings in in all of life. Also, personally knowing how hard it is to see one’s child struggle with dyslexia, she has great empathy and a deep passion to support parents in this journey and is eager to help in whatever way she can.
As for results, Lily’s two children with dyslexia are doing great – one graduated Summa Cum Laude with a BA from a major university and the other is a straight “A” student in a public online high school.
Dianne has over 30 years of teaching experience with elementary students. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Elementary Education from Capital University in Columbus, Ohio and a Master’s degree in Teacher Education with a Reading Endorsement from the University of Dayton. Dianne has diverse teaching experiences in both a brick and mortar public school setting and an online non-profit virtual public school. She taught first grade for fifteen years in the Pickerington Local School District, followed by fifteen years of teaching grades first through third at Virtual Community School of Ohio. She has nine years experience volunteering as a teacher aide at Saint Matthew the Apostle Church in the Parish School of Religion working with elementary students.
In 2018, she was trained in the OG based programs; The Barton Reading & Spelling System, Foundation in Sounds, and Letterland. In 2018-2019 she worked one on one with first graders at Shepherd Christian School using the Barton program and also volunteered tutoring elementary students at Fairwood Elementary School in inner-city Columbus using OG based programs.
Currently, Dianne is tutoring students online using the Barton Reading & Spelling System.
Dianne strives to make a difference in the lives of her students and enjoys helping students become lifelong readers. She resides in New Albany, Ohio with her husband and
two boys.
Cindy has a Masters in Education with over 20 years experience teaching children in a variety of settings. This includes teaching in the classroom, working as a Therapeutic Support Staff, Behavioral Interventionist, she is trained in Handwriting without Tears curriculum, and as a Barton tutor.
She served as Children’s Ministry Director, and was an Early Childhood council member volunteer for several districts. These Early Childhood councils promote collaboration among families, community providers, and educators for the purpose of increasing awareness of an involvement in quality early learning experiences.
Recently, Cindy has been home teaching her own children, one of whom is dyslexic.
Cindy found the Barton Reading and Spelling program while in search of a way to help her own child become a successful learner. Her first hand experience in seeing him build confidence and gain the reading skills necessary to be successful in school has given her the desire to help other students build their self esteem and confidence.
Shanna has a Bachelor’s of Science in Biology from Western Oregon University. She is a homeschool mom to three awesome kids. Seeing the Barton program’s effectiveness in teaching her children to read and write, she now has a passion for sharing that pathway to success with other children.
Shanna teaches at her local homeschool co-op and is often found enjoying the Oregon outdoors with her family.
Ann has 25 years of experience as an elementary teacher. She received her Early Childhood Education degree from Cleveland State University. Later, received her master’s degree in education with a Reading Endorsement from Muskingum University. Ann homeschooled her 5 children prior to teaching full-time.
Over the years as an elementary grade teacher, Ann has seen children really want to read but struggle in the classroom to break the reading code. Ann is excited to tutor with the Barton method to help children overcome the struggles they have and become confident readers.
Ann has 5 children and 5 grandchildren. She loves family gatherings! She also has a wonderful companion named Sugar, who is her pet Dachshund.
Jenn has a Bachelors of Science degree in Computer Information Systems from Milligan University in beautiful east Tennessee. She has mentored children in the school system for many years while teaching robotics, coding and computer literacy. Jenn has a passion for teaching.
Over the past several years, Jenn has witnessed the struggles of young students who lacked proper intervention in reading instruction, including her own son. Jenn sought out the very best training and curriculum for her son, which is the Barton Reading and Spelling Program. Through this program Jenn has seen tremendous growth and a new found love of learning in children with dyslexia.
Jenn believes students learn best when engaged and are having fun, which is why she incorporates games and lot of laughs in each tutoring session. Jenn’s first hand knowledge of the struggles students with dyslexia face brings compassion, dedication and conviction to her tutoring sessions.
They also tend to be more curious, creative, and intuitive than their non-dyslexic peers.
