Karyn Robson
For over 20 years I have taught children ages 3-12 in private schools in the Northern Virginia/National Capital Region, and abroad in Tokyo and Berlin. I have experience working with both the gifted population and students with special needs. As the mother of a dyslexic student, I am passionate about offering appropriate intervention, remediation, and accommodations for students with dyslexia. Having lived in areas that were underserved by specialist English speaking teachers for both gifted and dyslexic students, I am also excited to be able to help people through distance learning techniques. I really enjoy the advantages of teaching in a one-to-one setting (either in person or remotely), and I feel that my patience, sense of humor, diligence, and pedagogical knowledge makes me a great tutor. I am eagerly looking forward to working with your children.
Jacqueline Robson
Jackie graduated Southern New Hampshire University with a Bachelor’s degree in Creative Writing and English. She has over 8 years of experience teaching and has worked with children from preschool through elementary school . She has assisted and led classrooms, run Writer’s Workshop, and led reading and discussion circle. She moved to Colorado in 2019 and has since transitioned to online literacy tutoring. She has been tutoring with both Barton Reading and Spelling System and Foundations in Sounds and now EBLI.
Fun Facts: Jackie loves to travel! She has visited 17 states and lived in 3 different countries. When not seeing new places she likes to spend her time reading, playing board games with family and friends, or spending time with her pets
Donald Lance
Don has been teaching for over 18 years. He is a certified Elementary, Special Education and 6-12th grade science teacher. Don began teaching in 2005 as a high school teacher at an alternative school. Throughout the last 14 yrs he has taught in elementary education focusing primarily on reading instruction as a special education teacher and interventionist. He is a certified dyslexia specialist with the Wilson Reading Program and now EBLI!
Don is a New Hampshire native who moved to Colorado in the summer of 2020. He is married to Caroline who is a Speech Language Pathologist. They have two children, Timothy, age 5 and Elizabeth, age 8. They love to be outside and enjoy hiking, snowshoeing and exploring the beauty of Colorado.
Nicole Hawley
Nicole is a licensed teacher with a Master’s Degree in Elementary Education. While working to earn her Master’s Degree, Nicole worked in classrooms ranging from preschool to middle school, both general education and special education. Upon graduation, Nicole began teaching first grade, where she taught for six years. As a classroom teacher Nicole worked to create a safe, encouraging classroom environment. She taught each subject area and had a drive for providing quality reading instruction. Nicole taught whole groups, small groups, and 1:1 intervention. She found that her passion is working 1:1 with students to identify and target skills that will help them grow and flourish. She is currently an EBLI trainee.
Nicole and her husband moved to Colorado Springs in 2018 and knew that this was the place they wanted to raise their family. They have loved showing their children (Taylor, 4.5 and Elliot, 3) all the beauty Colorado has to offer. They enjoy hiking, camping, and spending their free time outside!
Valerie Harding
Valerie Harding is a licensed teacher with 12 years of full-time public school teaching. Her teaching experience includes 4 years as a music teacher, 4 years as a K-2 Mild/Moderate Needs Special Education teacher, and 4 years as a 1st grade teacher. Valerie has a BA in Music Education and an MA in Special Education. During her experience as a teacher, Valerie participated in a variety of training opportunities including: Orton-Gillingham, Add-Vantage Math Recovery, LETRS, and many others.
Valerie is mother to three children (13, 11, 7), and she strives to provide her students the same educational experience as she would want for her own children. Valerie is a Colorado native, so on her free time, she likes to go hiking and enjoy the beautiful scenery of the mountains.
Emily Eidler
Emily is a first grade teacher in New York City! She has a master's degree in Early Childhood General and Special Education from Bank Street College. She has spent time teaching children with dyslexia at a school for students with language-based learning disabilities. She has also tutored numerous children in reading, writing, and math. She enjoys breaking material into smaller chunks and helping her students reach those special "aha" moments. She can't wait to partner with you on your child's learning!
Lynette Jewell
Lynette is a licensed teacher with 20 years of experience. She has a Bachelor's Degree
in Elementary Education from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and her
Master’s Degree in Curriculum and Instruction from Concordia University. She spent 13
years as a classroom teacher (grades 3, 5, and 6) and 7 years as an elementary math
specialist working with both students and teachers. She has taught in Illinois, Kentucky,
and New Hampshire. Lynette’s passion is making math fun. She loves to incorporate
game play as much as possible in her lessons.
Lynette lives in Georgia with her husband and two teenage children. She loves
traveling, especially anywhere with a beach and spending time with her family.
She is looking forward to making math make sense in a fun and engaging way!
Elizabeth Brenner
Elizabeth is a veteran teacher in New York. She began her career in 2006 working privately with children in the Early Intervention system. She went on to spend some years working in Special Education in the NYC Department of Education. She eventually went on to work closer to home in a public school district in Long Island, New York. In 2020 Elizabeth, through her constant quest for knowledge, Elizabeth was introduced to the world of Dyslexia and structured literacy. She completed the training from the Academy of Orton Gillingham, and then went on to become certified in the Wilson Reading System. During her time teaching on Long Island, Elizabeth was the Resource Room and Wilson Reading Specialist, working with students in small group settings. The joy of seeing her students progress inspired Elizabeth to leave the public school system and pursue the creation of a private Dyslexia Therapy practice. Her most recent discovery of EBLI, the speech to print method, has opened a whole new world of possibilities for her students. Elizabeth is known for providing a comfortable learning environment for her students. She is able to build a rapport with her students through building on their strengths and interests. Elizabeth’s students look forward to coming to class with her, and show consistent progress and increased confidence!