Who Are We?

Alicia Merten and Mary Morgan are experienced passionate educators and staff developers. We have spent our combined careers of over 30 years developing our expertise in teaching and learning and refining our understanding of how to best share it with others.

Alicia Merten

 Literacy Consultant
​Title 1 Reading Specialist

Mary Morgan

Literacy Consultant
​Reading SPECIALIST K-12

Alicia Merten

​Alicia has been an educator since 2001.
​Alicia's credentials include: 

• Literacy and instructional coach for several high-poverty schools in a large urban school district
• ​​Instructor and school-based coach at the graduate level in a major joint literacy initiative between an urban school district and the school of education of a university.
• Consultant to a state-wide literacy initiative in Georgia​ 
• Manager of school-based literacy grants at both the national and state levels
• Conference presenter at the national and state levels
• National Board Certified Teacher​:  Early and Middle Childhood/Literacy: Reading-Language Arts
• Elementary teacher
• Instructional Interventionist
• Mentor to new educators

Mary Morgan

Mary has been an educator since 1990. She has worked with adults and students from pre-primary to graduate school in the public and private sectors. Mary's credentials include:

• Instructional coach and professional learning developer and presenter in a large urban school district for over a decade
• Instructor and course developer at the graduate level in a major joint literacy initiative between an urban school district and the school of education of a university
• Consultant to a state-wide literacy initiative in Georgia
• University adjunct
• Diagnostician and consultant for students with learning differences in literacy
• Conference presenter at the national and state levels
• University coach for a major grant for the academic success of English learners
• Diagnostician and consultant for students with learning differences in literacy
• Conference presenter at the national and state levels
• English as a Second Language and elementary teacher​

Testimonial

"Mary Morgan helped me design a series of great reading lessons for my students what was both effective and engaging. Virtual teaching comes with many obstacles and Mary empowered me to be a better teacher and get the kind of results I didn't think were possible during online learning!"
-Cara R.
Exceptional Child Educator
Portland, OR

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